Registered Nurse

Full Job Description

This position is eligible for a $3,000 recruitment bonus.
Current state employees are not eligible for recruitment payments upon transfer, demotion, or promotion to another agency.

The Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility is a minimum custody, male facility that houses approximately 1150 incarcerated individuals.
Our goal is to offer treatment, work, education and apprenticeship opportunities in order to prepare them for their entry back into the neighborhoods of Iowa.

The registered nurse demonstrates high integrity, nursing values, ethical principles and moral practices.

The registered nurse must practice professional nursing consistent and within scope of the Iowa Board of Nursing Practice Act.
The registered nurse has a current nursing license in good standing from the Iowa Board of Nursing.

As the staff nurse, your organizational leadership and management of resources enables staff, patients, and the community to promote the Department's Mission to Create Opportunities for Safe Communities by: Managing client health care to ensure a safe and secure environment for both clients and staff while promoting positive change in client behavior.

Knowledge of professional nursing theory and practice.
Knowledge of current medications, their actions and uses.
Knowledge of quality standards, procedures, and protocols.
Knowledge of specialized client care applicable to the work situation.

Ability to teach and oversee client care provided by assistive staff.
Ability to provide empathetic assistance to clients in meeting their needs and carrying out prescribed treatments.
Ability to collect data objectively and record information accurately.

What we offer the selected candidate:
Collaborative and respectful team environment.
Opportunities for professional development and personal growth
Excellent pay and benefits package including health, dental, flexible spending and life insurance
Biweekly vacation accrual and separate sick leave
Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS) retirement package
Optional 401A plan with employer contributions
Employee discount programs from a variety of vendors (vision, cellular, fitness, recreation, to name a few.)
On site staff fitness room

E-Verify and Right to WorkThe State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees.

Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States.

The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization.

For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov.

Qualifications

Licensure as Registered Nurse in the State of Iowa by the Iowa Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact Administrator's Agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.

NOTE: Please include your State of Iowa or compact state license number and expiration date with your application.
Compact license holders are required to obtain an Iowa license within 60 days

For additional information, please click on this link to view the job description.

Additional Information

More information regarding the Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing is available at the Nurse Licensure Compact

Review the provisions of the statute that authorized the creation of the Nurse Licensure Compact at Chapter 152E, Iowa Code.