Registered Nurse - SCI Mahanoy

Start the next chapter of your Nursing Career! The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections - SCI Mahanoy is actively seeking devoted and passionate Registered Nurses. As a Corrections’ Nurse, you will enjoy working with experienced auxiliary staff and will have excellent managerial support. At the Department of Corrections, we work together as a dedicated team where collaboration and communication are integral.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

This role provides nursing care and treatment services to individuals with mental or physical injury or illness, dysfunctional behavior, and a developmental disability in a correctional setting. You will work with considerable independence while collaborating with the corrections health care administrator, nurse supervisor, and physician to deliver quality service. As a Registered Nurse, you will perform the following duties:

• Nursing Care Plans: Implement assigned care plans by checking vital signs, performing treatments, using restorative techniques and activities of daily living, and reinforcing patient education to ensure quality service
• Medication Administration: Administer oral, intravenous, intramuscular, and subcutaneous medications under clinician orders and in accordance with state law and facility policies and procedures
• Clinic Support: Assist physicians during physical examinations and in general, chronic care, and specialty clinics while administering treatments, immunizations, tuberculin testing, and screenings
• Emergency Response: Perform assessments and provide emergency care, including first aid, CPR, and AED, then refer to a CRNP, physician assistant, physician, or local hospital emergency room
• Records and Reporting: Document care in the electronic health record, prepare transfer or release reports, complete daily and monthly reports, and maintain controlled substance and narcotics records
• Shift Communication: Receive and provide shift reports to ensure continuity of care and communicate urgent information to the Shift Commander, custody staff, and CHCA during medical emergencies or operational issues

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment, 40 hours per week
• The Department of Corrections is staffed by three work shifts that cover the facility 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
• 1st shift (6:00 AM to 2:30 PM), 2nd shift (2:00 PM to 10:30 PM), and 3rd shift (10:00 PM to 6:30 AM)
• Your work schedule is to be determined.
• This position is eligible for full retirement benefits at age 50 or 55.
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary: Selected candidates who are new to employment within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $88,130.00 (before taxes).

QUALIFICATIONS

Necessary Special Requirements:

• This position requires active authorization to practice as a Registered Nurse in Pennsylvania.
• All employees possessing an active temporary practice permit must obtain licensure as a Registered Nurse within the one (1) year period defined by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing.

Other Requirements:

• PA residency requirement is currently waived for this title.
• If you are within 60 days of graduating from a school of nursing approved by the State Board of Nursing, you are eligible to apply for this job posting. At the time of appointment to a position, you must show proof of possession of a current, valid PA temporary practice permit or PA Registered Nurse license.
• Successful completion of basic training in Elizabethtown, PA is required.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Legal Requirements:

• You must pass a background investigation and meet Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) compliance requirements.