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SH-347 Licensed Practical Nurse Corrections Burkville, VA
About Syra Health:
Syra Health is a healthcare consulting company with a mission to improve healthcare by providing innovative services and technology solutions. Syra Health aims to achieve its goal by becoming a valuable partner to the government, payers, providers, life sciences organizations, and academic institutions. Syra Health offers products and services in digital health, behavioural and mental health, population health management, health education, and the healthcare workforce.
For more information, please visit www.syrahealth.com.
Responsibilities:
- Provides evidence-based nursing care utilizing the nursing process, principles, practices, and techniques of general nursing care as determined by Standards of Practice under the direction of a Registered Nurse.
- Screens for sick call administers medications and provides first aid and basic life support to patients and employees as needed.
- Maintains open lines of communication with security and treatment staff while providing input and feedback to assist the facility provider in organizing a treatment plan.
- Records all pertinent information into the medical record.
- Interfaces with other departments as needed.
- Promotes continued competence through education/certification with a focus on correctional nursing.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prefer experience working in a Corrections or Law enforcement environment.
- Experience or related training in delivery of general nursing and emergency medical care.
- Nurses must have the ability to work hours, days, and locations as assigned along with being capable and available to provide coverage as needed to meet institutional needs.
- Provide total health care to offenders (routine, chronic, and emergent care), maintaining continuity of care from admission to discharge in a correctional facility.
- Safe medication administration following DOC policy.
- Provide employee health services in accordance with policy.
- Follows operational policies/procedures, Health Services guidelines/policies, ACA standards of care, and Board of Health professionals' scope of practice.
- Must possess and maintain a valid unrestricted Virginia LPN license issued by the board of nursing or a multi-state compact license (if you are a recent graduate of a nursing program in VA and not licensed, the NCLEX-PN exam must be scheduled at the time of application)
Syra Health Corp is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran disability or genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law in employment.
