Staff Nurse, Correctional Health Services

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest public health care system in the nation. We are a network of 11 hospitals, trauma centers, neighborhood health centers, nursing homes, post-acute care centers, and correctional health services. We are a home care agency and a health plan, Metro Plus. Our health system provides essential services to 1.4 million New Yorkers every year in more than 70 locations across the city's five boroughs.

Our diverse workforce of more than 42,000 employees are uniquely focused on empowering New Yorkers.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Correctional Health Services is one of the nation's leading correctional health care systems in quality of and innovations to care, and access from pre-arraignment through compassionate release. In-jail services include medical, nursing, mental health, substance use treatment, social work, dental and vision care, discharge planning, and reentry support. In addition to providing direct patient care in the jails, CHS leverages the resources of the nation's largest municipal health care system to help discharged patients successfully return to their communities.

CHS is also a pivotal partner in New York City's criminal justice reform efforts.

Work Shifts

Time: 8am-8:00pm

Schedule Note:

• This position follows a 12-hour shift schedule, totaling 13 shifts per month, including every other weekend.
• Various Locations at Rikers Island

Duties & Responsibilities

Nurses work in collaboration with physicians to provide patients with care, education, and support. Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Coordinating and assigning duties to other health care personnel, such as licensed practical nurses, nursing aides, and patient care associates.

Detailed Tasks

1. Provide direct patient care as necessary.

Monitor, record, and report patients' medical information, vital signs, symptoms, and changes in condition and escalate care as appropriate according to established policies, procedures, and standards of care.

Comply with procedures, regulations, and rules in maintaining medical records.

Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.

Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.

Perform administrative and managerial functions, such as taking responsibility for a unit's staff, and planning.

Direct and supervise less-skilled nursing/health care personnel, or supervise a particular unit on one shift.

Prepare patients for, and assist with, examinations and treatments.

Observe nurses and patients to ensure that proper nursing care is provided.

Instruct individuals, and other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, and childbirth, and develop health improvement programs.

Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, and supplies, and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained.

Administer local, inhalation, intravenous, and other medications as ordered.

Provide health care, first aid, immunizations, and assistance in convalescence and rehabilitation.

Conduct specified laboratory tests.

Direct and coordinate infection control services, advising and consulting with specified personnel about necessary precautions.

Provide or arrange for training/instruction of auxiliary personnel.

Refer patients to specialized health resources or community agencies.

Consult with institutions or associations regarding relevant issues and concerns.

Assess patient needs and provide clear education on the management of their care.

Engage in nursing research.

Coordinate the nursing care provided for patients within a given unit by:

Assigning appropriate nursing staff for patient care activities such as admissions, sick calls, treatments, medications, unit rounds, follow-ups, etc.

Assisting the ADON and nurse schedulers with staffing needs and communicating staffing concerns immediately with the ADON.

Utilizing therapeutic communication skills and effective interviewing techniques to elicit pertinent historical information and to make appropriate referrals as required.

Screening patients with mental health problems immediately and making appropriate referrals as required.

Making rounds to patient care areas to assess, plan, implement, document, and evaluate unit nursing care delivery.

Providing guidance and assistance to nursing personnel in the delivery of patient care.

Ensuring continuity of care on other shifts through written and/or verbal communication.

Communicating special care needs to the appropriate member of Leadership.

Collaborate with the ADON to orient new staff. Evaluate the new nurse on an ongoing basis, write a formal evaluation at the end of the probation period, and make recommendations to the ADON.

EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Responding to/addressing medical emergencies, such as falls, heart attacks, strokes,…