Posting Summary
Rutgers University Correctional Health Care is seeking a Part Time Staff Nurse for Northern State Prison located in Newark NJ The Staff Nurse utilizes the nursing process to meet a variety of health care needs with ambulatory care as a primary focus for inmates in the New Jersey Department of Corrections. Among the key duties of this position are the following: * Provides direct and indirect nursing care to meet physiological psychosocial and emotional needs of the resident-patient including adolescents (13-17 years) adults (18 to 64 years) and their family within the framework established by the correctional system. * Performs assessments of resident-patient in a variety of settings such as initial intake area health care unit for sick call emergency situations in housing chronic care clinics and infirmary. * Works with a variety of health care professionals and security officers in a correctional environment. * Identifies inmate-centered goals and nursing objectives and implements prescribed interventions and solutions for the identified problems. * Plans nursing care by identification of resident-patient needs based on assessments. Makes appropriate timely referrals and initiates appropriate nursing care based on institutional policies and procedures. * As team leader or charge nurse delegates duties to other health care team members based on their skill knowledge and experience and guides the provision of care by others.
Overview
University Correctional Health Care ( UCHC ) operating within Rutgers The State University of New Jersey is dedicated to excellence in providing physical mental health dental and sex offender treatment services to those involved in the criminal justice systems in New Jersey. UCHC operates with a total budget of $150 million and approximately 1000 staff. We are committed to being a leader in the delivery of effective compassionate and accessible care informed by research within correctional environments. We Care. We Teach. We Heal. We Improve. Rutgers The State University of New Jersey is a leading national research university and the state of New Jerseys preeminent comprehensive public institution of higher education. Established in 1766 and celebrating a milestone 250th anniversary in 2016 the university is the eighth oldest higher education institution in the United States. More than 67000 students and 22000 faculty and staff learn work and serve the public at Rutgers locations across New Jersey and around the world.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor of Nursing ( BSN ) or its equivalent preferred. Minimum of one (1) year of experience in a correctional setting preferred.
Required Experience:
Staff IC