Full-Time Night-Shift LPN/LVN — Correctional Care

Spectrum Healthcare Resources; Chillicothe (OH); On-site; USD 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectrum Healthcare Resources is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for a full-time night-shift position in Chillicothe, Ohio, serving the Ross County Jail. The role focuses on primary, addiction, urgent and behavioral health care for an adult population in a correctional setting.

Ideal candidates hold an OH LPN license, BLS certification, and have at least 12 months of primary care experience within the last 24 months.

Qualifications

• Graduate of a practical or vocational nursing program approved by a state agency.
• A minimum of 12 months of experience in a primary care setting within the last 24 months.
• Active, unrestricted OH LPN license and BLS from the American Heart Association.

Responsibilities

• Provide a range of medical care to include primary, addiction, urgent and behavioral health care
• Care is evidence based. We address needs, not wants
• Vast array of medical pathology that is not seen in any one other healthcare location
• Work is socially meaningful as patients are a socially marginalized and lack ordinary access to medical care whether due to lack of insurance, mental illness or homelessness
• Large degree of medical autonomy and free of micromanaging. Extensive nursing guidelines in place.
• Safer than most other healthcare settings as -weapons are forbidden, controversial inmates dealt with by correctional staff (safety and security takes precedence), inmates are punished for acting out, visits can be stopped at any time and restarted at a later date/time

Job description

Spectrum Healthcare Resources is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for a full-time night-shift position in Chillicothe, Ohio, serving the Ross County Jail. The role focuses on primary, addiction, urgent and behavioral health care for an adult population in a correctional setting.

Ideal candidates hold an OH LPN license, BLS certification, and have at least 12 months of primary care experience within the last 24 months.