Registered Nurse III

okgov; Oklahoma; On-site; USD 84,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections is seeking a Registered Nurse III at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in an on-site, full-time capacity. This role delivers direct nursing care, plans patient care, and participates in health education and case management across diverse settings.

Responsibilities include health assessments, planning, and execution of medical regimes, as well as supervision and collaboration with other healthcare professionals.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the principles of professional nursing, health promotion, and disease prevention.
• Ability to perform assessments and nursing functions.
• Provide nursing care in various settings and manage cases.

Responsibilities

• Assess health status of individuals, families, and communities and implement nursing interventions.
• Deliver professional nursing care in an assigned unit, clinic, home, or other setting.
• Educate individuals and care teams about disease prevention and health promotion.
• Provide supervision to other personnel and collaborate with health professionals.
• Delegate tasks safely per education and state law.

Skills

Professional nursing

Assessments and care planning

Nursing interventions

Health education

Team supervision

Job description

Job Posting Title

Registered Nurse III

Agency

131 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Supervisory Organization

DOC Medical/OSP

Job Posting End Date

Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Full/Part-Time

Full time

Job Type

Regular

Compensation

Level I - $83,200.00

Level II - $87,125.00

Level III - $93,600.00

This salary is non-negotiable.

Job Description

Location:

Oklahoma State Penitentiary

Basic Purpose :

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities for providing direct or indirect professional nursing services in a variety of settings. This includes providing nursing assessments, planning, interventions, evaluations, health related education, case management, and execution of the medical regime including administering medications and treatments prescribed by any person authorized to prescribe by state law.

Typical Functions :

• Assesses health status of individuals, families, and communities; develops plans and implements appropriate nursing interventions.
• Evaluates and determines health resources necessary to meet individual, family and community health needs.
• Delivers professional nursing care in an assigned unit, clinic, home, or other setting.
• Educates individuals, families, communities, and members of the health care team about the principles of disease prevention and health promotion.
• Provides supervision to other professional or paraprofessional personnel; collaborates with other professionals in the management of health care.
• Delegates tasks as may safely be performed by others, consistent with educational preparation and that do not conflict with the provisions of the Oklahoma Nursing Practice Act.
• Assures quality health care through use of various measures such as record review, peer review, direct observation, and assessment of individual, family, and community for the desired outcome.
• Performs specialized nursing functions as educationally prepared.

Level Descriptor :

Level I

This is the basic level of this job family where employees are assigned responsibility for performing basic level professional nursing care. Assignments are generally well defined and may include direct and indirect nursing care. This may include monitoring and assessing the health status of individuals, planning the nursing care of the individual, putting interventions in place, and evaluating the outcome.

Level II

This is the career level of the Registered Nurse job family where employees are assigned responsibilities for performing professional nursing duties at the full performance level. This will involve performing a full range of duties in monitoring and assessing the health status of individuals, families, and population as well as defining a plan of care and providing nurse case management and health education when necessary. It may also include some limited responsibilities for providing direction, guidance, or training to other personnel, in providing care and treatment to patients or clients.

Level III

This is the senior level of this job family where employees are assigned more advanced responsibility in an assigned work unit or in an assigned geographic area and may be assigned responsibility for direct supervision. Employees at this level will have complex assignments and a substantial degree of responsibility and independence in planning, organizing, and completing work. Employees at this level develop and present educational programs relevant to nursing practices and standards or care and follow-up with evaluation of learning. This position may include completing special assignments such as quality improvement, mentoring, and surveillance of potential patient care incidents of quality indicators for individuals who may be at risk for rapid status change. Responsibilities may include scheduling work assignments, evaluating health care and performance of assigned staff, providing training, and otherwise insuring quality. Administrative responsibilities may include approving leave and initiating disciplinary actions. Positions which are assigned independent responsibility for coordinating health services or providing nursing care in an assigned county or geographic area or as the only nurse in that location may also be included in this level. Employees at this level deal with complex health issues and may act for nurse managers in their absence.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Competencies :

Level I

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required to perform duties at this level include knowledge of the principles and practices of professional nursing, of health promotion, and of disease prevention.

Ability is required to perform assessments and nursing functions as acquired in the basic nursing preparation program.

Level II

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required at this level include k