RN - Correctional Health Care (Night/Weekend Differential)

VITALCARE MEDICAL PRACTICE; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 62,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Above industry wages

Extensive benefits package

Guaranteed annual incentive

Job summary

VitalCore Health Strategies offers Registered Nurses (RN) at Mecklenburg County Detention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. This full-time night shift role (36 hours/week) includes PRN day and night options and a competitive hourly wage with shift differentials for nights and weekends.

The RN delivers quality care within nursing scope, ensures safety, and acts as patient advocate while coordinating with the healthcare team.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
• Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the state of employment.
• Possesses an active CPR certification.
• Remains knowledgeable about specific state laws and regulations governing practice.
• Satisfactory completion of initial and annual clinical competencies to demonstrate aptitude as assigned by role.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
• Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions and side effects.
• Record patients’ medical information and vital signs.
• Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients’ condition.
• Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
• Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients’ responses and conditions.
• Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
• Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel or supervise a particular unit.
• Prepare patients for and assist with examinations or treatments.
• Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, and childbirth as well as develop health improvement programs.
• Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, or supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained.
• Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient’s condition.
• Additional duties as assigned by facility.

Skills

CPR certification

Education

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing

Job description

VitalCore Health Strategies offers Registered Nurses (RN) at Mecklenburg County Detention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. This full-time night shift role (36 hours/week) includes PRN day and night options and a competitive hourly wage with shift differentials for nights and weekends.

The RN delivers quality care within nursing scope, ensures safety, and acts as patient advocate while coordinating with the healthcare team.