Registered Nurse - Full Time 7AM - 7:30PM | 36hr/Week
Advanced Correctional Healthcare
Columbia, South Carolina
RN
Posted Aug 25
- Shift
- 12-hour days
- Hours a week
- 36
- Unit
- Psych
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour days · 3 a week · 36 hours
- Term
- Permanent
- On the floor
- Precepting expected · Floating required
- Setting
- Correctional
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in South Carolina is $34/hr, across 116 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Summary
Our associates deliver a higher standard of business services to support medical care and behavioral health care. We maintain professionalism, integrity, and commitment as we solve problems and make lives easier.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Timely and accurately assess, plan, and deliver nursing care to patients
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Contact practitioner to obtain orders
Administer prescribed medication, treatments and other tasks as ordered by the practitioner
Provide emergency first aid care, when appropriate
Check and record vital signs, peak flows, blood glucose checks, weight, and other diagnostic tests on-site, when appropriate
Triage officer intake screenings for necessity and priority at sick call
Collect and record data for statistical reporting on the CQI
Record information in chronic clinic and outcome study documents as indicated
Report reactions to treatments and medications, as well as changes in the patients’ emotional or physical condition
Provide patient education on topics such as correctional facility’s policies and discharge planning
Record care information concisely, accurately, and completely, in a timely manner, in the appropriate format and on the appropriate forms
Collaborate and coordinate multiple medical services for diagnosis and treatment, as directed by the practitioner
Maintain aseptic techniques and infection control precautions as required
Maintain and demonstrate working knowledge of pharmacology, including drug reaction/overdose
Maintain and demonstrate working knowledge of therapeutic diets and nutrition
Maintain and demonstrate working knowledge of social and behavioral sciences, particularly as applied to the correctional institutional setting
Recommend improved procedures, equipment, and supplies to your supervisor
Notify supervisor of medical or security incidents
Present/participate in in-service education sessions
Perform duties within the scope of practice mandated by state and local standards
Maintain patient confidentiality and HIPAA practices as required by government agencies
Oversee and delegate duties as expected and allowed under the RN scope of practice
May be directed to cover shifts at multiple correctional facilities
May be asked to act as a back-up to the H. S. A/Site Manager
May be asked to train new hires and coworkers
Any and all other duties as assigned
Required education and
Experience
Active nursing license in the state in which services are to be provided, in good standing
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; hands-on training
Excellent documentation skills
Knowledge of the RN scope of practice
Benefits (Benefits eligibility is determined by employment status)
- Referral program
- 401(k) w/employer match
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- Professional Development
- Paid Time Off
- Disability Insurance
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Requirements
- RN
- •
- Active nursing license in the state in which services are to be provided, in good standing
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; hands-on training
- Excellent documentation skills
- Knowledge of the RN scope of practice
Benefits highlights
- 401(k) matching
Place
- City
- Columbia, South Carolina
- Rent against this pay
- 15% of monthly gross
- Local household income
- $55,529/yr
- Metro price level
- 6% below the national average
$1,204 median rent against $8,112 a month at $52/hr for 36 hours a week, before tax. Census ACS 2024.
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Columbia area index 93.7, where 100 is the national average.
Columbia, South Carolina's capital, blends Southern charm with collegiate energy thanks to the University of South Carolina campus downtown. The Congaree River winds through the city, and the Vista district offers dining and nightlife. Nurses relocating here will find a mid-sized metro with a relaxed pace and warm weather most of the year.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
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