Psychiatric Registered Nurse
Leavenworth, Kansas
RN
Posted Aug 17
- Unit
- Psych
What the listing says
Role
- Term
- Permanent
- On the floor
- Charge shifts
- Setting
- Correctional
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 1+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Kansas is $34/hr, across 129 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
$41.42 - $52.89 / hour
At CoreCivic, our employees are driven by a deep sense of service, high standards of professionalism and a responsibility to better the public good.
At CoreCivic, we do more than manage inmates, we care for people. CoreCivic is currently seeking Psychiatric (Psych) Registered Nurses who have a passion for providing the highest quality care in an institutional setting.
The successful candidate should be able to perform ALL of the following functions at a pace and level of performance consistent with the actual job performance requirements.
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Apply appropriate nursing skills in the area and treatment of inmates/residents. Attend sick call with the physician to see inmates/residents; prepare a list of inmates/residents to be examined; prepare examining room and equipment Examine and assess new inmates/residents with illnesses or injuries or inmates/residents who become ill or injured; refer inmates/residents to the emergency room or other appropriate healthcare facilities as required by their condition. Perform emergency procedures as needed and notify Licensed Independent Provider for treatment orders.
Provide guidance, supervise and monitor nursing care provided by licensed vocational/practical nursing staff and non-licensed medical staff.
Qualifications
Graduate from an accredited college, university or nursing program with a degree/diploma in nursing. Must possess current licensure in the state of employment. Minimum one-year psychiatric nursing experience as a licensed registered nurse, in a hospital, medical office or residential setting. Require Board Certification in Psychiatric Nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) within 2 years of hire A valid driver's license is required. Minimum age requirement: Must be at least 21 years of age.
CoreCivic is a Drug-Free Workplace & EOE including Disability/Veteran.
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Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited college, university or nursing program with a degree/diploma in nursing.
- Must possess current licensure in the state of employment.
- Minimum one-year psychiatric nursing experience as a licensed registered nurse, in a hospital, medical office or residential setting.
- Require Board Certification in Psychiatric Nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) within 2 years of hire
- A valid driver's license is required.
- Minimum age requirement: Must be at least 21 years of age.
- CoreCivic is a Drug-Free Workplace & EOE including Disability/Veteran.
Place
- City
- Leavenworth, Kansas
- Median rent
- $1,229/mo
- Local household income
- $72,987/yr
- State price level
- 10% below the national average
- Address
- Leavenworth, KS, USA
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Kansas index 90.1, where 100 is the national average.
Leavenworth is a historic Missouri River town and home to Fort Leavenworth, one of the oldest active Army posts west of the Mississippi. Nurses will find a quiet, tight-knit community with a charming downtown and easy access to Kansas City's metro amenities about 30 minutes south.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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About the employer
You would be practicing correctional and institutional health nursing for CoreCivic in Leavenworth, Kansas—a for-profit private prison and detention operator. The day-to-day is concrete: you bring nursing skill to inmates and residents, attend sick call with a physician, assess illness…
On your path
Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
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