All job postings will expire at 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the application deadline.Organization: Rehabilitation & Correction - Warren Correctional
Agency Contact Name and Information: Personnel Director 513/438-4264/DRC.WCIRecruit@drc.ohio.gov
Work Location: 5787 State Route 63
Lebanon, Ohio, 45036
United States
Compensation: $44.38
Schedule: Permanent - Full Time
Work Hours: Not Specified
Classified Indicator: Classified
Union: Exempt from union
Primary Job Skill: Nursing
What You'll Do - The supervisory level class works under direction and requires thorough knowledge of professional nursing
- Coordinates medical and psychiatric nursing services within specialized mental health unit
- Coordinates and/or assists in nursing assessments, nursing intervention, planning, evaluation and delivery of medical and psychiatric nursing services to patient/offenders and evaluates the care of patient/offenders.
- Evaluates performance and counsels/advises staff in psychiatric nursing department; ensures that all nursing care is provided with regard to needs of offenders and those of special populations.
- Communicates with institutions Health Care Administrators (HCA) on coordination of doctor call and chronic care clinic appointments.
- Coordinates sick call on specialized mental health units.
- Serves on multi-disciplinary treatment team as needed.
- Assists in developing and implementing program policies and procedures.
- Responsible for all psychiatric nursing department services.
- Ensures that all psychiatric nursing care is provided with regard to needs of special populations.
- Ensures timely completion of daily, monthly and special reports/action plans (including QI).
- Assists in psychiatric nursing assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation for delivery of psychiatric nursing services to offenders.
- Implements quality improvement guidelines and recommendations.
- Complies with all facility and DRC rules, procedures and policies and monitors psychiatric nursing department staff for compliance.
- Serves on quality improvement committee as needed.
- Coordinates psychiatric audits of programs for psychiatric nursing department based upon recommendations.
- Reviews incident reports and recommends and implements changes needed to correct problems related to the psychiatric nursing department.
- Provides professional nursing services as needed
- Organizes, develops and provides training of treatment and facility staff on psychiatric (including age and gender specific) nursing pro-grams, and policies and procedures.
- Ensure tracking is in place for AIMS, psychotropic medication expiration dates, metabolic syndrome, informed consents, psychiatrist/prescriber appointments
- Maintains proficiency in the electronic health record.
- Providers training with the electronic health record
- Ensures intervention is provided for offenders below medication compliance established in policy.
- Directly supervise staff.
- Supervises staff and makes timely decisions (e.g., assigns work and provides direction, reviews work and provides feedback, establishes goals and monitors and evaluates performance; encourages staff development, approves/disapproves leave and/or overtime, conducts staff meetings, recommends disciplinary action).
- Develops and maintains nursing staff schedules.
- Conducts interviews and recommends hiring.
- Assists with recruitment and retention of psychiatric nursing staff and temporary contract coverage.
- Attends trainings and conferences
- Performs other related duties (e.g., works on special projects, audit teams, committees) as assigned.
Additional Information Application Procedures: In order to be considered for this position, you must apply on-line through this posting website. (We no longer accept paper applications.)
- When completing your on-line Ohio Civil Service Application, be sure to clearly describe how you meet the minimum qualifications outlined on this job posting.
- We cannot give you credit for your qualifications, experience, education and training in the job selection process if you do not provide it in your on-line application.
- We will communicate with you through the email you provided in your profile and job application. Be sure to check your email often.
If you require a reasonable accommodation for the application process, please contact the Human Resources Office so proper arrangements can be made. Otherwise, you will be given specific instructions on requesting an accommodation if you are invited to an assessment and/or interview.
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is a tobacco-free workplace. Pre-Employment Drug Testing: All final applicants tentatively selected for this position will be required to submit to urinalysis to test for illegal drug use prior to appointments. Testing will also be performed for the presence of marijuana. An applicant with a positive test shall not be offered employment unless the applicant submits medical documentation of legally prescribed medications or a recommendation for medical marijuana.
Pre-Employment Background Investigation: The final applicant selected for the position will be required to undergo a criminal background check. An individual assessment of an applicant's prior criminal convictions will be made before excluding an applicant from consideration.
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction is prohibited from hiring:
- Individuals under a federal or state weapons disability if the position requires firearms certification/recertification and use;
- Individuals who have engaged in sexual abuse in a prison or other confinement facility; have been civilly or administratively adjudicated, or convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, implied threats of force, or if the victim did not or was unable to consent;
- Individuals convicted of soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism, terrorism, or money laundering to support terrorism;
- Individuals who have been convicted of or pled guilty to a felony where a direct correlation exists between the position and prior criminal behavior (example: individuals convicted of a felony involving fraud, deceit, or theft from holding a position that has substantial management or control over the property of a state agency.)
Qualifications: Requires current license as registered professional nurse in state of Ohio as issued by Board of Nursing per Section 4723.03 of Revised Code 24 mos. exp. in psychiatric nursing or delivery of nursing services to persons with developmental disabilities 3 mos. trg. or 3 mos. exp. in employee training & development 3 courses or 9 mos. exp. in public relations 3 courses or 9 mos. exp. in counseling.
-Or equivalent of the Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above may be substituted for the experience requirements, but not for the mandated licensure.
Job Skills: Nursing, Management, Auditing, Behavioral Health, Professional, Scheduling, Critical Thinking, Leading Others, Decision Making, Time Management, Continuous Improvement
