Salary: $8,151.00 - $13,362.00 Monthly
Location : Spokane County - Airway Heights, WA
Job Type: Full Time - Permanent
Job Number:Department: Dept. of Corrections
Division: HS - AHCC
Opening Date: 10/19/2026
Closing Date: 10/26/2026 11:59 PM Pacific
DescriptionRegistered Nurse 2Airway Heights Corrections Center
Airway Heights, WA.
Hourly Salary: $46.84-$76.79
Monthly Salary: $8,151.00-$13,362.00
Schedule: 6:00am-2:30pm (0600-1430) Friday-Tuesday (Weds/Thurs off)
The Department of Corrections is seeking a highly motivated and qualified Registered Nurse 2 (RN2) at the Airway Heights Corrections Center located in Airway Heights, WA.
This position supports the Department's mission to improve public safety by delivering and leading others in the delivery of nursing services that promote health, foster healing, and support coping and adjusting to various health conditions. This position supports the mission of the Health Services division by providing necessary, comprehensive, quality health services and promoting incarcerated individual wellness.
Registered Nurses will receive shift differential in the amount of
two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per hour for evening shift and night shift work. Employees may also qualify for one or both of these supplemental shift premiums in addition to the above.
A.
One dollar ($1.00) per hour during any hours assigned to work from 11:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m.
B.
Three dollars ($3.00) per hour during any hours worked from Friday midnight to Sunday midnight.
COMPLETED APPLICATION PACKET WILL INCLUDE:Application assessment will be ongoing; the hiring authority reserves the right to offer the position at any time during the recruitment process. It's the applicant's advantage to apply as early as possible. This recruitment could be used to fill multiple permanent or non-permanent positions.
DutiesProvide competent nursing services:- Assess the subjective and objective symptoms of patient's medical and emotional conditions during nursing triage, ambulatory care clinics, and infirmary rounds; initiate appropriate intervention according to Health Services policies and procedures, treatment plans, and protocols.
- Administer medical and nursing treatment, including medication administration, treatments, dressing changes, monitoring and evaluating vital signs, obtaining and preparing specimens for laboratory analysis, starting and administering IV's, traction, and assisting with minor surgeries.
Actively participate in in the Correctional Healthcare Team:- Function as a job coach and mentor during the on-the-job training phase of the new employee orientation; provide direction to the new employee, observe performance and provide feedback to supervisors, and complete a written and/or verbal evaluation of job training when requested.
- Participate in Health Services Quality Improvement activities.
- Practice in accordance with DOC Policy and Offender Health Plan.
- Participate in formal clinical oversight according to facility and DOC Health Services Clinical Oversight Structure.
Practice nursing safely and effectively in the correctional setting and within the scope of practice defined by state law and administrative code:- Assess, monitor, and interpret objective and subjective data.
- Develop nursing diagnoses and outcomes to be achieved as a result of nursing intervention.
- Plan the delivery of health care, defining timeframes and pathways for delivery of services, prioritizing and sequencing care.
- Implement care plans by providing direct patient care, directing others about the urgency, timeframes, and methods to deliver health care on and off site, determining when needs for care or services become more urgent, require classification, or require another type or level of intervention. Obtain provider orders and accomplish prescribed interventions in a timely and clinically responsive manner.
- Analyze and evaluate the structure, process, and timeframes for service delivery, the expected effects of treatment or intervention, and the outcomes to be achieved. Revise the care plan as necessary.
- In accordance with the intent and provisions of established policies, practices, and procedures, employ appropriate safety techniques to push, pull, lift and carry loads.
Delegate and assign tasks to other staff as appropriate:- Delegate responsibilities for patient care to other nurse and assistive nursing personnel after considering the needs, condition, and stability of the patient, potential for harm, complexity of task, and predictability of outcome.
- Teach, instruct, monitor, supervise, and evaluate the implementation of tasks and the results of patient care assigned to other personnel.
- Direct and supervise subordinate health care staff assigned to a patient care area.
- Make nursing assessments, initiate treatment protocols accordingly.
- Ensure that practice is consistent with state licensure laws, administrative rules, policies, and procedures.
Communicate effectively verbally, in writing, and via computer or other electronic media with incarcerated individuals, their families, other health care personnel, custody, and other institutional personnel:- Protect the confidentiality of health records.
- Maintain accurate, legible, and complete records of patient care.
- Write nursing care plans and interdisciplinary treatment plans and complete other entries to support the problem-oriented health care record.
- Legibly document clinical findings, the rationale and plan for actions taken to deliver nursing and other aspects of health care.
Respond to healthcare emergencies throughout the facility and institution grounds:- Provide emergency medical care including CPR, using triage format, to individual incarcerated individuals, staff, visitors and members of the community.
Self-evaluate and practice professional nursing conduct at all times:- Be in attendance, capable, and competent to practice nursing as assigned.
- Remain on duty until adequate replacement has arrived and communication has occurred to ensure continuity of patient care.
Establish therapeutic relationships that preserve professional boundaries with patients:- Counsel, teach, and assist incarcerated individuals.
- Provide accurate, authoritative information to groups or communities.
Supplemental duties:- The Registered Nurse may be cross-trained to work at each location within a facility or compound to provide a more capable and comprehensive workforce is adaptable to the changing needs for health care delivery within a correctional facility.
QualificationsRequired Qualifications:- Initial and continuous unencumbered licensure in the State of Washington as a Registered Nurse
OR- An unencumbered Multistate License from a participating Compact Licensure State as outlined by the Nurse Licensure Compact and Department of Health with completion of Suicide Prevention, EDIR training, and MLS demographic survey.
AND- One year experience working as a Registered Nurse
- Training by the American Heart Association in Healthcare Provider CPR.
- Proficient using computer-based programs to schedule, monitor and track patient information, perform data entry and word processing, and communicate via email, as well as other programs that may be needed to complete assigned work.
- Ability to work independently and with limited supervision.
In addition to the above, this position requires:
- Analysis - Uses data and information in a clear and rational thought process to assess and understand issues, evaluate options, form accurate conclusions and make decisions. Identifies key facts, understands the nature and relationship between data elements, recognizes underlying principles or patterns in an array of data, and determines if additional data should be collected. Uses judgement and critical thinking in the absence of clear guidelines to draw conclusions about further action.
- Observation and Inspection - Critically observes and inspects people, conditions, and the environment to detect problems. Acutely aware of critical details, alert and attentive when performing other work, understands normal conditions and constantly compares the current status to the norm to identify subtle changes and incremental action. Uses insight to identify contributing and mediating factors. Understands thorough documentation and other forms of communication to cause others to understand and take appropriate action.
- Decisiveness - Makes timely decisions without sacrificing quality even under ambiguous circumstances or when data is limited. Recognizes when a decision must be made and moves forward, delegates decision making authority appropriately, advocates for important patient care objectives and finds common ground, and solutions among diverse interests.
Desired Qualifications:- Experience working as a Registered Nurse in an acute care setting or a correctional facility.
- Cerification as a Correctional Healthcare Professional.
- Experience actively participating in the quality improvement process for any business, including brainstorming, proposing improvement plans, or measuring success.
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