Adelphi is seeking to urgently recruit Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN)s to provide medical services for a correctional facility in Huron, OH. The candidates will perform routine, emergent, and urgent services to inmates in the facility.

Job Quick Facts:

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• Profession: Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
• Location: Huron County, OH
• Job Type: Contract
• Facility Type: Correctional Facility
• Start Date: ASAP
• Shifts: 12 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days a year.
• Rate: $30/hr

Requirements:

• LPN OH license.
• Current CPR Certificcation
• 2 or 3 years clinical hands on patient care experience.
• Skilled care facility, psychiatric ward, chemical care dependency facility or correctional facility experience.
• Pharmacology (including drug interactions and side effects)

Responsibilities:

• First aid and CPR
• Obtain vital signs
• Provide wound care or other first aid as needed.
• Inmate medical assesments as required by Bureau of Adult Detention (BAD) standard.
• Maintain controlled substance and sharp counts
• Follow established protocals or department procedures.
• Attend and participate in scheduled meetings, seminars, in-services, conferences, workshops or other educational presentations as assigned.
• Respond to medical codes and other critical incidences/disasters.
• Collect, compile, and analyze information and data.
• Coordinate medical testing and transfers
• Act as a resource person for and providing health care education to staff and inmates
• Adhere to safe work practices, infection control procedures and other agency or department rules and regulations.
• Maintain effectiveness and efficiency under pressure.
• Administer prescribed medications and documentations on MAR
• Collect and document objective/subjective data (SOAP method)
• Inform security staff of inmate medical needs.