REGISTERED NURSE III, CORRECTIONAL HEALTH ID-8044
Due to Manpower shortage recruitment, incumbents and appointees in the nursing of Integrated Correctional Health Service shall be compensated at Step 3. Manpower Shortage Recruitment established in the Los Angeles County Code Section 6.10.050. The recruitment rates shall remain in effect through June 30,2020.
Correctional Health Services - 20% Recruitment and Retention Bonus The County of Los Angeles is currently offering a bonus of up to 20% for full-time Registered Nurse III, Correctional Health positions hired by Correctional Health Services and working on-site in a designated facility to meet critical healthcare needs for the uniquely underserved jail population.
COVID-19 VACCINATION MANDATE:
All County workforce members must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Successful candidates for this position will be required to submit proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or request an exemption for qualifying medical or religious reasons during the onboarding process. Candidates should not present proof of vaccination until instructed to do so by the hiring department.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES:
The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second largest municipal health system in the nation. DHS operates as an integrated health system, operating 25 health centers and four acute care hospitals, in addition to providing health care to youth in the juvenile justice system and inmates in the LA County jails. Across the network of DHS' directly operated clinical sites and through partnerships with community-based clinics, DHS cares for about 800,000 unique patients each year, employs over 23,000 staff, and has an annual operating budget of 6.9 billion.
Through academic affiliations with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California (USC), and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences (CDU), DHS hospitals are training sites for physicians completing their Graduate Medical Education in nearly every medical specialty and subspecialty. In addition, to its direct clinical services, DHS also runs the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency and the County's 911 emergency response system, as well as Housing for Health and the Office of Diversion and Re-entry, each with a critical role in connecting vulnerable populations, including those released from correctional and institutional settings, to supportive housing.
THE MISSION:
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Remote Customer Support, $45/hr, No Degree, Evening Job
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Remote Live Chat, $42/hr, Weekend, No Degree, Part-Time
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Remote Data Entry, $42/hr, Evening/Night Job, No Experience
Remote Moderator, $45/hr, No Degree, Weekend Job, Part-Time
Live Chat Support, $50/hr, Remote, Night Shift, No Degree
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Remote Data Entry, $45/hr, No Degree, Weekend, Night Job
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To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care.
DEFINITION:
This proficient level class provides professional nursing care and services to patients and inmates in a variety of settings.
CLASSIFICATION STANDARDS:
Positions allocable to this proficient level class typically report to a supervisory or management level nurse. Positions apply experienced judgment and nursing principles and practices in providing professional nursing care to patients under minimal supervision. Nurses at this level understand patients' needs as they progress across the continuum and develop effective relationships with the health care team to formulate integrated approaches to care. Incumbents recognize a wide range of subtle cues, extract information from cues, and demonstrate clinical forethought to anticipate likely clinical events and intervene decisively. Positions have responsibility for the coordination of multidisciplinary approaches to patient care. Positions also have responsibility for incorporating evidence-based practice, including current research and literature, best practice, consensus statements, community standards, and recommendations from professional organizations into care delivery. Assignments may include any inpatient or outpatient setting with a varying and highly complex patient population. Positions are responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care as part of an interdisciplinary team. Positions also precept, coach, and mentor other nursing and non-nursing staff. As a mentor, positions foster a nurturing relationship between professionals that is not confined to place or limited by time. The position demonstrates effective collaboration, skilled communication, an assertive leadership style, and independent judgment. Incumbents anticipate and prevent barriers to care through facilitation of and active participation in system changes. Practices in accordance with departmental policies and procedures, established standards of nursing care, and standards of professional performance.
Essential Job Functions
Assessment:
Evaluation of the nature and extent of nursing issues presented by a patient for the purpose of patient care planning.
Assessment includes identifying less obvious or common relationships in collected data and taking appropriate steps to mitigate their impact on the provision and quality of nursing services.
In addition, at this level, assessment involves predicting diverse patient need for care, potential need for care, and the validation of data collected by others.
At this level assessment involves recognizing subtle trends before explicit diagnostic signs are evident. Collects and analyzes data from multiple sources.
Assesses, evaluates and documents the patients' physical, medical and psychosocial circumstances; identifies economic or cultural barriers and determines their influence on the provision of care; refers patients based on patients' needs and risk factors involved.
Synthesizes all available patient information including observations by other health care team members and the patient's significant others and predicts variances from the expected trajectory.
Initiates additional assessment and/or reassessment of patients as necessary when a patient is currently or potentially at physiologic, psychological, and psychosocial risk.
Identifies and utilizes resources to facilitate the appropriate assessment of diverse inmate populations.
Develops collaborative partnerships with patient and family to obtain complete health history, including present illness, current health status, and past medical, psychosocial, spiritual and family histories; integrates patients' values and beliefs when providing care.
Creates, validates, and/or improves tools to ensure assessment data is collected and documented.
Utilizes collected data and experience to assess risk for instability and rapidly identify deviations from baseline.
Planning:
Developing a plan of care based on the assessment process.
The purpose is to collaborate with all involved in the care of the patient (interdisciplinary team, patient, and their significant others).
At this level, incumbents develop a comprehensive plan of care and prescribe nursing interventions that move the patient closest to desired outcomes.
Interventions are individualized and address both short- and long-term needs.
Uses complex problem solving skills and experience to identify a broad range of options in the development of a plan of care with realistic outcomes which are congruent with interdisciplinary goals.
As patient responds to interventions, expeditiously modifies and communicates the plan of care in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team including clinical pathways as appropriate; for patients on clinical pathways, identifies when a change in patient condition requires discontinuation of the pathway and communicates to the provider the need to change the plan of care.
Evaluates and integrates the presence of high-risk factors, at-risk behaviors, and other concerns into the plan of care.
Serves as a Lead role or participate in patient care conferences, committee meeting, staff development and educational programs as needed.
Integrates and anticipates interdisciplinary discharge planning needs into plan of care.
Identifies appropriate tools and/or teaching methods for patient/family education.
Implementation:
Interventions that a nurse performs for a patient, including treatments, procedures, medication administration, education, referrals, and discharge planning.
At this level, incumbents lead others during situations which require immediate, independent interventions and for those which call for planned interventions.
Also at this level, incumbents demonstrate adaptability and respond quickly and decisively to very complex situations.
Provides individualized, specialized nursing care to patients and administers medications and treatments to patients as prescribed.
Requirements
SELECTION REQUIREMENTS
1. A license to practice as a Registered Nurse issued by the California Board of Registered Nursing.
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2. Current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS).
-AND-
3. Six years of full-time registered nursing experience*. Three years of which must be at the level of the Los Angeles County classification Registered Nurse II**.
Please see Special Requirement Information
LICENSE:
A license to practice as a Registered Nurse issued by the California Board of Registered Nursing.
Current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS).
A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.
All required licenses and certifications must be active and unrestricted or your application will not be accepted
PHYSICAL CLASS: Physical Class III - Moderate:
Includes standing or walking most of the time, with bending, stooping, squatting, twisting, and reaching; includes working on irregular surfaces, occasionally lifting objects weighting over 25 pounds, and frequent lifting of 10-25 pounds.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:
Credit will be given to applicants who possess the following desirable qualifications:
- ***Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or ***Master of Science in Nursing (MSN).
- Points will be award for additional Nursing experience
SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION:
Training and Experience Requirements
*Full-time experience is defined as a minimum of 40 hours worked per week and must be post-license only.
** Experience at the level of Registered Nurse II or Registered nurse II, Correctional Health in the County of Los Angeles is defined as:
- Providing professional nursing care and services to patients in a variety of settings.
- Serving as an expert or specialist who gives practical experience and training to a new hire, a re-entry, or a nurse that is transitioning into a new area.
Applicants claiming experience in a state other than California must attach a copy of their registered nurse license from that state to the application at the time of filing or within 15 calendar days from the application filing date. Applications submitted without the required evidence will be rejected.
License and Certification Information
To compete in this examination process, applicants must have a license to practice as a Registered Nurse issued by the California Board of Registered Nursing - OR - have a license to practice as a Registered Nurse issued by a State Government Board of Registered Nursing, within the United States of America.
Applicants who have a license to practice as a Registered Nurse issued by a State Government Board of Registered Nursing, within the United States of America, may compete in this examination. However, the names of such candidates will be withheld from the certification list pending receipt of the required license authorized by the California Board of Registered Nursing.
Please ensure the license and certification section of the application is completed. Provide the title(s) of your required license(s), the number(s), date(s) of issue, date(s) of expiration and the name(s) of the issuing agency for the required license as specified in the Selection Requirements.
Applicants must attach a legible photocopy of their BLS certification to their application at the time of filing or within 15 calendar days from the application filing date. Applications submitted without the required evidence of BLS certification will be rejected.
The original license to practice as a Registered Nurse issued by the California Board of Registered Nursing and BLS certification must be presented during the selection process and/or prior to appointment.
The required license and certification MUST be current and unrestricted; a conditional, provisional, probationary or restricted license or certification will NOT be accepted.
Additional Information
EXAMINATION CONTENT:
The examination will consist of:
An evaluation of experience and Desirable Qualifications based on application information weighted 100%.
CANDIDATES MUST ACHIEVE A PASSING SCORE OF 70% OR HIGHER ON THE EXAMINATION IN ORDER TO BE PLACED ON THE ELIGIBLE REGISTER.
Notification Letters and other correspondences will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application. It is important that applicants provide a valid email address.
