Detention Registered Nurse - Part Time, Nightshift

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES:  

At Health & Human Services, we serve our community through the values of support, unity, trust and excellence with one common goal: to promote and protect the health, well-being, safety and self-sufficiency of all in Marin. Join our team of bright, committed, and energetic people who also want to make an impact through public service.

Marin County Detention Health Services provides comprehensive healthcare to individuals incarcerated in the County’s adult and juvenile detention facilities. Operated under the Division of Public Health within the Department of Health and Human Services, Detention Health Services functions as a dedicated healthcare delivery system serving a unique and essential population.

Under the supervision of the Nursing Services Manager, the Detention Registered Nurse (DRN) on the night shift plays a key role in delivering medical care to adult inmates at the County jail. This position involves working in a correctional healthcare setting and requires sound clinical judgment, adaptability, and strong collaboration skills. To learn more about the branch’s work and the programs it supports, please visit https://www.marinhhs.org/detention-health-services.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Screening and assessing detainees for medical clearance and facility acceptance
• Conducting health intake assessments
• Planning, coordinating, and evaluating nursing care and treatment plans
• Administering medications
• Triaging sick call complaints
• Providing first aid and immunizations
• Collecting laboratory specimens and maintaining medical supplies
• Documenting and maintaining accurate clinical and inmate records

The DRN works closely with a multidisciplinary team, including Social Services and Behavioral Health professionals, Juvenile Hall custody staff, Probation Officers, and Sheriff’s Office personnel to ensure holistic and coordinated care.

The Division of Public Health currently has one (1) part-time (0.8 FTE) night shift Detention Registered Nurse position available.

Note: This night shift role qualifies for a shift differential. Shift differentials are added to the base rate of pay and apply to all hours worked on a regularly assigned shift in which four (4) or more hours fall between 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.

Our Highly Qualified Candidate: 

The ideal candidate has experience working in a high security environment such as, correctional facilities, prisons, or detention health services. The DRN is able to manage complex relationships and collaborate as a member of an interdisciplinary team.   Our ideal candidate has resiliency to work in a stressful and sometimes chaotic environment, excellent judgment and decision-making skills, and effective written and oral communication skills.The DRN understands the psychological factors affecting nursing care within a detention facility and has the skills in performing physical and psycho-social nursing assessments. The ideal candidate has demonstrated proficiency utilizing an electronic medical record system to document medication delivery and patient treatment information,is proficient with MS Office (e.g., email, internet, Word) and databases, and adept to learning new programs. 

Background Process: Applicants successful in testing will be subject to a thorough and rigorous background investigation which may include, but is not limited to, a criminal records check, interviews with friends, relatives, neighbors and employers; verification of DMV records; and overall employment and education history.  An applicant may be disqualified for past criminal convictions, poor driving record, providing false background information, and other reasons.
 
Drug Use Standards: No use of illegal drugs within the timelines described in the Pre-Employment Drug Use Guidelines. Applicants successful in testing will be given a polygraph examination and/or computerized voice stress analysis and will be asked about illegal drug use.

Qualifications

Knowledge of:

• Nursing principles, practices and techniques, including assessment, patient care planning and delivery, patient education and evaluation of outcomes.
• Medical terminology and equipment.
• Principles and techniques of drug administration, and uses and effects of medications.
• Principles, practices and techniques of safety and infection control.
• Laws, rules and regulations governing the practice of nursing.
• Security issues and challenges of care delivery within a correctional institution.
• Community medical and social agencies and resources.
• Environmental, sociological and psychological problems affecting nursing care within a detention facility.
• Child and elder abuse and neglect and domestic violence reporting laws.

Ability to:

• Exercise security precautions and safety procedures.
• Perform physical and psycho-social nursing assessments and develop and implement patient care plans and/or referrals.
• Administer medications and perform skilled nursing treatments and procedures in a high-security setting for dysfunctional, stressed and/or uncooperative patients.
• Apply teaching principles and provide education and counseling.
• Exercise sound independent judgment within scope of authority and practice.
• Prepare and maintain organized, detailed and accurate medical records.
• Collaborate with other members of the health care team on an ongoing basis.
• Demonstrate sensitivity to the effects of culture and ethnic background on health issues.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Any combination of education and experience that would provide the knowledge and skills listed below. Typically, equivalent to one year of professional nursing experience, and the education necessary to practice nursing.

Certificates and Licenses 

• Possession of a valid California Registered Nurse license.
• Possession of a current CPR certificate.

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Testing and Eligible List: Depending on the number of qualified applications received, the examination may consist of a highly qualified review, application screening, online assessment, written examination, oral examination, performance examination, or any combination to determine which candidates' names will be placed on the eligible list. The eligible list established from this recruitment may be used to fill the current vacancy, and any future vacancies for open, fixed-term, full-time or part-time positions which may occur while the list remains active.

DRUG USE STANDARDS: No use of illegal drugs within the timelines described in the Pre-Employment Drug Use Guideline. Applicants successful in testing will be given a polygraph examination and/or computerized voice stress analysis and will be asked about illegal drug use.

Salary : $68 - $82