Registered Nurse

Job Description

Job Posting Title
Registered Nurse
Agency
131 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Supervisory Organization
DOC Medical/MBCC
Job Posting End Date
Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.
Note:
Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.
Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank)
Full/Part-Time
Full time
Job Type
Regular
Compensation
Level I - $83,200.00
Level II - $87,125.00
Level III - $93,600.00
This salary is non-negotiable.
Job Description
Location:
Mabel Bassett Correctional Center/Medical
This is an on-site position and is not eligible for remote work.
Bas
i
c Purpose
:

Pos
i
t
i
ons

i
n th
i
s job fam
i
ly are ass
i
gned respons
i
b
i
l
i
t
i
es for prov
i
d
i
ng d
i
rect or

i
nd
i
rect profess
i
onal

nurs
i
ng serv
i
ces

i
n a var
i
ety of sett
i
ngs. Th
i
s

i
ncludes prov
i
d
i
ng nurs
i
ng assessments, plann
i
ng,

i
ntervent
i
ons, evaluat
i
ons, health related educat
i
on, case management, and e
x
ecut
i
on of the med
i
cal

reg
i
me

i
nclud
i
ng adm
i
n
i
ster
i
ng med
i
cat
i
ons and treatments prescr
i
bed by any person author
i
zed to

prescr
i
be by state law.

Typ
i
cal Funct
i
ons
:

Assesses health status of

i
nd
i
v
i
duals, fam
i
l
i
es, and commun
i
t
i
es; develops plans and

i
mplements

appropr
i
ate nurs
i
ng

i
ntervent
i
ons.

Evaluates and

determ
i
nes

health resources necessary to meet

i
nd
i
v
i
dual,

fam
i
ly

and commun
i
ty

health needs.

Del
i
vers profess
i
onal nurs
i
ng care

i
n an ass
i
gned un
i
t, cl
i
n
i
c, home, or other sett
i
ng.

Educates

i
nd
i
v
i
duals, fam
i
l
i
es, commun
i
t
i
es, and members of the health care team about the

pr
i
nc
i
ples of d
i
sease prevent
i
on and health promot
i
on.

Prov
i
des superv
i
s
i
on to other profess
i
onal or paraprofess
i
onal personnel; collaborates w
i
th other

profess
i
onals

i
n the management of health care.

Delegates tasks as may safely be performed by others, cons
i
stent w
i
th educat
i
onal

preparat
i
on

and that do not confl
i
ct w
i
th the prov
i
s
i
ons of the Oklahoma Nurs
i
ng Pract
i
ce Act.

Assures qual
i
ty health care through use of var
i
ous measures such as record rev
i
ew, peer rev
i
ew,

d
i
rect observat
i
on, and assessment of

i
nd
i
v
i
dual, fam
i
ly, and commun
i
ty for the des
i
red outcome.

Performs spec
i
al
i
zed nurs
i
ng funct
i
ons as educat
i
onally prepared.

Level Descr
i
ptor
:

Level

I

Th
i
s

i
s the bas
i
c level of th
i
s job fam
i
ly where employees are ass
i
gned respons
i
b
i
l
i
ty for perform
i
ng bas
i
c

level profess
i
onal nurs
i
ng care. Ass
i
gnments are

generally well

def
i
ned and may

i
nclude d
i
rect and

i
nd
i
rect nurs
i
ng care. Th
i
s may

i
nclude mon
i
tor
i
ng and assess
i
ng the health status of

i
nd
i
v
i
duals,

plann
i
ng the nurs
i
ng care of the

i
nd
i
v
i
dual, putt
i
ng

i
ntervent
i
ons

i
n place, and evaluat
i
ng the outcome.

Level

I
I

Th
i
s

i
s the career level of the Reg
i
stered Nurse job fam
i
ly where employees are ass
i
gned respons
i
b
i
l
i
t
i
es for perform
i
ng profess
i
onal nurs
i
ng dut
i
es at the full performance level. Th
i
s w
i
ll

i
nvolve perform
i
ng a full range of dut
i
es

i
n mon
i
tor
i
ng and assess
i
ng the health status of

i
nd
i
v
i
duals, fam
i
l
i
es, and populat
i
on as well as def
i
n
i
ng a plan of care and prov
i
d
i
ng nurse case management and health educat
i
on when necessary.

I
t may also

i
nclude some l
i
m
i
ted respons
i
b
i
l
i
t
i
es for prov
i
d
i
ng d
i
rect
i
on, gu
i
dance, or tra
i
n
i
ng to other personnel,

i
n prov
i
d
i
ng care and treatment to pat
i
ents or cl
i
ents.

Level

I
I
I

Th
i
s

i
s the sen
i
or level of th
i
s job fam
i
ly where employees are ass
i
gned more advanced respons
i
b
i
l
i
ty

i
n

an ass
i
gned work un
i
t or

i
n an ass
i
gned geograph
i
c area and may be ass
i
gned respons
i
b
i
l
i
ty for d
i
rect

superv
i
s
i
on. Employees at th
i
s level w
i
ll have comple
x

ass
i
gnments and a substant
i
al degree of

respons
i
b
i
l
i
ty and

i
ndependence

i
n plann
i
ng, organ
i
z
i
ng, and complet
i
ng work. Employees at th
i
s level

develop and present educat
i
onal programs relevant to nurs
i
ng pract
i
ces and standards or care and

follow-up w
i
th evaluat
i
on of learn
i
ng. Th
i
s pos
i
t
i
on may

i
nclude complet
i
ng spec
i
al ass
i
gnments such as

qual
i
ty

i
mprovement, mentor
i
ng, and surve
i
llance of potent
i
al pat
i
ent care

i
nc
i
dents of qual
i
ty

i
nd
i
cators

for

i
nd
i
v
i
duals who may be at r
i
sk for rap
i
d status change. Respons
i
b
i
l
i
t
i
es may

i
nclude schedul
i
ng work

ass
i
gnments, evaluat
i
ng health care and performance of ass
i
gned staff, prov
i
d
i
ng tra
i
n
i
ng, and otherw
i
se

i
nsur
i
ng qual
i
ty. Adm
i
n
i
strat
i
ve respons
i
b
i
l
i
t
i
es may

i
nclude approv
i
ng leave and

i
n
i
t
i
at
i
ng

d
i
sc
i
pl
i
nary

act
i
ons. Pos
i
t
i
ons wh
i
ch are ass
i
gned

i
ndependent respons
i
b
i
l
i
ty for coord
i
nat
i
ng health serv
i
ces or

prov
i
d
i
ng nurs
i
ng care

i
n an ass
i
gned county or geograph
i
c area or as the only nurse

i
n that locat
i
on may

also be

i
ncluded

i
n th
i
s level. Employees at th
i
s level deal w
i
th comple
x

health

i
ssues and may act for

nurse managers

i
n the
i
r absence.

Knowledge, Sk
i
lls, Ab
i
l
i
t
i
es, and Competenc
i
es
:

Level

I

Knowledge,

Sk
i
lls

and Ab
i
l
i
t
i
es

requ
i
red

to perform dut
i
es at th
i
s level

i
nclude knowledge of the pr
i
nc
i
ples

and pract
i
ces of profess
i
onal nurs
i
ng, of health promot
i
on, and of d
i
sease prevent
i
on.

Ab
i
l
i
ty

i
s

requ
i
red

to perform assessments and nurs
i
ng funct
i
ons as

acqu
i
red

i
n the bas
i
c nurs
i
ng

preparat
i
on program.

Level

I
I

Knowledge,

Sk
i
lls

and Ab
i
l
i
t
i
es

requ
i
red

at th
i
s level

i
nclude knowledge of profess
i
onal nurs
i
ng theory, pract
i
ces, and techn
i
ques; of health promot
i
on and d
i
sease prevent
i
on; of nurs
i
ng management of ava
i
lable health care resources; of nutr
i
t
i
on and d
i
et therapy; and of the funct
i
ons of var
i
ous cl
i
n
i
cal departments.

Ab
i
l
i
ty

i
s requ
i
red to ass
i
st

i
n the development, organ
i
zat
i
on, and

i
mplementat
i
on of an effect
i
ve nurs
i
ng care plan; to prov
i
de educat
i
on and tra
i
n
i
ng; to assess cond
i
t
i
on and needs of pat
i
ents, fam
i
l
i
es and commun
i
t
i
es appropr
i
ate to the care sett
i
ng; to take appropr
i
ate

i
ntervent
i
on; to counsel and teach pat
i
ents and fam
i
l
i
es; and to prov
i
de d
i
rect
i
on or gu
i
dance to non-l
i
censed personnel

i
n ass
i
gned area of respons
i
b
i
l
i
ty to ensure qual
i
ty care.

Level

I
I
I

Knowledge, Sk
i
lls and Ab
i
l
i
t
i
es requ
i
red at th
i
s level

i
nclude knowledge of profess
i
onal nurs
i
ng theory,

pract
i
ces, and techn
i
ques; of health promot
i
on and d
i
sease prevent
i
on; of nurs
i
ng management of

ava
i
lable health care resources; of nutr
i
t
i
on and d
i
et therapy; of the funct
i
ons of var
i
ous cl
i
n
i
cal

departments; of ava
i
lable health programs and resources; of federal and state rules and regulat
i
ons

concern
i
ng health serv
i
ces; of accred
i
tat
i
on, cert
i
f
i
cat
i
on and l
i
censure standards; of prevent
i
ve health

pract
i
ces; of pr
i
nc
i
ples and methods of teach
i
ng; of nurs
i
ng standards; and of nurs
i
ng pol
i
c
i
es and

procedures.

Ab
i
l
i
ty

i
s requ
i
red to ass
i
st

i
n the development, organ
i
zat
i
on, and

i
mplementat
i
on of an effect
i
ve nurs
i
ng

care plan; to prov
i
de educat
i
on and tra
i
n
i
ng; to assess cond
i
t
i
on and needs of pat
i
ents, fam
i
l
i
es and

commun
i
t
i
es appropr
i
ate to the care sett
i
ng; to take appropr
i
ate

i
ntervent
i
on; to counsel and teach

pat
i
ents and fam
i
l
i
es; to prov
i
de d
i
rect
i
on or gu
i
dance to non-l
i
censed personnel

i
n ass
i
gned area of

respons
i
b
i
l
i
ty to ensure qual
i
ty care; to develop, plan, and

i
mplement an effect
i
ve nurs
i
ng care program;

and to prov
i
de educat
i
on and tra
i
n
i
ng.

Educat
i
on and E
x
per
i
ence
:

Level

I

Educat
i
on and E
x
per
i
ence requ
i
rements at th
i
s level cons
i
st of possess
i
on of a val
i
d Oklahoma l
i
cense

as a reg
i
stered nurse as approved by the Oklahoma Board of Nurs
i
ng; or Reg
i
stered Nurse L
i
cense

recogn
i
zed by the Enhanced Nurse L
i
censure Compact (
eNLC
).

Level

I
I

Educat
i
on and E
x
per
i
ence requ
i
rements at th
i
s level cons
i
st of possess
i
on of a val
i
d Oklahoma l
i
cense as a reg
i
stered nurse as approved by the Oklahoma Board of Nurs
i
ng and one year of profess
i
onal nurs
i
ng e
x
per
i
ence; or Reg
i
stered Nurse L
i
cense recogn
i
zed by the Enhanced Nurse L
i
censure Compact (
eNLC
) and one year of profess
i
onal nurs
i
ng e
x
per
i
ence.

Level

I
I
I

Educat
i
on and E
x
per
i
ence requ
i
rements at th
i
s level cons
i
st of possess
i
on of a val
i
d Oklahoma l
i
cense

as a reg
i
stered nurse as approved by the Oklahoma Board of Nurs
i
ng and two years of profess
i
onal

nurs
i
ng e
x
per
i
ence

i
n a f
i
eld of nurs
i
ng appropr
i
ate to the health care sett
i
ng; or Reg
i
stered Nurse

L
i
cense recogn
i
zed by the Enhanced Nurse L
i
censure Compact (
eNLC
) and two years of profess
i
onal

nurs
i
ng e
x
per
i
ence

i
n a f
i
eld of nurs
i
ng appropr
i
ate to the health care sett
i
ng.

Spec
i
al Requ
i
rements
:

Appl
i
cants w
i
th the Department of Correct
i
ons must be w
i
ll
i
ng and able to work any ass
i
gned sh
i
ft or day

of the week, and

add
i
t
i
onal

sh
i
fts as

requ
i
red
.

Some agenc
i
es may have determ
i
ned pos
i
t
i
ons

i
n th
i
s job fam
i
ly to be safety sens
i
t
i
ve as def
i
ned by

63

O.S. § 427.8.

Equal Opportunity Employment
The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or dis