NURSES

To serve as a Clark County Sheriff’s Office civilian employee whose primary responsibility is to, under the supervision of the jail physician, perform a variety of professional nursing services for inmates within the facility related to planning, organizing, monitoring and implementing nursing and medical care services.  

•  Provide direct care to patients and perform functions in accordance with current accepted practice, licensure, certification, credentialing and or granted privileges. 
• Provide treatment to inmates as appropriate to discipline and facility setting. 
• Respond to and or coordinate response to medical emergencies. 
• Appropriately document patient inmate encounters according to current standards of care using electronic health records.
• Provide supervision of Licensed Practical Nurses and/or other medical staff, as assigned. 
• Evaluate health care needs of inmates and develop nursing care plans to meet those needs. 
• Provide assessment and treatment of inmates during sick call and refer to the jail physician as appropriate. 
• Provide screening of inmates during intake per established policies and procedures. 
• Obtain inmate medical histories and appropriately refer abnormal findings or responses or stated medical problems to the jail physician. 
• Draw labs as requested and collect laboratory specimens. 
• Destroy and properly dispose of all sharps to include but not limited to; needles and syringes according to hazardous waste, infection control and safety guidance. 
• Assist in the disposal of biologically hazardous wastes on a regular basis as needed.
• Administer medications, immunizations, education or other needed treatments as ordered/recommended.
• Adhere to professional nursing principals, procedures and techniques for appropriate inmate care and take direction from the jail physician and/or administrative personnel. 
• Adhere to medication administration guidelines, understand pharmaceutical agents and their desired effects. Recognize adverse effects and take appropriate corrective measures as needed. 
• Maintain safety when dispensing medications and be cognizant of the potential hazards of drug hoarding and trafficking among inmates. 
• Provide inmate health education as appropriate. 
• Coordinate health care needs of inmates with facility medical staff and coordinate referrals to off-site providers as determined by the jail physician. 
• Ensure that equipment, supplies and logs are available, correct and updated. 
• Ensure all equipment is functional and appropriately maintained.

To serve as a Clark County Sheriff’s Office civilian employee whose primary responsibility is to, under the supervision of the jail physician, perform a variety of professional nursing services for inmates within the facility related to planning, organizing, monitoring and implementing nursing and medical care services.  

• Provide direct care to patients and perform functions in accordance with current accepted practice, licensure, certification, credentialing and or granted privileges. 
• Provide treatment to inmates as appropriate to discipline and facility setting. 
• Respond to and or coordinate response to medical emergencies. 
• Appropriately document patient inmate encounters according to current standards of care using electronic health records.
• Provide supervision of Licensed Practical Nurses and/or other medical staff, as assigned. 
• Evaluate health care needs of inmates and develop nursing care plans to meet those needs. 
• Provide assessment and treatment of inmates during sick call and refer to the jail physician as appropriate. 
• Provide screening of inmates during intake per established policies and procedures. 
• Obtain inmate medical histories and appropriately refer abnormal findings or responses or stated medical problems to the jail physician. 
• Draw labs as requested and collect laboratory specimens. 
• Destroy and properly dispose of all sharps to include but not limited to; needles and syringes according to hazardous waste, infection control and safety guidance. 
• Assist in the disposal of biologically hazardous wastes on a regular basis as needed.
• Administer medications, immunizations, education or other needed treatments as ordered/recommended.
• Adhere to professional nursing principals, procedures and techniques for appropriate inmate care and take direction from the jail physician and/or administrative personnel. 
• Adhere to medication administration guidelines, understand pharmaceutical agents and their desired effects. Recognize adverse effects and take appropriate corrective measures as needed. 
• Maintain safety when dispensing medications and be cognizant of the potential hazards of drug hoarding and trafficking among inmates. 
• Provide inmate health education as appropriate. 
• Coordinate health care needs of inmates with facility medical staff and coordinate referrals to off-site providers as determined by the jail physician. 
• Ensure that equipment, supplies and logs are available, correct and updated. 
• Ensure all equipment is functional and appropriately maintained.