Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner - Psych, Jail Health Services
King County
Pioneer Square, WA
Full-time
Nursing
Posted on May 13, 2023
Salary
$58.35 - $82.12 Hourly
Location
King County Correctional Facility - Downtown Seattle and Maleng Regional Justice Center - Kent, WA
Job Type
Career Service, Hours Vary
Job Number
2023AMC17965
Department
DPH - Public Health
Division
Jail Health Services
Opening Date
06/06/2023
Closing Date
7/5/2023 11:59 PM Pacific
FLSA
Non-Exempt
Bargaining Unit
R2 : WSNA-Staff Nurses-DPH, DAJD
Summary
Jail Psychiatric Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners are responsible for integrating knowledge and data from may scientific frameworks to provide holistic psychiatric care to individuals as part of a health care team for Jail Health Services at King County Correctional Facility Downtown as well as Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. This position provides psychiatric health care to clients on an independent basis. This classification is distinguished from other nursing classifications in that the incumbent is responsible for medical management of psychiatric health conditions including prescribing and dispensing medications.
Commitment to Equity and Social Justice
Named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the most influential civil rights leaders in our nation's history, King County is a vibrant international community with residents that represent countries from around the world. It is a region with increasing diversity that cherishes the traditions of many cultures.
The county government has a deep commitment to equity and social justice and advancing practices, strategies, and policies that promote fairness, justice, and opportunity for all - in our workplaces and our communities. With this commitment, King County has adopted a pro-equity agenda to advance regional change and ensure that residents from all communities are incorporated into our emergency planning and public outreach efforts.
We recognize that structural racism consists of principles and practices that cause and justify an inequitable distribution of rights, opportunities, and experiences across racial groups. Since declaring Racism is a Public Health Crisis in June 2020, King County and Public Health committed to being intentionally anti-racist and accountable to Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities.
To learn more, please visit http://www.kingcounty.gov/elected/executive/equity-social-justice.aspx
This posting will be used to fill all needs.
Work Location: The primary work locations are at the King County Correctional Facility in Seattle and Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.
Work Schedule: Career Service positions are flexible from 0.5 FTE to 1.0 at King County Correctional Facilities, Seattle and Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. The work days and hours may vary with team coverage of weekday day, evening shifts, weekend, holiday day shifts and is overtime eligible.
Contact: For information about this opportunity please email Amy M. Curtis, BSN, RN, Nurse Recruitment Manager at amy.curtis@kingcounty.gov
Examples of Duties:
The above is in compliance with PREA and its implementing regulations, 28 C.F.R. Part 115, Subpart A, Section 115.17, Hiring and Promotion Decisions.
The person hired into this position is required to adhere to the policies of the Department of Juvenile and Adult Detention in addition to those of the Public Health Department.
Necessary Special Requirements:
Supplemental Information
Forbes named King County as one of Washington State's best employers.
Together, with leadership and our employees, we're changing the way government delivers service and winning national recognition as a model of excellence. Are you ready to make a difference? Come join the team dedicated to serving one of the nation's best places to live, work and play.
Guided by our "True North" , we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce. To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity. Equitable recruiting, support, and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles - we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards. We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply, including Native American and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities, and veterans.
King County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer
No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other protected class. Our EEO policy applies to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, selection for training, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation.
COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement:
If you are the successful candidate for the position(s), as a condition of your employment, you will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to work in the medical clinic(s) outlined in this job posting prior to your start date. To ensure this condition is met, prior to your start date, the county will send you a conditional offer letter requesting you to provide proof of vaccination or have an approved request for medical or religious exemption and an approved accommodation. Philosophical, political, scientific, or sociological objections to vaccination will not be considered for an exemption or accommodation.
To Apply
If you are interested in pursuing this position, please follow the application instructions carefully. If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process or if you have questions please contact the recruiter listed on this job announcement.
King County offers a highly-competitive compensation and benefits package designed to meet the diverse needs of our employees and support our employees' health and well-being. Eligible positions receive the following benefits and have access to the following programs:
This is a general description of the benefits offered to eligible King County employees, and every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy. If any information on this document conflicts with the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), the CBA prevails. Also, in the event of any incorrect information in this document, applicable laws, policies, rules, CBAs, or official plan documents will prevail.
NOTE: Benefits for Term Limited Temporary (TLT) or Short Term Temporary (STT) positions, including leave eligibility and/or participation in the pension plan through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems, will vary based upon the terms and details of the position.Short Term Temporary positions are not eligible for an ORCA transit pass.
For inquiries about the specifics of this position, please contact the recruiter identified on this job posting.
$58.35 - $82.12 Hourly
Location
King County Correctional Facility - Downtown Seattle and Maleng Regional Justice Center - Kent, WA
Job Type
Career Service, Hours Vary
Job Number
2023AMC17965
Department
DPH - Public Health
Division
Jail Health Services
Opening Date
06/06/2023
Closing Date
7/5/2023 11:59 PM Pacific
FLSA
Non-Exempt
Bargaining Unit
R2 : WSNA-Staff Nurses-DPH, DAJD
Summary
Jail Psychiatric Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners are responsible for integrating knowledge and data from may scientific frameworks to provide holistic psychiatric care to individuals as part of a health care team for Jail Health Services at King County Correctional Facility Downtown as well as Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. This position provides psychiatric health care to clients on an independent basis. This classification is distinguished from other nursing classifications in that the incumbent is responsible for medical management of psychiatric health conditions including prescribing and dispensing medications.
Commitment to Equity and Social Justice
Named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the most influential civil rights leaders in our nation's history, King County is a vibrant international community with residents that represent countries from around the world. It is a region with increasing diversity that cherishes the traditions of many cultures.
The county government has a deep commitment to equity and social justice and advancing practices, strategies, and policies that promote fairness, justice, and opportunity for all - in our workplaces and our communities. With this commitment, King County has adopted a pro-equity agenda to advance regional change and ensure that residents from all communities are incorporated into our emergency planning and public outreach efforts.
We recognize that structural racism consists of principles and practices that cause and justify an inequitable distribution of rights, opportunities, and experiences across racial groups. Since declaring Racism is a Public Health Crisis in June 2020, King County and Public Health committed to being intentionally anti-racist and accountable to Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities.
To learn more, please visit http://www.kingcounty.gov/elected/executive/equity-social-justice.aspx
This posting will be used to fill all needs.
Work Location: The primary work locations are at the King County Correctional Facility in Seattle and Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.
Work Schedule: Career Service positions are flexible from 0.5 FTE to 1.0 at King County Correctional Facilities, Seattle and Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. The work days and hours may vary with team coverage of weekday day, evening shifts, weekend, holiday day shifts and is overtime eligible.
Contact: For information about this opportunity please email Amy M. Curtis, BSN, RN, Nurse Recruitment Manager at amy.curtis@kingcounty.gov
Examples of Duties:
- Performance of a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation, that includes the patient's current psychiatric problem(s), history psychiatric care, psychiatric review of systems, a mental status exam, diagnosis, prescription of medications and other treatments, client education and referrals for other services.
- Obtain health history through client/caregiver interview and chart review. Assess presenting illness and risk factors, family health history, review of systems, psychosocial/developmental histories, and cultural information.
- Recognize common medical conditions and complaints to identify and separate from psychiatric diagnoses.
- Perform appropriate physical examination and assessment.
- Order or perform appropriate diagnostic and screening tests and collect additional data for evaluation of illness/wellness.
- Develop differential diagnosis and risk identification through assessment and interpretation of data.
- Complete documentation in the electronic health record in a timely manner.
- Respond to medical or psychiatric emergencies as part of the Jail healthcare team.
- Participate in after hours on call coverage.
- Perform assessment and treatment of psychiatric emergencies, such as acute alcohol withdrawal, delirium, and catatonia.
- Participate in the preparation of documents necessary for the transfer of a client to outside agencies, such as Designated County Responders, or a transfer to an outside medical facility.
- Participate in the involuntary the antipsychotic hearing process, including report preparation, presentation to the hearing committee, prescribing involuntary antipsychotics, and/or the appeal review role.
- Participate in Continuing Education, guidelines development, staff development, committee meetings.
- Develop and implement individualized mental health treatment plans, ensure coordination of services, oversight of referrals.
- Communicate care through electronic charting and verbal interactions with your client and health care team (interdisciplinary health team, students and interagency services) providing them with leadership and direction; consult, educate, orient and train as needed. Act as consultant to health care team, other staff and the community.
- Ensure quality of professional practice by practicing within professional, legal and ethical standards. Participate in; Quality Improvement (QI)/Quality Assurance (QA) activities as requested. Provide psychiatric services as an independent psychiatric health care provider based on Public Health-Seattle & King County clinical practice guidelines, CDC guidelines, mental health standards as well as the current community standards.
- Washington State license as a BSN Registered Nurse (in good standing) from an accredited school of nursing required.
- Washington State license as an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (in good standing) with prescriptive authority required.
- Completion of advanced practitioner training and board certification as a nurse practitioner within the specialty practice.
- Must have a National Provider Identification (NPI) number prior to credentialing.
- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration must be obtained prior to credentialing.
- Documentation of current BLS CPR certification with AED training required at time of hire. CPR/AED Heartsaver courses do not meet this requirement.
- Willing to provide options counseling and possible referral for termination required.
- Two years of experience providing adult psychiatric services (relevant nursing experience will be considered).
- Experience providing care to diverse socio-economic populations.
- Knowledge of alcohol and drug addiction and withdrawals.
- Skill in prescribing psychiatric medications.
- The most competitive candidate will have experience providing psychiatric services in a correctional setting.
- Knowledge of advanced practice of nursing, advanced knowledge of human systems, including wellness/illness, growth and development, basic nutrition, behavioral, psycho-social and family systems; anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology; pharmacology and therapeutics and alternative treatment modalities, diagnostic testing and interpretation of results, diagnostic reasoning and clinical decision-making.
- Knowledge of health promotion, risk assessment and education techniques and principles.
- Thorough knowledge of health care system structure and function; community, professional and educational resources.
- Demonstrated ability in mental health assessment, communication (oral, written and use of information management systems and health care technology), medical records documentation, writing orders, time management, problem solving, crisis intervention, interviewing, analytical and critical thinking, leadership and case management.
- Demonstrated ability to consult, investigate, facilitate and present effectively.
- Demonstrated ability in initiating appropriate emergency response.
- Demonstrated ability in working with diverse cultural and socio-economic populations providing therapeutic client interventions and group dynamics
- Public Health relies on office automation (Microsoft Office) and web-based enabled tools; therefore, candidates must be proficient and comfortable with computer use to perform functions associated with on-going work.
- Regular and reliable attendance, effective communication skills, and development of effective working relationships are requirements of all Public Health positions.
- Staff may be required to play a role as a first responder in the event of a Public Health emergency.
- Sexual abuse in a prison, jail, lockup, community confinement facility, juvenile facility, or other institution
- Engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt or implied threats of force, or coercion, or if the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse.
- Civil or administrative adjudication that the candidate has engaged in the activity described above.
The above is in compliance with PREA and its implementing regulations, 28 C.F.R. Part 115, Subpart A, Section 115.17, Hiring and Promotion Decisions.
The person hired into this position is required to adhere to the policies of the Department of Juvenile and Adult Detention in addition to those of the Public Health Department.
Necessary Special Requirements:
- An offer of employment will be contingent on passing a pre-employment physical exam (should be able to lift 25 pounds, move quickly up and down stairs, crouching/bending to perform CPR).
- The selected candidate must pass a thorough background investigation.
- Your application materials must validate your answers to the supplemental questions. If your answers cannot be validated, you will not proceed to the next steps of the process.
- You must completely fill out the application with your relevant education and work experience. Your application may be rejected as incomplete if you include relevant information only on the resume or cover letter, or if you reference "see resume" on your application.
- This selection process may include but is not limited to: evaluation of application materials and supplemental questions, testing and interviewing. For more information on our selection process, please refer to www.kingcounty.gov/depts/health/jobs/hiring
Supplemental Information
Forbes named King County as one of Washington State's best employers.
Together, with leadership and our employees, we're changing the way government delivers service and winning national recognition as a model of excellence. Are you ready to make a difference? Come join the team dedicated to serving one of the nation's best places to live, work and play.
Guided by our "True North" , we are making King County a welcoming community where every person can thrive. We value diversity, inclusion and belonging in our workplace and workforce. To reach this goal we are committed to workforce equity. Equitable recruiting, support, and retention is how we will obtain the highest quality workforce in our region; a workforce that shares and will help advance our guiding principles - we are one team; we solve problems; we focus on the customer; we drive for results; we are racially just; we respect all people; we lead the way; and we are responsible stewards. We encourage people of all backgrounds and identities to apply, including Native American and people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+, people living with disabilities, and veterans.
King County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer
No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other protected class. Our EEO policy applies to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, selection for training, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation.
COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement:
If you are the successful candidate for the position(s), as a condition of your employment, you will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to work in the medical clinic(s) outlined in this job posting prior to your start date. To ensure this condition is met, prior to your start date, the county will send you a conditional offer letter requesting you to provide proof of vaccination or have an approved request for medical or religious exemption and an approved accommodation. Philosophical, political, scientific, or sociological objections to vaccination will not be considered for an exemption or accommodation.
To Apply
If you are interested in pursuing this position, please follow the application instructions carefully. If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process or if you have questions please contact the recruiter listed on this job announcement.
King County offers a highly-competitive compensation and benefits package designed to meet the diverse needs of our employees and support our employees' health and well-being. Eligible positions receive the following benefits and have access to the following programs:
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage: King County pays 100% of the premiums for eligible employees and family members
- Life and disability insurance: employees are provided basic coverage and given the opportunity to purchase additional insurance for both the employee and eligible dependents
- Retirement: King County employees are eligible to participate in a pension plan through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems and a 457(b) deferred-compensation plan
- Transportation program and ORCA transit pass
- 12paid holidays each year (plus 2 personal holidays)
- Generous vacation and paid sick leave
- Paid parental leave, family and medical leaves, and volunteer leave
- Flexible Spending Account
- Wellness programs
- Onsite gyms and activity centers
- Employee giving program
- Employee assistance programs
- Flexible schedules and telecommuting options, depending on position
- Training and career development programs
This is a general description of the benefits offered to eligible King County employees, and every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy. If any information on this document conflicts with the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), the CBA prevails. Also, in the event of any incorrect information in this document, applicable laws, policies, rules, CBAs, or official plan documents will prevail.
NOTE: Benefits for Term Limited Temporary (TLT) or Short Term Temporary (STT) positions, including leave eligibility and/or participation in the pension plan through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems, will vary based upon the terms and details of the position.Short Term Temporary positions are not eligible for an ORCA transit pass.
For inquiries about the specifics of this position, please contact the recruiter identified on this job posting.
