Registered Nurse (O-3 Billet) Non-Supervisory

Job Overview

The Registered Nurse provides direct care to ICE detainees, including assessments, triage, medication administration, and emergency response. Responsibilities include coordinating care, maintaining documentation, and ensuring compliance with IHSC policies.

The role requires clinical expertise, adaptability to changing schedules, and the ability to work in a multidisciplinary team in a detention setting. This position is only open to USPHS officers and Call to Active Duty (CAD) candidates.

Job Description

COMPETENCIES: Cultural Competency. Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills. Active listening skills. Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills. Integrity/Honesty. Adult learner teaching skills.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Requires physical exertion such as lifting objects greater than 30 pounds.

Required to perform CPR/emergency care standing or kneeling. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Provides direct nursing care to detainees with knowledge of nursing care principles, practices, and procedures.

Provides nursing procedures as ordered following Lippincott Procedure Manual after completed IHSC Registered Nurse (RN) competency documentation on annual basis. Additionally, follows and remains current on all applicable IHSC directive and guidelines.

Documents all detainee encounters using S. O. A. P. E. format, followed by the nurse's signature and name stamp on written documentation or by locking notes in electronic health record.

Ability to assess patients' needs and coordinate appropriate nursing care plan. Obtains medical histories on detainees; referring medical problems identified to the physician, or Advanced Practice Provider (APP) as appropriate.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsibilities include coordinating care, maintaining documentation, and ensuring compliance with IHSC policies.
• Must have the ability to assist sick, injured or aging detainees or staff exiting the building (may require lifting, dragging, wheeling or carrying someone who weighs significantly more than self).
• DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Provides direct nursing care to detainees with knowledge of nursing care principles, practices, and procedures.
• Responsible for maintenance of medical equipment and quality control of laboratory reagent.
• Demonstrates potential and willingness/ability to assume increasing levels of responsibility: May be tasked to function as Team Lead for regional projects or serves as Clinic Coordinator, if assigned.
• See additional duties in the "Additional Information" box below.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills.
• Active listening skills.
• Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills.
• Adult learner teaching skills.
• Must have the ability to assist sick, injured or aging detainees or staff exiting the building (may require lifting, dragging, wheeling or carrying someone who weighs significantly more than self).
• The work may necessitate some physical characteristics that will be required when responding to an emergency situation, such as running short distance, prolonged standing and working in an austere environment.
• Required to perform CPR/emergency care standing or kneeling.
• DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Provides direct nursing care to detainees with knowledge of nursing care principles, practices, and procedures.

Work Location and Schedule

This role is listed as On-site with location information shown as Tacoma, Washington. The employment type is Full Time.

About the Company

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is the organization connected with this listing. USA Jobs Today displays this opportunity for job discovery only, so applicants should verify company details, application instructions, and eligibility on the official employer website.