Registered Nurse (O-4 Billet) Non-Supervisory

Job Overview

The Registered Nurse provides advanced nursing care to ICE detainees, including assessments, triage, medication administration, emergency response, and patient education.

Responsibilities include leadership roles such as Charge Nurse or Team Lead, mentoring, and process development. The role requires clinical expertise, adaptability, and the ability to work in a multidisciplinary team in a detention setting.

Job Description

This position is only open to USPHS officers and Call to Active Duty (CAD) candidates. COMPETENCIES: Cultural Competency. Demonstrates leadership qualities. Active listening skills. Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills. Integrity/Honesty.

Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills. Knowledge of staff development and basic adult learner teaching skills. Knowledge of team building principles.

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.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsibilities include leadership roles such as Charge Nurse or Team Lead, mentoring, and process development.
• Demonstrates leadership qualities.
• Knowledge of team building principles.
• 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 leadership potential and willingness/ability to assume increasing levels of responsibility: may be tasked to function as Charge Nurse or Team Lead.
• Performance of complex tasks requiring developed proficiency/ higher responsibility: serves as Clinical Coordinator/Charge Nurse/Acting Nurse Manager as assigned.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Active listening skills.
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of staff development and basic adult learner teaching skills.
• Knowledge of team building principles.
• 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.

Work Location and Schedule

This role is listed as On-site with location information shown as Elizabeth, New Jersey. 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.