Washington State ESD
Job Summary
Registered Nurse – Fulltime, Permanent
– Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW), Gig Harbor, WA.
Schedule:
Sunday – Thursday 14:00 – 22:30 (Fri/Sat off). Multiple RN openings are available for this schedule.
Compensation:
Monthly Salary $7,396.00 – $12,125.00; Hourly Salary $42.51 – $69.68.
Shift Differential
Evening/Night shift: $2.50 per hour.
$1.00 per hour for work 23:00 – 07:00.
$3.00 per hour for work Friday midnight – Sunday midnight.
About the Role Join the Department of Corrections (DOC) team to make a real difference in the lives of others. We value our nurses and offer a great benefits package.
Responsibilities
Access, monitor, and interpret objective and subjective data.
Develop nursing diagnoses and outcomes to be achieved as a result of nursing intervention.
Plan the delivery of health care, defining timeframes and pathways for delivery of services, prioritizing and sequencing care.
Implement care plans by providing direct patient care, directing others about urgency, timeframes, and methods to deliver health care on and off site, determining when needs for care or services become more urgent or require different levels of intervention. Obtain provider orders and accomplish prescribed interventions in a timely and clinically responsive manner.
Analyze and evaluate the structure, process, and timeframes for service delivery, the expected effects of treatment or intervention, and the outcomes to be achieved. Revise the plan of care as necessary.
Employ appropriate safety techniques to push, pull, lift, and carry loads.
Delegation and Supervision
Delegate responsibility for patient care to other nurses and assistive nursing personnel after considering patient needs, condition, stability, potential for harm, complexity of task, and predictability of outcome.
Teach, instruct, monitor, supervise, and evaluate the implementation of tasks and the result of patient care assigned to other personnel.
Direct and supervise subordinate health care staff assigned to a patient care area.
Make nursing assessments and initiate treatment protocols accordingly.
Ensure that practice is consistent with state licensure laws, administrative rules, policies, and procedures.
Communication
Protect confidentiality of health records.
Maintain accurate legible complete records of patient care.
Write nursing care plans and interdisciplinary treatment plans and complete other entries to support the problem‑oriented health care record.
Legibly document clinical findings, rationale and plan for actions taken to deliver nursing and other aspects of health care.
Emergency Response
Provide emergency medical care including CPR using triage format to incarcerated individuals, staff, visitors, and community members.
Competent Nursing Services
Assess subjective and objective symptoms of patient’s medical and emotional conditions during nursing triage, ambulatory care clinics, and infirmary rounds; initiate appropriate intervention according to Health Services Policies and procedures, treatment plans, and protocols.
Administer medical and nursing treatment, including medication administration, treatments, dressing changes, monitoring and evaluating vital signs, obtaining and preparing specimens for laboratory analysis, starting and administering IVs, traction, and assisting with minor surgeries.
Professional Conduct
Be in attendance, capable, and competent to practice nursing as assigned.
Remain on duty until adequate replacement has arrived and communication has occurred to ensure continuity of patient care.
Therapeutic Relationships
Counsel, teach, and assist incarcerated individuals.
Provide accurate authoritative information to groups or communities.
Team Participation
Function as a job coach and mentor during on‑the‑job training; provide direction, observe performance and provide feedback to supervisors, and complete written and/or verbal evaluations of job training when requested.
Participate in Health Services Quality Improvement activities.
Practice in accordance with DOC Policy and Offender Health Plan.
Participate in formal clinical oversight according to facility and DOC Health Services Clinical Oversight Structure.
Required Qualifications
Initial and continuous unencumbered licensure in the State of Washington as a Registered Nurse.
OR an unencumbered Multistate License from a participating Compact Licensure State with completion of Suicide Prevention, EDIR training, and MLS demographic survey.
One (1) year experience working as a Registered Nurse.
Training by the American Heart Association in CPR.
Proficiency using computer‑based programs to schedule, monitor, and track patient information, perform data entry and word processing, and communicate via email.
Ability to work independently and with limited supervision.
Desired Qualifications
Experience working as a Registered Nurse in an acute care setting or a correctional facility.
Certification as a Correctional Healthcare Professional.
Mission, Vision & Values Mission:
Improve public safety by positively changing lives.
Vision:
Working together for safer communities.
Commitment:
Operate a safe and humane corrections system and partner with others to transform lives for a better Washington.
Core Values:
Cultivate an environment of integrity and trust.
Respectful and inclusive interactions.
People’s safety.
Positivity in words and actions.
Supporting people’s success.
Important Notes
Provide a minimum of three professional references. Each reference must include phone number and email address.
A background check including criminal record history will be conducted prior to a new hire.
Applicants will work in a potentially hazardous environment; consider safety risks.
Drug and alcohol–free workplace; pre‑employment drug test required.
Use of pepper spray (Oleoresin Capsicum) and animal care programs may expose applicants to allergens.
TB screening required at 60 days; positive results may require further testing.
Positions may be represented by a bargaining unit.
Applicants may need respirator evaluation, fit testing, and training as required by WA Industrial Safety regulations.
Must be able to work in space heights, climb stairs, walk long distances, lift up to 30 lbs (occasionally 50 lbs) and push up to 100 lbs.
Foreign degrees require credential evaluation report (WES or AICE). If not provided, not considered.
Appointees must have work authorization without employer sponsorship.
Salary based on experience; Step U longevity step typically after 6 years; Steps A–U.
DOC complies with I‑9 requirements. No E‑Verify.
Diversity Statement DOC is an equal‑opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or use of a guide dog or service animal.
For inquiries or accommodations, contact Angela Berrier at amberrier@doc1.wa.gov or call 509‑540‑7078. For TTY, call Washington Relay Service 7‑1‑1 or 1‑800‑833‑6388.
Benefits
Up to 25 paid vacation days per year.
8 hours of paid sick leave per month.
12 paid holidays per year.
Generous retirement plan.
Flex Spending Accounts.
Dependent Care Assistance.
Deferred Compensation and more.
Application:
Applications will be reviewed as received. The hiring authority reserves the right to offer the position at any time during the recruitment process. Apply early.
For more information, visit www.doc.wa.gov.
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– Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW), Gig Harbor, WA.
Schedule:
Sunday – Thursday 14:00 – 22:30 (Fri/Sat off). Multiple RN openings are available for this schedule.
Compensation:
Monthly Salary $7,396.00 – $12,125.00; Hourly Salary $42.51 – $69.68.
Shift Differential
Evening/Night shift: $2.50 per hour.
$1.00 per hour for work 23:00 – 07:00.
$3.00 per hour for work Friday midnight – Sunday midnight.
About the Role Join the Department of Corrections (DOC) team to make a real difference in the lives of others. We value our nurses and offer a great benefits package.
Responsibilities
Access, monitor, and interpret objective and subjective data.
Develop nursing diagnoses and outcomes to be achieved as a result of nursing intervention.
Plan the delivery of health care, defining timeframes and pathways for delivery of services, prioritizing and sequencing care.
Implement care plans by providing direct patient care, directing others about urgency, timeframes, and methods to deliver health care on and off site, determining when needs for care or services become more urgent or require different levels of intervention. Obtain provider orders and accomplish prescribed interventions in a timely and clinically responsive manner.
Analyze and evaluate the structure, process, and timeframes for service delivery, the expected effects of treatment or intervention, and the outcomes to be achieved. Revise the plan of care as necessary.
Employ appropriate safety techniques to push, pull, lift, and carry loads.
Delegation and Supervision
Delegate responsibility for patient care to other nurses and assistive nursing personnel after considering patient needs, condition, stability, potential for harm, complexity of task, and predictability of outcome.
Teach, instruct, monitor, supervise, and evaluate the implementation of tasks and the result of patient care assigned to other personnel.
Direct and supervise subordinate health care staff assigned to a patient care area.
Make nursing assessments and initiate treatment protocols accordingly.
Ensure that practice is consistent with state licensure laws, administrative rules, policies, and procedures.
Communication
Protect confidentiality of health records.
Maintain accurate legible complete records of patient care.
Write nursing care plans and interdisciplinary treatment plans and complete other entries to support the problem‑oriented health care record.
Legibly document clinical findings, rationale and plan for actions taken to deliver nursing and other aspects of health care.
Emergency Response
Provide emergency medical care including CPR using triage format to incarcerated individuals, staff, visitors, and community members.
Competent Nursing Services
Assess subjective and objective symptoms of patient’s medical and emotional conditions during nursing triage, ambulatory care clinics, and infirmary rounds; initiate appropriate intervention according to Health Services Policies and procedures, treatment plans, and protocols.
Administer medical and nursing treatment, including medication administration, treatments, dressing changes, monitoring and evaluating vital signs, obtaining and preparing specimens for laboratory analysis, starting and administering IVs, traction, and assisting with minor surgeries.
Professional Conduct
Be in attendance, capable, and competent to practice nursing as assigned.
Remain on duty until adequate replacement has arrived and communication has occurred to ensure continuity of patient care.
Therapeutic Relationships
Counsel, teach, and assist incarcerated individuals.
Provide accurate authoritative information to groups or communities.
Team Participation
Function as a job coach and mentor during on‑the‑job training; provide direction, observe performance and provide feedback to supervisors, and complete written and/or verbal evaluations of job training when requested.
Participate in Health Services Quality Improvement activities.
Practice in accordance with DOC Policy and Offender Health Plan.
Participate in formal clinical oversight according to facility and DOC Health Services Clinical Oversight Structure.
Required Qualifications
Initial and continuous unencumbered licensure in the State of Washington as a Registered Nurse.
OR an unencumbered Multistate License from a participating Compact Licensure State with completion of Suicide Prevention, EDIR training, and MLS demographic survey.
One (1) year experience working as a Registered Nurse.
Training by the American Heart Association in CPR.
Proficiency using computer‑based programs to schedule, monitor, and track patient information, perform data entry and word processing, and communicate via email.
Ability to work independently and with limited supervision.
Desired Qualifications
Experience working as a Registered Nurse in an acute care setting or a correctional facility.
Certification as a Correctional Healthcare Professional.
Mission, Vision & Values Mission:
Improve public safety by positively changing lives.
Vision:
Working together for safer communities.
Commitment:
Operate a safe and humane corrections system and partner with others to transform lives for a better Washington.
Core Values:
Cultivate an environment of integrity and trust.
Respectful and inclusive interactions.
People’s safety.
Positivity in words and actions.
Supporting people’s success.
Important Notes
Provide a minimum of three professional references. Each reference must include phone number and email address.
A background check including criminal record history will be conducted prior to a new hire.
Applicants will work in a potentially hazardous environment; consider safety risks.
Drug and alcohol–free workplace; pre‑employment drug test required.
Use of pepper spray (Oleoresin Capsicum) and animal care programs may expose applicants to allergens.
TB screening required at 60 days; positive results may require further testing.
Positions may be represented by a bargaining unit.
Applicants may need respirator evaluation, fit testing, and training as required by WA Industrial Safety regulations.
Must be able to work in space heights, climb stairs, walk long distances, lift up to 30 lbs (occasionally 50 lbs) and push up to 100 lbs.
Foreign degrees require credential evaluation report (WES or AICE). If not provided, not considered.
Appointees must have work authorization without employer sponsorship.
Salary based on experience; Step U longevity step typically after 6 years; Steps A–U.
DOC complies with I‑9 requirements. No E‑Verify.
Diversity Statement DOC is an equal‑opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or use of a guide dog or service animal.
For inquiries or accommodations, contact Angela Berrier at amberrier@doc1.wa.gov or call 509‑540‑7078. For TTY, call Washington Relay Service 7‑1‑1 or 1‑800‑833‑6388.
Benefits
Up to 25 paid vacation days per year.
8 hours of paid sick leave per month.
12 paid holidays per year.
Generous retirement plan.
Flex Spending Accounts.
Dependent Care Assistance.
Deferred Compensation and more.
Application:
Applications will be reviewed as received. The hiring authority reserves the right to offer the position at any time during the recruitment process. Apply early.
For more information, visit www.doc.wa.gov.
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