Licensed Practical Nurse 4 On-Call - AHCC

Posting number: HS-AHCC-2025-04571

Department: Dept. of Corrections

Division: HS - AHCC

Job classification: LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE 4

Posting type: Open & Promotional

Categories: Corrections, Health Services, Mental Health, Nursing, Laboratory, Health Sciences, Medical/Dental, Health Care Support

Summary

Licensed Practical Nurse 4

Airway Heights Corrections Center
  Airway Heights, WA.

Hourly salary: $35.24-$47.43

On-Call (Various shifts/hours available)

The Department of Corrections is seeking a highly motivated and qualified Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN4) for the Airway Heights Corrections Center located in Airway Heights, WA.

Under the direct or indirect supervision of a Registered Nurse, the Licensed Practical Nurse 4 supports the Department’s mission to improve public safety by assisting in the implementation of the nursing process and delivering services to promote health, foster healing, and support coping and adjustment of various health conditions. 

At the Department of Corrections, we value our nurses and understand how important they are to our patients and their families.  Additionally, we offer a great benefit package along with opportunity for professional and personal growth.

• A detailed resume

The mission of the Department of Corrections is to 'improve public safety by positively changing lives". For additional information visit our website at doc.wa.gov

Application assessment will be ongoing; the hiring authority reserves the right to offer the position at any time during the recruitment process. It’s the applicant's advantage to apply as early as possible. This recruitment could be used to fill multiple permanent or non-permanent positions.

• Be available to work all shifts (day, swing and graveyard) including weekends and holidays.
• To qualify for benefits upon hire, you must be willing to work 10 shifts a month. 
• Provide written availability by the 10th of each month for the following month's coverage.
• Be willing to complete a paid three-week correctional worker core training M-F from 8 to 4:30 pm.

Examples of duties

Practice nursing safely and effectively in the correctional setting and within the scope of practice defined by state law and administrative code:

• Monitor and collect specific data, as directed, about the health status, clinical condition, or situation of individuals, families, groups, and communities by interview, observation, inspection, and examination. Report the results of the data collection to the Registered Nurse.
• Assist the Registered Nurse in developing nursing diagnoses and outcomes to be achieved as a result of nursing intervention.
• Contribute to the development of the plan of nursing care including identification of approaches, timeframes, and the pathways for the delivery of health care. Assist the Registered Nurse in prioritizing and sequencing care.
• Carry out the plan of care by performing common therapeutic nursing interventions, informing other about the urgency, time, and methods to deliver health care on and off site. Determine when needs for care or services are beyond the LPN scope of practice, require clarification, or require another type or level of intervention. Take action as necessary to obtain direction from the Registered Nurse and accomplish prescribed interventions in a timely and clinically responsive manner.
• Assist the Registered Nurse in analysis and evaluation of the structure, process and timeframes for service delivery, the expected effects of treatment or intervention, and the outcomes to be achieved. Assist the Registered Nurse to revise the plan of care as necessary.
• In accordance with the intent and provisions of established policies, practices, and procedures, employ appropriate safety techniques to push, pull, lift, and carry loads.

Delegate and assign tasks to other staff as appropriate:

• Delegate and assign responsibility for patient care to other Licensed Practical Nurses and assistive nursing personnel after considering the needs, condition, and stability of the patient, potential for harm, complexity of task, and predictability of outcome.