Initial Posting Date:

09/24/2025

Application Deadline:

10/05/2025

Agency:

Department of Corrections

Salary Range:

$8,920 - $13,148

Position Type:

Employee

Position Title:

Nurse Manager (Lakeview)

Job Description:

Nurse Manager (Lakeview)

Warner Creek Correctional Facility – Lakeview, Oregon

Oregon Department of Corrections

About the Job – Your Role

You will supervise Institution Registered Nurses, Health Services Technicians, and Certified Medication Aids. You may also supervise Registered Nurses who have been designated as Lead Workers and Pharmacy Technicians 2.

Your duties will include recruitment, hiring, training, scheduling, assigning, and managing employee performance. You will establish and manage systems to deliver medical, dental, hospice, psychiatric treatment, and medications services on a 24-hour, 7-day per week basis for adults in custody (AICs) housed in a variety of units including, but not limited to, general population, infirmary, minimum housing, disciplinary segregation unit, mental health unit, and administrative segregation unit. You will ensure the standard of health care is consistent with that available in the community and assists the facility to meet standards for environment/occupational health and safety. You will serve as the on-site health authority. You will also participate on the statewide Health Services Management team which is a forum used to problem solve operational issues, develop short- and long-range operational goals, and develop policies.

Managing

Manages human resources to deliver all levels and types of nursing care to a population of the adults in custody. Recruits, interviews, selects, and orients nursing personnel to perform health care delivery.  Verifies licenses, certificates, and secures training for personnel. Assigns work to nursing personnel consistent with credentials and clinical privileges. Supervises employees and agency personnel so work performed is consistent with assignment and licensure requirements. Uses progressive discipline to correct deficient employee performance. The total nursing staff in each facility ranges from 05-37 positions servicing 1,400-3,000 adults in custody.

Ensures medical records are properly maintained on all adults in custody.

Establishes and maintains a system for administration of medication according to physicians’ orders, which is timely and conforms to applicable law, administrative rule, and security requirements.

Responds to written and verbal complaints, grievances, or other request for information including investigations.

Represents the Department of Corrections in court as necessary. Must be able to perform the duties as listed on the institutional Registered Nurse position description in case of emergencies, staff shortages, or as needed.

Planning

Writes and implements health services procedures consistent with the Health Services policy, assists in the preparation of nursing protocols at the state-wide level, and participates in policymaking regarding Health Services.

Provide and arrange for in-service training of nursing staff. Schedule employees for all required training and assists in facilitating continuing professional education requirements. May function as a trainer for annual-in-service training.

Establishes a plan for health care programs to evaluate and monitor the quality of health care provided. Evaluates and documents the quality of healt