Job Posting Title

Registered Nurse

Agency

131 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Supervisory Organization

DOC Medical/LARC

Job Posting End Date (Continuous if Blank)

July 31, 2025

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Full/Part-Time

Full time

Job Type

Regular

Compensation

Level I - $83,200.00
Level II - $87,125.00
Level III - $93,600.00

Job Description

Basic Purpose:

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities for providing direct or indirect professional nursing services in a variety of settings. This includes providing nursing assessments, planning, interventions, evaluations, health related education, case management, and execution of the medical regime including administering medications and treatments prescribed by any person authorized to prescribe by state law.

 

Typical Functions:

·         Assesses health status of individual, families, and communities, develops plans and implements appropriate nursing interventions.

·         Evaluates and determines health resource necessary to meet individual, family and community health needs.

·         Delivers professional nursing care in an assigned unit, clinic, home, or other setting.

·         Educates individuals, families, communities, and members of health care team about the principles of disease prevention and health promotion.

·         Provides supervision to other professional or paraprofessional personnel; collaborates with other professionals in the management of health care.

·         Delegates tasks as may safely be performed by others, consistent with educational preparation and that do not conflict with the provisions of the Oklahoma nursing act.

·         Assures quality health care through use of various measures such as record review, direct observation, and assessment of individual, family, and community for the desired outcome.

·         Performs specialized nursing functions as educationally prepared.

 

Level Descriptor:

 

Level I

This is the basic level of this job family where employees are assigned responsibility for performing basic level professional nursing care. Assignments are generally well defined and may include direct and indirect nursing care. This may include monitoring and assessing the health status of individuals, planning the nursing care of the individual, putting interventions in place, and evaluating the outcome. Provides health education. May include providing direction or guidance to non-licensed personnel. Refers unusual or complex situations to the supervisor.

 

Level II

This is the career level of the Registered Nurse job family where employees are assigned responsibilities for performing professional nursing duties at the full performance level. This will involve performing a full range of duties in monitoring and assessing the health status of individuals, families, and population as well as defining a plan of care and providing nurse case management and health education when necessary. It may also include some limited responsibilities for providing direction, guidance, or training to other personnel, in providing care and treatment to patients or clients.

 

Level III

This is the senior level of this job family where employees are assigned more advanced responsibility in an assigned work unit or in an assigned geographic area and may be assigned responsibility for direct supervision. Employees at this level will have complex assignments and a substantial degree of responsibility and independence in planning, organizing, and completing work. Employees at this level develop and present educational programs relevant to nursing practice