Registered Nurse Advanced Practice

Registered Nurse Advanced Practice

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Registered Nurse Advanced Practice

Salary

$7,682.00 – $13,825.00 Monthly

Location

Jackson, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

ELMHS10.3.24RNAP

Department

LDH-Office of Behavioral Health

Opening Date

10/07/2024

Closing Date

10/12/2024 11:59 PM Central

Description

Benefits

Questions

Supplemental Information

This vacancy is located in the Medical Services Department of Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System in Jackson, LA (East Feliciana Parish) . ELMHS is the largest 24-hour, multi-site, state psychiatric complex, comprised of residential, outpatient and inpatient services.

This posting may be used to fill vacancies in other divisions or units at Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System within 90 days of closing.

SPECIAL ENTRANCE RATE OF PAY:

$4,389.60 biweekly/ $54.87 hourly

PREMIUM PAY (per hour physically worked)

Retention Pay – $8.00

Facility Longevity Pay – starting at $2.00

Specialty Unit Pay – $2.00

SHIFT DIFFERENTIALS (per HOUR physically worked):

Shift Diff 2nd Shift – $4.50

Shift Diff 3rd Shift – $5.00

Weekend Shift Diff – $2.50

Weekend Shift Diff 2nd – $6.00

Weekend Shift Diff 3rd – $7.00

Holiday Shift Diff – $3.50

Holiday Shift Diff 2nd – $7.00

Holiday Shift Diff 3rd – $8.00

Weekend Holiday Shift Diff – $4.50

Weekend Holiday Shift Diff 2nd – $7.50

Weekend Holiday Shift Diff 3rd – $8.00

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

It is recommended that you apply for all job titles that you are interested in.

Specific information about this job will be provided to you in the interview process, should you be selected. However, there is no guarantee that everybody that applies to this posting will be interviewed.

For further information about this vacancy, please contact:

ELMHS Human Resources

Jackson, LA 70748

225-245-0259

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Possession of an active, unencumbered, unrestricted and valid Louisiana registered nurse license to practice professional nursing or a multi-state license issued by a Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC/eNLC) state plus an active, valid Louisiana Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) license or temporary permit.

NOTE:

The temporary APRN permit allows an APRN applicant to work in a limited capacity for up to 120 days while awaiting review for full APRN licensure by the nursing board. An APRN applicant cannot medically diagnose or medically manage patients until they are licensed and have prescriptive authority. If the APRN license is not received within the 120 day period and the permit expires, the employee must be removed from the position.

NOTE:

Certification will be verified by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing prior to granting licensure.

Job Concepts

FUNCTION OF WORK:

To provide advanced health/nursing care to individuals, families, or communities/populations as an advanced or expert clinician.

LEVEL OF WORK:

Program Manager.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

General from a Registered Nurse of a higher level or other higher level personnel.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

Functional over professional, paraprofessional, and non-professional nursing personnel.

LOCATION OF WORK:

Statewide.

JOB DISTINCTIONS:

Differs from other Registered Nurses by the presence of advanced and specialized training and duties and by the scope and complexity of direct care provided. The scope of services provided is in accordance with the educational preparation, national certification and recognition by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN).

Examples of Work

EXAMPLES OF WORK:

EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Responsible for performing the full scope of nursing practice involving a high level of autonomy and independent practice.

Plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care consistent with medical treatment and care in collaboration with a physician.

Evaluates, plans, implements, and re-evaluates nursing care of individuals requiring emergency nursing measures.

Performs comprehensive physical examinations, secures health histories, performs or orders laboratory tests and conducts other appropriate procedure to assess the health status of patients or clients.

Provides direct nursing care and/or directs professional, technical and paraprofessional nursing staff in management of selected patients with emphasis on high risk difficult-to-manage cases, ex: suicidal children, adolescents and adult patients; highly combative, non compliant cases; adolescent obstetric patients with medical complications; childhood and brittle (unstable) diabetic cases; multi-system failure cases; patients dealing with dying, terminal illness, etc.

Advises patient, family members and others regarding various health problems, prescribed treatments, and use of drugs.

Provides continuity of an individualized health care program for clients by referring to or collaborating with physicians and other members of the health care team.

Develops and recommends practice standards which pertain to assigned programs; evaluates care outcomes and suggests strategies to improve program delivery.

Creates and maintains accurate records, appropriate legal documents and other reports of client care consistent with the law.

Collaborates with the medical and nursing administrators to plan, implement and evaluate programs to assure competent and effective clinical practice that advance programmatic goals, and that strengthen the systems that support the quality of patient care.

Serves as researcher in creating and testing methods of nursing in the area of specialization (ex: Psychiatric mental health, pediatrics, maternal and child health, adult health, community (public) health, gerontology, etc.) with emphasis on the overall effectiveness of the methods. Counsels groups of families and/or staff members after crisis situations or in the care of highly contagious disease, ex: AIDS patients, etc.

Assist in developing departmental educational programs based upon standards of practice; conducts formal and informal classes and experiences for staff to support and promote the patient care programs.

PUBLIC HEALTH OPTION:

Provides advanced primary or preventive health care for individuals, families or communities at an advanced or expert clinician level; assesses individual health, analyzes data to determine health and nursing care needed, plans a strategy to meet identified health care needs, evaluates responses to intervention and makes changes in care or treatment as needed; identifies and allocates public health care resources or coordinates and evaluates other health resources necessary to meet individual or group needs at the most appropriate level.

Reviews and analyzes laboratory tests and other diagnostic data; determines diagnoses; prescribes pharmaceuticals according to the collaborative agreement; develops goals and strategies for meeting individual health care needs; consults with physicians or other providers as needed.

Provides advanced professional expertise and technical assistance to nurses and ancillary staff in implementing health care strategies and providing for individualized care and treatment within the area of specialization and certification, such as pediatrics, obstetrics-gynecology, family planning or tuberculosis; participates in quality assurance activities related to health care services provided by licensed and non-licensed health care members.

Identifies health care needs within the community and makes recommendations to provide comprehensive health care to clients; provides education and training to members of the community and the health care team regarding health care needs.

Participates in and instructs nurses and paraprofessional staff on population-based issues that may impact the health of the statewide community-at-large.

Supervises, educates, and provides professional nursing care in response to emergency situations in the community and statewide. Responds to emergencies and public health/bioterrorist threats on a 24-hour basis.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

New Years Day

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

Mardi Gras,

Good Friday,

Memorial Day,

Independence Day,

Labor Day,

Veterans Day,

Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/YourRetirementSystem.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

01

Do you have experience providing care for adults or children with mental illness, addictive orders or developmentally disability?

Yes

No

02

Are there any restrictions or provisions associated with your license? (LSUH-S) RN & LPN

Yes

No

03

CE: Rate your ability to communicate effectively based on our definition: The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.

1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable communicating effectively

2= I have limited experience or require assistance to communicate effectively

3= I can communicate effectively

4= I can communicate effectively and help others improve their communication

04

Explain your rating by providing specific and relevant examples in the box below.

05

Do you possess a valid Louisiana license or temporary permit to practice professional nursing or a multi-state license issued by a Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC/eNLC) state?

Yes

No

06

If you answered YES to the question above, please list the license TYPE, NUMBER, ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE and EXPIRATION DATE. If you answered no, enter N/A. NOTEORIGINAL issue date must be provided (NOT most recent renewal) as your professional nursing experience will be credited from the date you put here when you attained your RN license.

07

Do you possess an active, unencumbered, unrestricted and valid Louisiana Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) license or temporary permit?

Yes

No

08

If you answered yes to the question above, please list the license number, original issue date, and expiration date. If you answered no, enter N/A. NOTE: Failure to list the requested information may result in your application being considered incomplete.

Required Question

Agency

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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