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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
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POSITION DESCRIPTION FOR JOB POSTING |
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Position Number: 50262658 |
Description Activated On: 9/29/2025 12:57:19 PM |
Position Purpose: Describe the primary purpose of this position and how it contributes to the organization’s objectives. Example: Provides clerical and office support within the Division to ensure its operations are conducted efficiently and effectively. This position is responsible for providing specialized nursing care, services, and treatment for individuals with acute and long-term psychiatric and behavioral disorders. Care and services are provided for those individuals with long term needs or those newly admitted from the community criminal justice system residing in a forensic in-patient care unit or living area. re. |
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Description of Duties: Describe in detail the duties and responsibilities assigned to this position. Descriptions should include the major end result of the task. Example: Types correspondence, reports, and other various documents from handwritten drafts for review and signature of the supervisor. The Forensic Registered Nurse (FRN) performs professional nursing work in a forensic setting coordinating and participating in delivery of services and treatment for long term consumers and those newly admitted from the community criminal justice systems; care and treatment addresses a wide variety of acute and long-term psychiatric and behavioral disorders that require intensive in-patient psychiatric evaluation; treatment includes participation in crisis situations and utilizes intervention. FRNs are responsible for a staff of professional and non-professional employees on an assigned unit distributing work assignments, coordinating and delegating nursing care, monitoring work results, ensuring compliance with policy and procedure and providing work performance feedback in the form of annual or mid-point progress reviews, work plans, etc. As a hands-on staff person working on the units, the FRN will perform various nursing duties including ongoing assessment of patient and patient care needs; assess, record, report, and evaluate vital signs and symptoms. Apply knowledge of nursing diagnosis and treatment in developing and implementing Comprehensive Individualized Treatment Plan (CITP) and maintain compliance, following the CITP manual and policy. Administer prescribed medications/treatments; observe, interpret records and reports, documenting behavioral and treatment changes; alerts appropriate staff to consumer who may exhibit adverse reaction or response to medication and report objective and subjective signs of physical illness or other symptoms. Maintain a safe, clean, therapeutic, secure environment for staff and consumers; maintain constant awareness of unit conditions and environment, including activities of staff and consumers; observe and immediately report inappropriate or adverse consumer and/or staff behaviors/actions; respond and react immediately to critical situations, i.e. any emergency alarms, codes, emergent consumer needs, etc.; utilize least restrictive measures and crisis prevention techniques as learned through annual refresher training when responding to a behavior; act as a consumer advocate; apply therapeutic approach to maintain good relationships with consumers and utilize verbal/therapeutic communication as appropriate with staff and consumers’ family members. Operate equipment and devices as necessary to provide patient care and maintain security including locking and unlocking doors; review and assess all areas for compliance with facility security policies and procedures, collaborate with staff to ensure compliance of security policy/procedure, and report all variances to supervisor. Provide nursing expertise to interdisciplinary treatment team and participate in the development, implementation, evaluation, and modification of a consumer’s individualized comprehensive treatment plan and ensure compliance with medication policy and transcription of physician’s orders. Prepare, maintain and review consumer documentation, including individual consumer medical records, using records to provide appropriate nursing care and apply appropriate intervention methods as prescribed. Maintain updated knowledge and ensure compliance with various policies including hospital/nursing policy in the care and documentation of consumers in seclusion/exclusion/restraint/special observation, infection control/HIV, all facility Forensic/Nursing policy and protocols and Commonwealth and agency policy as it applies in performing job duties and working with direct reports. Participate in various committees and groups, as requested, as a facility/department representative including nursing process groups, Nursing and Hospital Performance Improvement activities, nursing and facility committees/activities, nursing service/hospital continuous quality improvement activities and committees; provide input for staff development programs and provides ongoing orientation/education and on-the-job training to para-professional and non-professional staff. Develop, maintain, and encourage cooperative working relationships with all professional and non-professional staff; collaborate with other facility disciplines and interact with others in a cooperative manner to develop effective working relationships. Performs other related duties as assigned. ADA Essential Functions: 1. Working knowledge of all safety/security policies/measures required to work in a secure environment. 2. Provide professional care/treatment to consumers admitted w/various criminal charges. 3. Prepare and submit report in a timely manner. 4. Apply nursing processes, psychiatric and Forensic nursing techniques timely and appropriately. 5. Maintain working knowledge of Commonwealth, agency and local policy and procedures. 6. Comply with Standards of Nursing Practice/Care and Forensic policies. 7. Implement Forensic Escape/Hostage/Evacuation policies/procedures. 8. Provide direct patient care/maintain security utilizing any equipment or device as required. 9. Apply approved crisis prevention/intervention techniques. 10. Ambulate (walk, kneel, squat, bend, twist, lock/unlock doors) to provide direct patient care and respond to crisis/emergent situations. |
Decision Making: Describe the types of decisions made by the incumbent of this position and the types of decisions referred to others. Identify the problems or issues that can be resolved at the level of this position, versus those that must be referred to the supervisor. Example: In response to a customer inquiry, this work involves researching the status of an activity and preparing a formal response for the supervisor’s signature. Make independent decisions based on professional training, job knowledge/competency following established policy/procedure. Collaborate with Forensic Nurse Supervisors, Nurse Manager and/or Chief Nurse Executive for any unusual, high-risk, critical incident/situation. |
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Requirements Profile: Identify any specific experience or requirements, such as a licensure, registration, or certification, which may be necessary to perform the functions of the position. Position-specific requirements should be consistent with a Special Requirement or other criteria identified in the classification specification covering this position. Example: Experience using Java; Professional Engineer License Experience: Licenses, registrations, or certifications: 1. Registered Nurse 2. N/A 3. N/A 4. N/A 5. N/A 6. N/A |
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Essential Functions: Provide a list of essential functions for this position. Example: Transports boxes weighing up to 60 pounds.
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