Registered Nurse 4 Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/4836322) Apply  Registered Nurse 4 Salary $5,119.00 - $9,211.00 Monthly Location Pineville, LA Job Type Classified Job Number CLSH-2025-20 Department LDH-Office of Behavioral Health Opening Date 02/19/2025 Closing Date 2/25/2025 11:59 PM Central + Description + Benefits + Questions Supplemental Information Position is located in the Nursing Department at Central Louisiana State Hospital in Pineville, Louisiana. Position will be filled as a Detail to Special Duty (open to all permanent status employees within Central Louisiana State Hospital) Registered Nurse 3 has a special entry rate of$36.56/hour. In addition to the special entry rate of pay/hour, this position receives: Premium Pay of $10.00/hourworked Longevity Paystarting at an additional$2.00/hourworked, up to $5.00/hourworked Shift Differential is also earned, depending upon time of shift worked Salary is negotiable based on experience. List all prior employment. INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED! Resume will not be accepted and should not be attached. You must include all relevant education and experience on your official State application.You must describe your actual duties as you will not be qualified based on job title alone. A resume upload will NOTpopulate your information into your application. Work experience left off your electronic application or only included in an attached resumeis not eligible to receive credit considered. Did you list ALL of your job experience and education on your applications? No Civil Service test scoreis 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. There is no guarantee that everyone who applies to this posting will be interviewed. CLSH is an "Equal Opportunity Employer" and Louisiana is a "State as a Model Employer for People with Disabilities." For further information about this vacancy contact: Brandon Luneau Human Resources Specialist Central Louisiana State Hospital Brandon.luneau@la.gov Minimum Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Possession of a current Louisiana Registered Nurse license or a temporary permit or multi-state license issued by a Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC/eNLC) state to practice as a registered nurse plus one of the following: Two years of experience as a licensed registered nurse; OR A bachelor's degree in nursing plus one year of experience as a licensed registered nurse; OR A master's degree in nursing or public health plus one year of experience as a licensed registered nurse; OR A doctorate in nursing or public health. Job Concepts FUNCTION OF WORK: To provide specialized clinical duties for a specific patient set, to serve as the assistant supervisor in a public health setting, or to serve as the coordinator/team leader of a training/education program(s). LEVEL OF WORK: Advanced. SUPERVISION RECEIVED: General from a Registered Nurse Supervisor A or B, but may receive supervision from other higher level personnel. SUPERVISION EXERCISED: May provide functional supervision over lower level nurses, paraprofessional, and/or professional personnel. LOCATION OF WORK: Statewide. JOB DISTINCTIONS: Differs from Registered Nurse 3 by the presence of specialized clinical duties for a specific patient set, serving as the assistant supervisor in a public health setting, or serving as the coordinator of training/education programs. Differs from Registered Nurse Program Coordinator by the absence of agency wide programmatic responsibility. Differs from Registered Nurse Supervisor A by the absence of direct supervision. See allocation criteria memo. 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. Provides direct care to specific patients, i.e. neo-natal intensive care, medical surgery (O.R.), psychiatric, or oncology. Prepares individual nursing care plans. Writes standards of care for patients with specialized illnesses or conditions. May provide nursing care to the most severe and/or terminal patients. Confers with head nurse to provide support services that facilitate the delivery of patient care. Monitors the implementation and quality of patient care. Assists nursing staff to increase clinical competence. Initiates evaluation and revision of standards of care. Evaluates patient care practices according to established nursing care standards and performs quality assurance controls to ensure that standards of care are being met. Plans and maintains an effective unit orientation program. Plans, develops, and implements the nursing education program of a facility. Develops and conducts orientation programs for new employees. Coordinates and develops patient education programs and trains nurse instructors. Determines needs for in-service training and continuing education courses for professional and non-professional employees. Conducts research for the development of training courses. Serves as consultant to nursing staff on specific educational needs or problems. Develops and conducts in-service training and patient education programs, including the production of educational media. Presents specific certification programs, e.g., cardiopulmonary resuscitation, medication administration, etc. Assists in developing and updating nursing policies and procedures manuals. Maintains records of employees' participation in in-service and continuing education programs. PUBLIC HEALTH OPTION: Serves as assistant supervisor or as regional staff nurse in establishing short and long-term goals and work planning for any OPH program. Assist in the supervision of activities in clinics to ensure that patients receive needed services, program requirements are maintained, and appropriate follow-up appointments or treatment are provided. Monitors compliance of medical records. Assists in the preparation of budget and management reports, in staff scheduling, and continuous quality improvement activities. Provides professional nursing care to individuals, families, and communities in public health program clinics, communities, shelters and/or any additional site needed for public health services. Collaborates with environmental health personnel and regional epidemiologist in the collection of data, case management, follow-up, community education, and referral of those at risk for exposure to environmental and disease entities. Participates and collaborates with Disease Intervention Specialists in the contact investigation, treatment and education of individuals infected with communicable diseases. Conducts infectious disease and bioterrorism surveillance activities and follow-up on household and community contacts of cases. Facilitates the reportable disease and syndromic surveillance in emergency rooms. Assists in the development, implementation, and maintenance of a surveillance system that tracks hospital and ICU admissions and hospital beds occupied. Provides care coordination services for vulnerable populations. Provides in-service training and orientation to new personnel as needed; assists the supervisor in providing in-service instruction for public health program requirements, policies and protocols; assists with caseload management. Instructs patients on prevention and health maintenance on specific health conditions. Coordinates patient access to care, as well as referral to community resources. Advises official bodies and civic, private or public agencies regarding community health issues, outbreaks, and national health objectives. Supervises, educates, and provides professional nursing care in response to emergency situations in the community and statewide on a 24-hour basis. Ensures emergency care equipment is available. Participates in Emergency Preparedness, in the staffing of Special Needs Shelters, Bioterrorism Preparedness, and other public health responses to Weapons of Mass Destruction. 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 Year's Day + Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, + Mardi Gras, + Good Friday, + Memorial Day, + Independence Day, + Labor Day, + Veteran's 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/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system + Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org), + Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others 01 Do you possess a current Louisiana Registered Nurse license or a temporary permit or multi-state license issued by a Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC/eNLC) state to practice as a registered nurse? + Yes + No 02 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. ***NOTE***ORIGINAL 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. 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