Job Title

Under general supervision, performs professional nursing and health related services of moderate difficulty to prisoners within the Yuma County Detention Center.

This position has department specific responsibility.

Examples Of Work (Illustrative Only)

Works under the supervision of a Registered Nurse or a physician; assists with health assessments, screenings, and prisoners care plans; assists with communicable diseases and reports their existence to the appropriate health authorities; provides medications and treatments as prescribed by a physician; provides daily nursing, first aid, and emergency medical care and treatment; collects prisoners' history, medical records and prescription data; prepares, documents, files and maintains health records/charts relating to diagnosis, treatment and progress; administers Hepatitis shots, TB tests, blood samples and processes specimens to the laboratory; orders and maintains medication and medica...