Licensed Practical Nurse Ii - Oahu Correctional Facilities

Recruitment Information

Recruitment Number 23-0084

The current vacancies are located at the Women's Community Correctional Center and the Oahu Community Correctional Center.

Shift Work : All applicants must be available to work rotating shifts, including evenings, weekends and holidays.

Duties Summary

Provides a variety of practical nursing care, and performs related technical work; may serve as "in charge" or team leader of assigned intermediate care patients in a ward or other patient care unit or a small facility on the evening or night shift; may supervise para-medical assistants and other unlicensed personnel; and performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

To qualify, applicants must meet all of the following requirements:

License: A valid license to practice as a practical nurse in the State of Hawaii.

Note: A Registered Nurse (RN) License DOES NOT qualify as a substitution for a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) License.

Specialized Experience: One (1) year of progressively responsible work experience as a
(1) licensed practical nurse, (2) licensed vocational nurse, or (3) registered nurse, in performing a variety of personal care, nursing care and related technical work under the direction of a higher level licensed practical nurse, registered nurse or a licensed physician, and which required the knowledge of and ability to apply practical nursing principles and practices comparable in scope and difficulty to the Level I in State service.

A Licensed Practical Nurse I in State service provides a variety of personal and practical nursing care, performs related technical work, and performs other related duties as assigned.

Note: CPR/First Aid Certification is required within the first three months of employment.

Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Requirement: As required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA), Federal law states that "....an agency shall not hire or promote anyone who may have contact with inmates and who:

(1). Has engaged in sexual abuse in a prison, jail, lockup, community confinement facility, juvenile facility or other institution.
(2). Has been convicted of engaging or attempting to engage in sexual activity in the community facilitated by force, overt or implied threats of force, or coercion, or if the victim did not consent or was unable to consent or refuse.
(3). Has been civilly or administratively adjudicated to have engaged in the activity described in #2 above.
(4). Has been the subject of substantiated allegations of sexual abuse or sexual harassment or resigned during a pending investigation of alleged sexual abuse or sexual harassment.

Other Requirements: All applicants who are conditionally offered employment or conditionally approved for movement into this position shall be subject to drug screening, as required by Federal, State or local laws, or departmental policy; and will be subject to an intensive background check.

Substitution Allowed: Relevant substitutions as described in the Minimum Qualification Requirements, will apply.