Job Purpose:Promotes and supports public health to correctional institutions by providing a variety of nursing services such as providing direct care; initial assessments and ongoing assessments for appropriate care including reconciliation of medications. Duties:* Institutional Registered Nurses are responsible for working within their scope of practice, related to medical and nursing services.* Provides care to individuals who have a range of healthcare needs including mental/behavioral issues.* Document all events germane to inmate care, interviewing inmates/residents to establish services needed including behavioral/mental health.* Establish and maintain data files and medical records; initiates trauma informed care and patient referral systems of care including but not limited to mental health.* Provides nursing services in an institutional setting with comprehensive service delivery and full spectrum of care across adolescent and adult life cycles.* Works closely with the clinical corrections and case management staff to coordinate care and assist in treatment plans for clients and to perform related work at the most expeditious time to seek the best outcome for inmate health.*