Division:Eskenazi Health
Sub-Division: Hospital
Req ID: 18795
Schedule: Full Time
Shift: Nights
Eskenazi Health serves as the public hospital division of the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County. Physicians provide a comprehensive range of primary and specialty care services at the 327-bed hospital and outpatient facilities both on and off of the Eskenazi Health downtown campus as well as at 10 Eskenazi Health Center sites located throughout Indianapolis.
Job Role Summary
The Forensic Nurse Examiner - RN identifies and coordinates services throughout Eskenazi Health to meet the acute needs of primary and secondary forensic patients.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
- Identifies and coordinates services throughout Eskenazi Health to meet the acute needs of primary and secondary forensic patients
- Strives for improved patient care with a focus on positive nursing outcomes
- Serves as a role model for excellence in clinical practice to promote improvement in patient care
- Provides crisis intervention to primary and secondary forensic patients
- Serves as a resource for all health care providers in the coordination and management for the care of primary and secondary forensic patients.
- Facilitates the patient's choice to prosecute by providing support and referrals to the criminal justice system.
- Identifies resources and make referrals for health care and long-term therapy needs for primary and secondary forensic patients.
- Assists with the coordination of training opportunities for new forensic nurse examiners and other medical professionals.
- Seeks grant funding and implementation of grant projects to sustain and further develop the Center of Hope program.
- Maintains Center of Hope patient records in database.
- Submits applications for victim assistance funds as applicable.
- Testifies in court as needed.
- Participates in critical incident stress debriefing activities as needed.
- Markets the Center of Hope program to health care, law enforcement, and the lay communities, thereby enhancing the image of the hospital.
- Reviews pertinent research literature related to primary and secondary forensic patients and promotes research utilization to improve patient care.
- Contributes to the professional nursing literature.
- May participate in research studies related to primary and secondary forensic patients, and disseminate results as appropriate.
Job Requirements
- Current Indiana licensure as a Registered Nurse
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred
- Minimum 3 years of recent acute care clinical experience as a registered nurse required
- Minimum 2 years of recent clinical forensic nursing experience required
- Current BLS, ACLS, TNCC, and ENPC (or PALS) preferred
- Completion of a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner course in accordance with the International Association of Forensic Nurses Education Guidelines is required
- Certification as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner for Adults and Adolescent (SANE-A) by the International Association of Forensic Nurses required within 1-2 years of accepting this position
- Certification as a Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) preferred
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Advanced Skills in:
- Clinical nursing practice, use of equipment/instruments relevant to unit/area care, according to policies, procedures, and standards
- Effective interpersonal communication and team skills which include listening, interviewing techniques with patients, families, and staff.
- Assessment, reassessment, and monitoring of patients
- Concise, accurate, legible documentation
- Problem solving techniques, critical thinking skills, decision making
- Knowledge and skills necessary to:
- Provide care appropriate to meet the age and cultural needs of the patients served.
- Demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development of the life span.
- Ability to assess data/interpret appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to age specific needs as well as clinical indications
- Complete applications for victims assistance funds for primary and secondary funds as applicable
- Participate in root cause analysis of forensic issues at Eskenazi Health as needed
- Use computer programs including Microsoft Office
- Knowledge of:
- Fundamental nursing theories and current clinical concepts of care
- Disease processes and related treatments/care/medications
- Departmental/hospital policies/protocols
- Infection control procedures and protocols
- Treatments/medications
- Diagnostic/therapeutic procedures and interventions
- Resources for primary and secondary forensic patients
- Ability to:
- Work effectively and cooperatively with a multidisciplinary team consisting of professionals and paraprofessional persons from various community agencies, Eskenazi Health and other hospitals, and law enforcement.
- Communicate orally and in writing in a concise and easily understandable manner, including grant writing, patient documentation, public speaking, and in interactions with other agencies.
- Provide consultation to other professionals regarding dynamics of victimization and local resources for primary and secondary forensic patients
- Testify in court
- Maintain confidential patient information
- Maintain chain of custody for records, photographs, and forensic evidence
- Understand and comply with mandatory reporting requirements for incidents of abuse and neglect
- Develop, present, and implement educational programs as needed on the care of forensic patients
- Prioritize tasks and work effectively with complex tasks under pressure/time restraints/irregular schedules
- Understand and ability to address special issues of primary and secondary victims
- Recognize medical, legal, and social responsibilities in caring for forensic patients
- Advocate for primary and secondary forensic patients
- Ability to conduct follow-up phone calls and visits for primary and secondary patients
Accredited by The Joint Commission and named one of the nation’s 150 best places to work by Becker’s Hospital Review for four consecutive years and Forbes list of best places to work for women, and Forbes list of America’s best midsize employers’ Eskenazi Health’s programs have received national recognition while also offering new health care opportunities to the local community. As the sponsoring hospital for Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services, the city’s primary EMS provider, Eskenazi Health is also home to the first adult Level I trauma center in Indiana, the only verified adult burn center in Indiana, the first community mental health center in Indiana and the Eskenazi Health Center Primary Care – Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, just to name a few.