Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections

To develop productive citizens in active partnership with communities!

Are you a gifted Licensed Practical Nurse AND interested in making a difference in the lives of Idaho's youth while taking advantage of great State of Idaho employment benefits? If yes, then this is the position for you! The Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections is seeking an LPN for our Juvenile Corrections Facility in beautiful Nampa, Idaho.

What's in it for you? On average, employer-paid portions of benefits is equivalent to 40% of an employee’s annual salary!

Excellent low-cost Health, Dental, Vision Insurance

• Participation in one of the nation's best state retirement systems-PERSI Retirement
• Generous vacation and sick leave accrual beginning as soon as you start;
• Eleven (11) paid holidays a year;
• Multiple savings plans, including an optional 401k & Deferred Compensation plans;
• Group Life Insurance/Disability Insurance/Supplemental Life Insurance;
• Employee Assistance Program;
• Wellness Program;
• Benefits Summary (Download PDF reader) (Download PDF reader)
• 8 weeks of paid parental leave
• State-facilitated training, both on and off the job;
• Continuing education course work reimbursement!

The state of Idaho's Juvenile Corrections system is based on the following principles: accountability, community protection, and competency development. We work to hold juvenile offenders accountable for their actions, and assist them in developing skills to become a contributing member of a diverse community.

We also work to enable parents or other legal guardians of our youth to participate in the accomplishment of these goals through participation in counseling and treatment programs designed to develop positive parenting skills and an understanding of the family’s role in the youth's behavior.

Staff and juveniles continually work together to create a safe and secure environment that is conducive to making the changes necessary for juveniles to be able to return to their communities with the skills and values that will give them the opportunity to be successful citizens.

• Performs practical nursing care or assists a registered nurse or physician in routine to complex situations.

• Observes, records, and reports juveniles treatment, care, symptoms, physical and mental condition, behavior and progress.
• Administers prescribed medications and injections, observes for adverse reactions.
• Charts administered medications, symptoms, accidents, unusual behavior, doctors' visits and observed side effects of drugs.
• Interviews juveniles to obtain health information and instructs and counsels residents regarding basic health needs.
• Provides basic health education to juveniles and employees on health care issues and disease prevention
• This position works in a 24/7 facility and may work rotating shifts.

• Licensed as a Licensed Practical Nurse by the state of Idaho or state licensure as a Practical Nurse pursuant to the Nurse Licensure Compact, Idaho Code 54-1418, in one of the following compact states: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, or Wisconsin.
• Willing to work in a juvenile corrections facility.
• Must meet federal PREA requirements (see exam for more information).

CONDITIONAL OFFER OF HIRE:

• The Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections is a drug-free work environment. Immediately after a conditional offer of employment has been extended (before 5:00 pm of the day of the offer), a hire must test free of drugs as a condition of employment.
• Upon an offer of conditional employment, a hire must complete a criminal history background investigation including, but not limited to a criminal history fingerprint check, and child abuse registry check.
• Hires will be required to take and pass a TB test during the first 30 days of employment