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Eskenazi Health is seeking a compassionate and skilled Forensic Nurse Examiner (FNE) RN to provide specialized care and advocacy for patients impacted by violence, trauma, and abuse. The FNE RN coordinates services across Eskenazi Health, serves as a clinical expert in forensic nursing, and collaborates with healthcare providers, community agencies, and the criminal justice system to ensure exceptional patient-centered care.
This role offers a unique opportunity to combine advanced nursing practice, patient advocacy, education, and community outreach while supporting some of the most vulnerable patient populations.

    Identify and coordinate services throughout Eskenazi Health Services to meet the acute needs of primary and secondary forensic patients
    Strive for improved patient care with a focus on positive outcomes through primary roles of leadership, consultant, educator, and researcher
    Serve as a role model for excellence in clinical practice to promote improvement in patient care
    Serve as a resource for all health care providers in the coordination and management for the care of primary and secondary forensic patients
    Provide crisis intervention to primary and secondary forensic patients
    Facilitate the patient's choice to prosecute by providing support and referrals to the criminal justice system
    Identify resources and make referrals for health care and long-term therapy needs for primary and secondary forensic patients
    Coordinate Center of Hope educational offerings in both the professional and community settings, including networking to create opportunities for educational programs
    Assist with the coordination of training opportunities for new forensic nurse examiners and other medical professionals
    Seek grant funding and implementation of grant projects to sustain and further develop the Center of Hope program
    Maintain Center of Hope patient records in a database
    Submit applications for victim assistance funds as applicable
    Testify in court as needed
    Impact patient care indirectly by reviewing, revising, implementing and evaluating standards of care, clinical practice guidelines, policies, and procedures for forensic issues
    Participate in critical incident stress debriefing activities as needed
    Market the Center of Hope program to health care, law enforcement, and the lay communities, thereby enhancing the image of the hospital
    Review and critique pertinent research literature related to primary and secondary forensic patients and promotes research utilization to improve patient care
    Contribute to the professional nursing literature as needed
    May design and implement research studies related primary and secondary forensic patients, and disseminate results as appropriate
    Other duties as assigned by the Center of Hope Program Manager, Emergency Department Manager, Director, or Emergency Department Charge Nurse
    Function as a staff nurse in the Emergency Department when all forensic nursing duties have been completed
 

    Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing
    Current Indiana licensure as a Registered Nurse
    Two years of recent acute care clinical experience as a registered nurse required
    Current BLS, ACLS, TNCC, and ENPC (or PALS) required
    Completion of a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner didactic course in accordance with the International Association of Forensic Nurses Education Guidelines required
    Completion of Forensic Nursing clinical preceptorship within 1 year of accepting position required
    The Generalist Forensic Nuse Certification (GFN-C) by the Academy of Forensic Nurses after completing 2 years of employment AND 300 hours of patient care strongly preferred
 

    Advanced Skills in: 
o    Clinical nursing practice, use of equipment/instruments relevant to unit/area care, according to policies, procedures, and standards
o    Effective interpersonal communication and team skills which include listening, interviewing techniques with patients, families, and staff
o    Assessment, reassessment, and monitoring of patients
o    Concise, accurate, legible documentation
o    Problem solving techniques, critical thinking skills, decision making
    Knowledge and skills necessary to: 
o    Provide care appropriate to meet the age and cultural needs of the patients served
o    Demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development of the life span
o    Ability to assess data/interpret appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to age specific needs as well as clinical indications
o    Complete applications for victim's assistance funds for primary and Indiana Criminal Justice Institute funds as applicable
o    Participate in root cause analysis of forensic issues at Eskenazi Health as needed
o    Use computer programs including Microsoft Office
    Knowledge of:
o    Fundamental nursing theories and current clinical concepts of care
o    Disease processes and related treatments/care/medications
o    Departmental/hospital policies/protocols
o    Infection control procedures and protocols
o    Treatments/medications
o    Diagnostic/therapeutic procedures and interventions
o    Resources for primary and secondary forensic patients
    Ability to:
o    Work effectively and cooperatively with a multidisciplinary team consisting of professionals and paraprofessional persons from various community agencies. 
o    Communicate orally and in writing in a concise and easily understandable manner, including grant writing, patient documentation, public speaking, and  interactions with other agencies
o    Provide consultation to other professionals regarding dynamics of victimization and local resources for primary and secondary forensic patients
o    Maintain confidential patient information
o    Maintain chain of custody for records, photographs, and forensic evidence
o    Understand and comply with mandatory reporting requirements for incidents of abuse and neglect
o    Develop, present, and implement educational programs as needed on the care of forensic patients
o    Prioritize tasks and work effectively with complex tasks under pressure/time restraints/irregular schedules
o    Understand and ability to address special issues of primary and secondary victims
o    Recognize medical, legal, and social responsibilities in caring for forensic patients
o    Advocate for primary and secondary forensic patients