Infirmary Care and Medical Housing Unit Services. Provider agrees to:
a. Provide staffing for DDOC’s infirmaries at each Level V Institution and any supplemental medical-housing units.
b. Ensure its Personnel are stationed in each infirmary so that Inmates are able to gain Personnel’s attention through direct visual or auditory signals.
c. Utilize the infirmary units in a manner consistent with NCCHC standards, principles and practice, and in response to specific requests from the DDOC.
d. Employ a sufficient number of qualified healthcare professionals (“QHCP”) for the infirmaries.
e. Provide 24/7/365 direct nursing care of Inmates in the infirmary.
f. As clinically indicated, nurses shall record xxxxx xxxxx and follow established nursing protocols and orders based on the Inmate’s health condition.
g. Provide care in keeping with DDOC Policy F-02 Infirmary Level Care and nationally accepted standards and guidelines for the Inmates’ medical conditions.
h. Admit and discharge Inmates from the infirmary based on the clinical discretion of the site medical director or designee (who must be a physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner).
i. Have a Bachelor’s-prepared nurse or a registered nurse with extensive administrative experience as the Director of Nursing at each site with an infirmary.
j. Have on-call physician (MD/DO) coverage 24/7/365 available to each site, with physicians reachable by phone at all times.
k. In conjunction with the Facility Management, maintain an infirmary which is safe and clean for the provision of healthcare services.
l. Provide to the BHSAMH Medical Treatment Services Director or designee, a daily report of Inmates in the infirmary and a summary of their condition.
Infirmary Care and Medical Housing Unit Services. The DDOC has four infirmaries located in Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx Correctional Institution (HRYCI), Sussex Correctional Institution (SCI), Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution (BWCI), and JTVCC with a total complement of 91 infirmary beds: HYRCI (30 beds); BWCI (7); JTVCC (44) and SCI (10 beds). The DDOC may, at its discretion, allot additional infirmary beds at any time. The Provider shall work with the DDOC in this situation to increase staffing as needed. The Provider shall:
1. Provide appropriate and sufficient staffing of the DDOC’s four infirmaries and any supplemental medical-housing units.
2. Provide sufficient staffing in each infirmary so that patients are always able to gain a healthcare professional’s attention through direct visual or auditory signals.
3. Utilize the infirmary units in a manner consistent with NCCHC standards, principles, and practice, and in response to specific requests from the DDOC.
4. Provide 24/7/365 direct, in-person nursing care of patients in the infirmary. This care must be supervised by a Registered Nurse (RN) who is assigned to work in the infirmary on all shifts. This supervising RN shall not have additional duties assigned during that shift.
5. Provide and document care in keeping with BHSAMH Policy F-02 Infirmary Level Care and nationally accepted standards and guidelines for the patient's medical conditions.
6. Admit and discharge patients from the infirmary based on the clinical discretion of the site medical director or designee (who must be a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner).
7. Have a bachelor’s prepared nurse or a registered nurse with extensive administrative experience as the Director of Nursing at each facility.
8. Have on-call physician (MD/DO) coverage 24/7/365 available to each facility, with physicians reachable by phone at all times.
9. In conjunction with facility administration, maintain an infirmary which is safe and clean for the provision of healthcare services. Provide to the BHSAMH Medical Treatment Services Director (or designee), a daily report of patients in the infirmary and a summary of their condition.
