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Job Description:
Job Summary:
The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) is a specially trained Registered Nurse responsible for providing comprehensive, trauma‑informed care to adult and/or adolescent patients presenting to the Emergency Department following sexual assault. This role includes medical assessment, forensic evidence collection, crisis intervention, documentation, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams while ensuring patient safety, dignity, and legal integrity. The SANE nurse will not be utilized in general ED staffing.
Essential Functions:
- Provide compassionate, patient-centered, trauma‑informed care to sexual assault survivors.
- Conduct medical-forensic examinations in accordance with Kentucky and federal protocols.
- Collect, preserve, and document forensic evidence maintaining chain of custody.
- Perform detailed physical assessments and forensic photography as indicated.
- Administer medications per protocol (e.g., STI prophylaxis, emergency contraception).
- Provide patient education on treatment options, follow-up care, and community resources.
- Accurately and thoroughly document assessments, findings, patient statements, and care provided.
- Serve as an expert witness in legal proceedings when subpoenaed.
- Adhere to mandatory reporting requirements under Kentucky law.
- Ensure compliance with hospital policies, Kentucky Board of Nursing standards, and national SANE guidelines.
- Coordinate care with Emergency Department providers, advocates, social workers, law enforcement, and prosecutors as appropriate.
- Support patient autonomy and informed decision‑making throughout the process.
Education Requirement: Associate’s Degree in Nursing
Experience Requirement: N/A
An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
All experience must be paid and in the same related field.
Part-time and PRN experience will be prorated based on hours worked per week.
Volunteer work and internships for academic credit are not counted.
Certifications & Licensures:
- Current Kentucky Registered Nurse license or higher (or other NLC state with multistate privileges)
- American Heart Association BLS certification
- Maintains SANE certification
- Individual or employment-based malpractice insurance
Working Conditions:
- A. Lifting, pushing, and/or pulling objects up to 50lbs: 3. Intermittent (10% - 50% of the time)
- B. Lifting, pushing, and/or pulling objects over 50lbs: 2. Occasional (<10% of the time)
- C. Standing or walking with objects up to 10lbs: 4. Regular (>50% of the time)
- D. Standing or walking with objects up to 25lbs: 3. Intermittent (10% - 50% of the time)
- E. Sitting at computer workstation for extended periods: 2. Occasional (<10% of the time)
- F. Risk of back injury from moving, lifting or positioning patients, equipment, or materials: 3. Intermittent (10% - 50% of the time)
- G. Repetitive motion: 3. Intermittent (10% - 50% of the time)
- H. Working at heights above 4 feet: 1. Never
- I. Working in confined spaces: 1. Never
- J. Risk of injuries from use of equipment on the job: 3. Intermittent (10% - 50% of the time)
- K. Job-related travel: 1. Never
- L. Loud noises: 2. Occasional (<10% of the time)
- M. Temperature extremes: 2. Occasional (<10% of the time)
- N. Hazardous chemicals and fumes including waste: 2. Occasional (<10% of the time)
- O. Radiation: 4. Regular (>50% of the time)
- P. Burns: 1. Never
- Q. Cuts/Punctures: 2. Occasional (<10% of the time)
- R. Bloodborne/airborne pathogens: 2. Occasional (<10% of the time)
- S. Recombinant DNA or viral vectors: 1. Never
- T. Combative/violent people: 2. Occasional (<10% of the time)
- U. Animal handling (including carcasses): 1. Never
- V. Please specify other(s) and amount of exposure (i.e. Occasional, Intermittent or Regular): N/A
Physical Demands:
This position requires regular standing or walking with objects weighing up to 10 pounds; intermittent standing or walking with objects weighing up to 25 pounds; intermittent lifting, pushing, and/or pulling objects weighing up to 50 pounds; occasional lifting, pushing, and/or pulling objects over 50 pounds; occasional sitting at a computer workstation for extended periods of time; and performing tasks with repetitive motions. Also involves intermittent risk of back injury from moving, lifting, or positioning patients, equipment, or materials; regular exposure to radiation; intermittent risk of injuries from use of equipment on the job; and occasional exposure to hazardous chemicals and fumes including waste, cuts/punctures, bloodborne or airborne pathogens, loud noises, temperature extremes, and combative or violent people.
Additional Job Descriptions: N/A
Department:
Administration
Shift:
Flex (United States of America)
Address:
2001 Scioto Trail
City, State:
Portsmouth, Ohio
