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Correctional Registered Nurse RN Intermediate Level
Quality Patient Centered Services LLC (QPCS) is seeking a skilled and dependable Correctional Registered Nurse (RN) to provide professional nursing care at SCI Fayette.
Position Details
Position: Correctional Registered Nurse (RN)
Location: SCI Fayette, 50 Overlook Drive, LaBelle, PA 15450
Department: Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
Division: Clinical Services Division - Healthcare
Position Level: Intermediate
Shift: 2:00 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
Assignment Duration: Temporary assignment of up to six months
Compensation Options
- Tier 1 - Benefits-Eligible W-2: $36 per hour
- Tier 2 - Non-Benefits-Eligible W-2: $38 per hour
- 1099 Independent Contractor: $39 per hour
Important 1099 Notice: Independent contractors are self-employed and are not eligible for employee benefits, paid time off, unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation coverage, or employer-paid payroll taxes. Independent contractors are responsible for their own taxes, insurance, and other applicable obligations.
Intermediate Level Opportunity
The successful Correctional RN can complete assigned nursing responsibilities independently in most situations. Assistance from an expert may occasionally be required for unusually complex clinical or operational concerns.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide professional nursing care and treatment to inmates and detainees.
- Serve as a staff nurse, charge nurse, or assessment coordinator as assigned.
- Complete patient assessments and develop, implement, and evaluate individualized nursing care plans.
- Administer medications and treatments, monitor patient conditions, and respond appropriately to emergencies.
- Coordinate care with physicians, supervisors, nursing staff, and interdisciplinary team members.
- Maintain accurate electronic medical records and follow professional nursing, confidentiality, safety, and security standards.
Core Clinical Competencies
The Registered Nurse should be proficient in:
- Medication administration, IV therapy, vital signs, venipuncture, and emergency response.
- Comprehensive physical and mental-status assessments and development of plans of care.
- Oxygen administration, airway support, suctioning, respiratory treatments, and tracheostomy care.
- Catheter, ostomy, enteral-feeding, specimen-collection, and infection-control procedures.
- Wound assessment, pressure-injury care, drains, dressing changes, and sterile technique.
- Safe patient transfers, neurological monitoring, glucose testing, and other assigned nursing procedures.
Minimum Qualifications
- Active Pennsylvania Registered Nurse license
- Ability to enter and maintain patient health information in an electronic medical records system.
- Strong clinical judgment, communication, organization, and documentation skills.
- Ability to complete required background checks, security procedures, orientation, and facility training.
Join the QPCS Correctional Healthcare Team
As a Correctional Registered Nurse at SCI Fayette, your RN experience will support patient safety, continuity of care, and access to essential healthcare services.
Apply today for this second-shift Correctional RN opportunity in LaBelle, Pennsylvania.
Pay: $36.00 - $39.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- MUST ACKNOWLEDGE: 1099 Acknowledgment: If I am engaged, or elect to be engaged, as a 1099 independent contractor, I understand that I am not an employee of QPCS and am not eligible for employer-sponsored fringe benefits, workers’ compensation coverage, or unemployment compensation through QPCS, except as otherwise required by applicable law. I understand that I am responsible for my own taxes, insurance, and business expenses.
- Do you understand this is a temporary assignment of up to 6 months?
Experience:
- corrections/psych/addiction: 1 year (Required)
License/Certification:
- RN License (Required)
- BLS (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $36 - $39