Per Diem Mental Health Nurse — Corrections

Rutgers University; Newark (NJ); Hybrid; USD 122,000 - 125,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, prescription drug, and dental

Paid vacation and leave programs

Competitive retirement benefits

Educational benefits

Life insurance coverage

Job summary

Rutgers University, through University Correctional Health Care, seeks a per diem Mental Health Staff Nurse (RN) for Northern State Prison in Newark, NJ. The role focuses on psychiatric and general nursing care within a correctional setting, following nursing protocols and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team.

Candidates must be a graduate of an accredited nursing program and licensed in New Jersey, with at least one year of psychiatric nursing experience.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing with a license to practice in New Jersey.
• Minimum of one year of psychiatric nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct and indirect nursing care to meet physiological, psychosocial and emotional needs of inmates.
• Develops inmate treatment plans and implements nursing actions in a correctional setting.
• Evaluates inmate responses in collaboration with multi-disciplinary care providers.

Skills

Psychiatric nursing experience

Education

RN license (NJ)

BSN (preferred)

Job description

Rutgers University, through University Correctional Health Care, seeks a per diem Mental Health Staff Nurse (RN) for Northern State Prison in Newark, NJ. The role focuses on psychiatric and general nursing care within a correctional setting, following nursing protocols and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team.

Candidates must be a graduate of an accredited nursing program and licensed in New Jersey, with at least one year of psychiatric nursing experience.