RN - Crescent City, CA

California Correctional Health Care Services; California; On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

California Correctional Health Care Services is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN, CF) at Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City. The RN will provide essential nursing care, ensuring effective and collaborative medical treatment for patients in a correctional facility setting.

The ideal candidate must possess a current California Nurse License and demonstrate a commitment to providing quality health care. This role focuses on patient care management and effective communication within a health care team.

Qualifications

• Possession of a current license as Registered Nurse in California is required.
• Comprehensive understanding of relevant nursing policies and procedures is expected.
• Ability to collaborate with a health care team to ensure patient care.

Responsibilities

• Organize and provide necessary nursing care in various correctional settings.
• Ensure timely and appropriate health care delivery to patients.
• Coordinate interdisciplinary communication for continuity of care.

Skills

Nursing care organization

Team collaboration

Patient care management

Education

Current Registered Nurse license in California

Job description

Department Information

This advertisement is for multiple positions: Registered Nurse, Correctional Facility (RN, CF) located at Pelican Bay State Prison, Crescent City, CA, Del Norte County. Position number: 394-213-9275-XXX. JC-522996. Main communication for this position will be through email.

Mission and Vision

Vision: We enhance public safety and promote successful community reintegration through education, treatment and active participation in rehabilitative and restorative justice programs.
Mission: To facilitate the successful reintegration of the individuals in our care back to their communities equipped with the tools to be drug‑free, healthy, and employable members of society by providing education, treatment, rehabilitative, and restorative justice programs, all in a safe and humane environment.

Job Description and Duties

Effective July 1, 2025, in accordance with the applicable Memorandum of Understanding, the Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025) was implemented. (Details of salary reduction, leave credits, and applicability to full‑time, part‑time, and permanent intermittent employees.)

Under the supervision of the Supervising Registered Nurse II/III, Correctional Facility (CF), the Registered Nurse (RN, CF) organizes and provides necessary nursing care in accordance with applicable policies, procedures, regulations, and program requirements in a variety of correctional health care settings. The RN, CF collaborates with the health care team to ensure the delivery of appropriate and timely health care to patients and coordinates interdisciplinary communication to promote continuity of care. The RN, CF is responsible for addressing the ongoing health care needs of patients and for promoting the timely, efficient, and appropriate use of health care resources.

Minimum Qualifications

Possession of a current license as Registered Nurse in California. (Applicants who do not meet this requirement will be admitted to the examination, but they must secure the required license before they will be considered eligible for appointment.)

To obtain eligibility for the Registered Nurse, Correctional Facility position before applying, you must first take and pass the examination via CalCareers. You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

Department Website

https://cchcs.ca.gov/careers

Equal Opportunity Employer

The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation. It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug‑free workplace. Any applicant for state employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing Civil Service, and the special trust placed in public servants.