Registered Nurse - Correctional
Bakersfield, CA
Integrated Healthcare Services
3x12 hrs

Job Opportunity: RN - Correctional

Location: Bakersfield, California
Employment Type: Clinical Nursing Travel
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Description

• Independently prescribes, delegates, and coordinates nursing care for acutely ill patients under nurse leader supervision.
• Performs nursing process: assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of safe, therapeutic care.
• Follows ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, ANA Code of Ethics, and California Nurse Practice Act.
• Creates a compassionate, patient-centered environment supporting mind, body, and spirit healing.
• Collects and documents patient data; interprets assessment data to identify physiological and psychosocial risks.
• Collaborates with patients, families, and healthcare team to develop and implement individualized care plans.
• Prioritizes nursing actions based on education, experience, and assessment data.
• Establishes nursing diagnoses and evaluates effectiveness of interventions, revising care plans as needed.
• Manages rapidly changing patient situations and activates emergency protocols when necessary.
• Performs nursing duties using critical thinking and judgment consistent with scientific principles and hospital policy.
• Coordinates care activities with nurses, physicians, and Advanced Practice Providers.
• Works effectively within team dynamics and collaborates with care team members.
• Ensures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, evidence-based practices, and regulatory requirements.
• Provides safe patient care by following infection control policies, medication administration, and controlled substance regulations.
• Participates in staff meetings, professional governance, and nursing practice development activities.
• Completes required competencies, mandatory classes, and educational coursework.
• Maintains knowledge and competence reflecting current nursing practice.
• Adheres to RN scope of practice and professional ethical standards.
• Monitors own and others’ practices for patient and employee safety and compliance.
• Demonstrates clinical knowledge and skill in caring for the patient populations served.

Requirements

• Experience: Minimum 3 years of nursing experience (highest required).
• Licensure: Valid and unrestricted California Registered Nurse (RN) License.
• Certifications: Current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support (BLS) card.
• Must meet all health requirements designated by the employer.
• Knowledge of advanced nursing theory, medical terminology, instruments, equipment, and medication effects.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Medical-Surgical (Med Surg) or Emergency Room (ER) nursing.

Prior Travel Experience

• Not explicitly required.