RN - Correctional Medicine

Herlong, United States | Posted on 01/19/2026

Adelphi is seeking Registered Nurses (RN) to provide services at a correctional facility in Herlong, California. The ideal candidates will provide nursing care to inmates at the facility while ensuring compliance with legal, ethical, and institutional standards.

• Facility Type:
  Correctional Facility
• Shift
  
  Schedule:
  
  40 hours/week (8 hours/day-5 days/week OR 10 hours/day-4 days/week) - Specific days TBC

• Valid and unrestricted California/Nevada license
• Minimum 3 years of experience.

• Administer medications as prescribed i.e., by mouth, intradermal, subcutaneously, or intramuscularly.
• Assist with distribution of medications at pill line.
• Monitor and evaluate the response to therapy.
• Perform skin testing.
• Provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services for the inmate.
• Take medical histories, examine patients, and order and interpret laboratory tests and xrays.
• Perform venipuncture for the purpose of obtaining laboratory specimens.
• Adhere to infection control policies and procedures.
• Assist in determining conditions, resources and policies essential to delivery of the health care services.
• Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.
• Work collaboratively with the staff physician(s) and consulting physician(s) in planning, instituting, evaluating and revising program plans.
• Provide direct patient care services in accordance with legal, ethical, and institutional standards.
• Perform nursing duties within the scope of the current licensure.