Correctional Staff Nurse - Lerdo Justice Facility - Per Diem

Correctional Staff Nurse - Lerdo Justice Facility - Per Diem

Job Category: Nursing - Registered Nurse

Requisition Number: CORRE
004569

• Posted :
  December 15, 2025
• Part-Time
• On-site

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Lerdo Prison
17635 Industrial Farm Road
Bakersfield, CA 93308, USA

Kern Medical has been a community cornerstone since its founding in 1867. Today, we are an acute care teaching center with 222 beds, offering the only advanced trauma care between Fresno and Los Angeles. Kern Medical offers a range of primary, specialty, and multi-specialty services including high-risk pregnancy care, inpatient psychiatric services integrated with county mental health programs, and a growing network of outpatient clinics providing personalized patient-centered wellness care.

Kern Medical cares for 15,500 inpatients and 125,000 clinic patients a year.

Career Opportunities within Kern Medical for qualifying positions include many benefits, such as:

• Shift Differential Pay
  : P.M. shift (7:00 PM - 7:30 AM) = 10% of base pay.
• Security Clearance Pay:$2.00 per hour, in addition to base pay.
• Per Diem employees supplement department staffing needs, with no guarantee of minimum hours.
• Must be willing and available to work four (4) shifts per six (6) week scheduling period.

Correctional Medicine Candidates:
Background investigation is required of candidates who wish to be considered for Correctional Medicine assignments. Felony convictions are disqualifying, and some misdemeanor convictions may be disqualifying

Compensation:

The estimated pay for this position is $40.2436 to $63.4118. This reflects only a portion of the total compensation package for this position. Additional compensation may be available for this role through differentials, incentives, and bonuses.

Distinguishing Characteristics:

The Correctional Staff Nurse classification includes Correctional Staff Nurses who are employed by Kern Medical Center and assigned to Adult correctional medicine facilities. Correctional Staff Nurses provide basic and emergency health care services to persons housed within Kern County correctional facilities. The Correctional Staff Nurse classification can be distinguished from the Hospital Staff Nurse series by assignment in a locked detention facility with (1) clients of various cultural, physical, behavioral and psychological profiles;

(2) extended exposure to odors, fumes, noises, behaviors and medical conditions associated with detention facilities; and (3) the constant threat or risk of verbal abuse and injury.

This classification ranges from entry level in the Correctional Staff Nurse (CSN) to the journey level experienced in correctional nursing, performing patient care with limited supervision.

Essential Functions:

• Collects, interprets and documents data to determine whether incarcerated persons have physiological and/or psychosocial risk factors.
• Records and reports assessment data and makes appropriate referrals.
• Communicates and collaborates with physician and allied health professionals in setting priorities for care of patients.
• Implements therapeutic care for patients responding to needs due to multisystem disease or complications of treatment.
• Performs intake, ongoing assessments and screenings.
• Treats patients according to appropriate standardized procedures and scope of service.
• Implements orders written by Physicians or allied health professionals.
• Manages and treats contagious and sexually transmitted diseases as recommended by the Kern County Health Department and as ordered by the physicians or allied health professionals.
• Performs quality assurance monitoring and analyzes results and participates in process improvement for identified problems.
• Accepts assignments and floats to other facilities according to the needs of the Correctional Medicine Department as instructed by the clinical director, clinical supervisor or designee.
• Anticipates patient care problems and responds to changes on the unit by prioritizing for emergencies, changes in patient status and unusual occurrences.
• Performs and documents the nursing process consistent with scientific principle and hospital policy as required by patient assignment.
• Enter pertinent…