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Travel Registered Nurse - Correctional
Job in
Downey, Los Angeles County, California, 90242, USA
Listed on 2026-01-03
Listing for:
GQR Healthcare
Full Time, Contract
position Listed on 2026-01-03
Job specializations:
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Healthcare
Healthcare Nursing
Job Description & How to Apply Below
This role is for a travel registered nurse specialized in correctional health, providing care in a secured facility in Downey, California. The position requires a valid CA RN license, correctional or psychiatric inpatient experience, and certifications including BLS and MAB/CPI. The contract lasts 20 weeks with 40 hours per week, focusing on medication administration, blood draws, and patient assessments in a correctional behavioral health unit.
GQR Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse Correctional for a travel nursing job in Downey, California.
Job Description & Requirements
• Specialty:
Correctional
• Discipline: RN
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Start Date:
• Duration: 20 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours, days, evenings
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Employment Type:
Travel
• 20-week contract
• 40 hours
• 5 x 8's
• Shift: Evenings/Mids
•
• Must work every other weekend
• Candidates for these assignments are required to work every other weekend. Passing meds and blood draws are included in the job duties. Please verify with candidates accepted for this position are comfortable with these skills and schedule requirements
• Patient ratios (if known):
• Within Guidelines of CA State Law
• Is RTO Accepted?
What is the Max:
• None Preferred
• On Call Requirement? NO
• Certs: BLS, Fire Card
• MAB/CPI Certification is REQUIRED
• License:
Active CA RN License
• If CA License is expired, it will need to be renewed
• If applying for CA License, please contact the Senators office to expediate the application.
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Experience:
• Two years of psychiatric inpatient experience required
• Experience working in a detention center and/or other secured environment such as in a locked facility in behavioral health unit and/or a jail is preferred
• Experience in Psych, Correctional Health, Med Surg or ER, comfortable with blood draws & assessments
• Candidates must have correctional health experience or Psych
• Travel experience is preferred, however is not required
• Will accept local travelers
COVID Vaccine Requirement:
Covid vaccination + booster if eligible is a must
Nov. 17th & December 1st start dates Weekly Untaxed Travelers Stipend of $1,week contract 40 hours (5X8hrs) If candidate strongly prefers evening, please specify desired shift (Days or Evenings) Must have blood Draw Experience! Facility size: 420 Bed Facility Scrub Color Requirement:
Any color—Navy Blue or Black preferred to remain unified EMR:
Cerner Case types:
Juvenile Court Behavioral Services Psych Inpatient Correctional
About GQR Healthcare
GQR’s Healthcare team specializes in connecting experts within the industry to highly skilled healthcare professionals across the US market.
In the competitive healthcare market, we recognize that the industry’s common goals of improved quality of care and patient outcomes are wholly reliant upon the professionals directly supporting these initiatives. Leveraging our extensive candidate network, we deliver continuity of care for the communities our partners serve to ensure the patient experience is of the highest quality.
Through deep market specialization and a unique approach to talent acquisition, GQR Healthcare provides an unparalleled and personalized experience across all medical specialties in nursing and within diverse healthcare platforms across the industry.
Keywords:
travel nurse, registered nurse, correctional nursing, psychiatric inpatient, blood draws, CA RN license, behavioral health nursing, correctional health, travel nursing jobs, medication administration
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