Practical Nurse-Licensed

Location

Rayburn Correctional Center, Angie, LA

As a Licensed Practical Nurse in the Louisiana Department of Corrections, you will provide nursing care to inmates within a state correctional facility, managing emergency response, acute trauma, chronic disease, wound care, and mental health while working within a secure environment.

• Implement selective aspects of the nursing care plan (comfort, hygiene, safety measures, nutrition, etc.) under progressively more generalized supervision.
• Observe patients for changes in physical and/or mental status or behavior and report significant changes.
• Obtain specimens for laboratory testing as assigned.
• Take vital signs including temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure.
• Administer medication and treatments in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Transcribe physicians' orders and record medication and patient's condition on patients' charts and other records.
• Receive and give change-of-shift reports.
• Request stock drugs, medications, and supplies as assigned.
• Administer CPR in emergency situations.
• Admit, transfer, and discharge patients.
• Gather information about patient's past and current physical and mental status.
• Perform other nursing duties as may be assigned.

• Possession of a current Louisiana Practical Nurse license, a temporary permit, or a multi‑state license issued by a Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC/eNLC) state.
• Relevant nursing education and experience.
• Authorization to allow the HR Office of DPS&C‑Corrections Services to contact prior employers to check references under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) by answering ‘YES’ to the PREA question.
• Verification of any degree, certificate, special license, or DD‑214 by official documentation prior to hire.

Classified When Actually Employed (WAE) position without benefits.

Licensed Practical Nurse 1, 2, or 3 – filled at the highest level of experience of the selected applicant. Salary depends on level of experience.

24‑hour facility; shift work required.

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections - Corrections Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on any non‑merit factor including disability.