Registered Nurse Supervisor - SCI Coal Township

The Position

Are you ready to guide a skilled nursing team as a Registered Nurse Supervisor with the Department of Corrections? This role allows you to support patient care while leading staff in a steady, well-structured environment. You will help ensure that inmates receive timely and consistent health care. Your leadership strengthens training, workflow, and clinical support at the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Coal Township.

This role oversees clinical and administrative nursing functions to support safe, timely, and consistent care within the correctional setting. The position helps guide training, workflow, and staff performance across multiple nursing areas. As a Registered Nurse Supervisor, you will perform the following duties:

• Staff Training:
  Assess training needs, develop orientation programs, and instruct staff and inmate workers across nursing areas
• Clinical Guidance:
  Provide direction to nursing staff, support specialized care units, and assist families of medically complex offenders
• Operational Oversight:
  Coordinate schedules, staffing, documentation review, policy support, audits, and compliance activities
• Performance Management:
  Review grievances, conduct fact-finding, support disciplinary action, and complete employee evaluations
• Care Monitoring:
  Observe treatment services, review patient concerns, support clinics, and ensure continuity of care
• Communication Support:
  Coordinate emergency information, specialty care needs, transfers, releases, and clinical planning with staff and outside agencies

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment, 40-hour work week
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• This position is eligible for full retirement benefits at age 50 or 55.
• Telework:
  You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary:
  Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $98,144.00 (before taxes).
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

Qualifications

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Three years as a Registered Nurse (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• Four years of professional nursing experience providing care and treatment services consistent with those needed for individuals with a mental or physical injury or illness and/or a developmental disability.

Special Requirements:

• You must possess active authorization to practice as a Registered Nurse in Pennsylvania.
• All employees possessing an active temporary practice permit must obtain licensure as a Registered Nurse within the one (1) year period defined by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing.

Other Requirements:

• PA residency requirement is currently waived for this title.
• Successful completion of basic training in Elizabethtown, PA is required.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Legal Requirements:

• You must pass a background investigation and meet Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) compliance requirements.

How to Apply:

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• Your application must…