Registered Nurse - Correctional

Job Description

HonorVet Technologies is seeking a local contract nurse Correctional for a local contract nursing job in Taberg, New York.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty : Correctional
• Discipline : RN
• Start Date : 11 / 24 / 2025
• Duration : 13 weeks
• 40 hours per week
• Shift : 8 hours, days, evenings, nights
• Employment Type : Local Contract

Position :

This candidate will work directly to supervise court-placed youth, age 12-20, who reside at OCFS secure, limited-secure, and / or non-secure residential facilities. YSSs are part of a team that ensures that a facility is physically secure (e.g., responsible for youth movement, key and door control, and conflict resolution) and emotionally safe for both youth and other staff. YSSs help create a professional, healthy, and therapeutic environment.

Qualifications

OR a high school graduation or equivalency diploma AND one year of experience

OR a satisfactory equivalent combination of the above education and experience

Duties

Be confident in engaging with people who may be under physical and / or emotional stress.

Take opportunities to improve the well-being of the facility community by being

collaborative and informed.

Supervise and / or assist youth during recreation and education activities, as well as

take on various, as-needed assignments

Establish and maintain positive, professional, and appropriate relationships with youths’ families and loved ones.

Assist youth in achieving education, work readiness, and community transition goals.

Shift : Day, Evening and Night, 40 hours a week

These positions require shift, weekend, holidays, and overtime assignments, including mandatory and voluntary overtime.

Background Investigation Requirements : \n1) All prospective employees will be investigated through a Criminal Background Check \n(CBC), which includes State and federal Criminal History Record Checks. All \nconvictions must be reported; conviction of a felony or misdemeanor, or any falsified or \nomitted information on the prospective appointee’s employment application, may bar \nappointment or result in removal after appointment. Each case will be determined on its \nown merits, consistent with the applicable provisions of State and federal laws, rules, \nand regulations. Prospective employees will be fingerprinted in order to obtain a record \nof their criminal history information and may be required to pay any necessary fees.\n2) All prospective employees will be screened against the Statewide Central Register of \nChild Abuse and Maltreatment (SCR). Prospective employees will be required to pay \nany necessary fees.\n3) Prospective appointees will be checked against the Staff Exclusion List (SEL) \nmaintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs. \nProspective employees whose names appear on the SEL as having been found \nresponsible for serious or repeated acts of abuse or neglect will be barred from \nappointment and may have their names removed from the eligible list(s) for the title(s) if \napplicable.\nPhysical / Medical Requirements\nYour physical and medical condition will be evaluated to ensure that you are able to \nsatisfactorily perform the duties of this position with or without reasonable \naccommodation. The physical / medical standards include a fitness test, a medical \nstandards evaluation, and a substance abuse screening.\nTraining Requirements\nAttend a 2-week Juvenile Justice Basic Training orientation, be proficient in OCFSapproved physical skills and youth restraint techniques (given two times a year for eight \nhours total), take NYS employee mandated annual trainings, and other annual training \nrefreshers.

About HonorVet Technologies

HonorVet Technologies : Pioneering Purpose, Empowering Heroes

Founded in 2015, HonorVet Technologies stands as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) , proudly certified by NaVOBA and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs . Our mission goes beyond staffing—we are committed to transforming lives by addressing the critical unemployment challenges faced by veterans.

As a Joint Commission-certified clinical staffing agency , we deliver unmatched expertise in placing top-tier healthcare professionals—RNs, LPNs / LVNs, CNAs / CMAs, and NPs—across diverse facilities, including hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation centers, old-age homes, schools, correctional facilities, and more.

At HonorVet, we don't just fill roles; we bridge gaps, uplift communities, and honor the ones who served.

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