Registered Nurse - FCC Victorville, Victorville, CA

REGISTERED NURSE – FCC Victorville

Work Location
Federal Correctional Complex-Victorville

13777 Air Expressway Blvd

Victorville, CA 92394

• Citizenship Requirements: Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Clearance Requirements: National Background Check with Inquiries and Fingerprints, and Drug Screen.
• Period of Performance: Estimated: 15 February 2026 – 31 December 2030
• Type of Employment: Full-time, 40 hours per week.
• Estimated Pay: TBD

Working Hours
The Registered Nurse will provide services Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Holidays, with hours between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. The Registered Nurse shall not exceed 40 hours per week. Working hours may be adjusted to meet the variable needs of Federal Correctional Complex (FCC)-Victorville and the unpredictable nature of the correctional environment.

Qualifications

• Must be certified to practice medicine in the state of California.
• 1+ years of experience
• CPR certification in accordance with the American Heart Association Basic Life Support.

*Copies of all certifications and resumes must be forwarded with your application.

Summary of Duties: The Registered Nurse will provide direct patient care in accordance with legal, ethical, and institutional standards, including administering medications, monitoring patient responses to treatment, performing clinical procedures, and responding to medical emergencies. Maintains accurate medical records, ensures patient confidentiality and infection control compliance, and collaborates with physicians and healthcare staff to deliver comprehensive care.

Attire

The Registered Nurse must dress appropriately for the work environment. This includes business attire or scrubs. No khaki or green scrubs. The attire worn shall also be appropriate for the correctional environment in which the contract employee will be performing services.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care services in accordance with legal, ethical, and institutional standards through the evaluation of patients and therapeutic treatment as ordered by Health Services clinical staff.
• Perform nursing duties within the scope of the current licensure.
• Administer medications as prescribed i.e., by mouth, intradermal, subcutaneously, or intramuscularly
• Assist with distribution of medications at pill line.
• Monitor and evaluate the response to therapy.
• Perform skin testing.
• Provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services for the inmate.
• Take medical histories, examine patients, order and interpret laboratory tests, and x-rays.
• Perform venipuncture for the purpose of obtaining laboratory specimens.
• Maintain accurate logs of all reports in accordance with Bureau of Prisons and AAAHC policy.
• Screen laboratory tests/results for normal/abnormal lad values and notify the physician or physicians.
• Ensure all sharps are secured, accounted for, stored, and disposed of according to institutional and national policy.
• Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.
• Adhere to infection control policies and procedures.
• Ability and skill to operate an EKG.
• Clinically manage injuries by bleeding control, bandaging, splinting, and immobilizing.
• Attend to medical emergencies.
• Work collaboratively with the staff physician(s) and consulting physician(s) in planning, instituting, evaluating and revising program plans
• Assist in determining conditions, resources, and policies essential to the delivery of the health care services.
• Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings to recognize early stages of serious physical, emotional, or mental problems.
• Manages the daily operation of the clinic and conducts daily sick calls, which may include securing health histories from the patient, recording findings, and providing clinical evaluations.
• Provides a wide range of emergency services in the absence of the physician.
• Perform duties as required but accept only those nursing assignments that are commensurate with his/her educational preparation, training, experience, and licensure laws.
• Perform intakes on newly incarcerated or transferred inmates.
• Prepare medical documentation for transferring inmates/patients.