Staff Nurse Per Diem UCHC NSP (Multiple Vacancies)

Rutgers University
📍 Newark, New Jersey, United States 💼 Part Time 🕒 Posted July 02, 2026

Job Description

Posting Summary

Rutgers University Correctional Healthcare is seeking a Per Diem Staff Nurse for the Northern State Prison in Newark, New Jersey. The Staff Nurse utilizes the nursing process to meet a variety of health care needs with ambulatory care as a primary focus.

Duties include:
  • Works with a variety of health care professionals and security officers in a correctional environment. Frequently functions guided by nursing protocols. Functions as a team leader as assigned.

  • Demonstrates competency in assessment and identification of the physical health of adults (18 to 64 years), and geriatrics (65+) all population groups and their personal strengths.

  • Identifies inmate-centered goals and nursing objectives and implements prescribed interventions and solutions for the identified problems.

  • Provides direct and indirect nursing care to meet physiological, psychosocial and emotional needs of the inmate-patient includi...
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    Job Details

    • Location Newark, New Jersey
    • Job Type Part Time
    • Category Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners
    • Posted Date July 02, 2026
    • Application Deadline August 11, 2026