Registered Nurse-Statewide

We are looking for candidates who have a passion for helping at-risk youth.  

We are Working Together to Strengthen North Carolina’s Youth and Families!

This is a REPOST.  Previous applicants are still under consideration and do not need to reapply.

This posting is for multiple facilities including: CA Dillon Juvenile Detention Center, Chatham Youth Development Center, Edgecombe Youth Development Center, Lenoir Youth Development Center and Rockingham Youth Development Center.

This position provides nursing services to juvenile offenders and function as the full-time health care professional on site. 

 This position is responsible for:

• Providing health care in the treatment and/or prevention of illnesses and injuries
• Performing the juveniles' admission physical assessments
• Conducting sick call
• Administering medications
• Implementing physician treatment orders
• Providing medication administration, training UAPs for medication administration and medication counseling for the juveniles
• Writing medical discharge summaries
• Providing emergency medical services
• Health care reports to other disciplines regarding juvenile health status, maintain data reports and providing health related staff training
• Demonstrated competence in critical thinking in an outpatient setting.

Work Schedule:

This is a full-time position, Monday - Friday, 8 hour shifts. 

We offer great Benefits!

This is a full-time position (40 hours per week) with State Benefits, including paid vacation, paid sick leave, paid holidays, retirement, and health insurance. To view an example of total compensation, please click here NC OSHR: Total Compensation Calculator 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities / Competencies

To qualify for this position, applicants must demonstrate ALL of the following KSAs: 

• Demonstrated experience with independently implementing the nursing process (assess, plan, implement and evaluate) to meet patient needs.
• Demonstrated experience working with multidisciplinary healthcare staff to include unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) ad making assignments.
• Demonstrated experience using interview techniques that assist the patient/client in describing his/her symptoms and assist in discerning the situation and communicating information to patients, families and or staff.

Management Preference:  These skills are not required but managers may choose to interview/select applicants who demonstrate Management Preferences.

• Nursing experience in adolescent, pediatric, school or public health nursing.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

Some state job postings say you can qualify by an “equivalent combination of education and experience.”  If that language appears below, then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience, OR a combination of both.  See oshr.nc.gov/experience-guide for details. 

 Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of North Carolina. 

Necessary Special Qualifications:

Selected applicant must attend and successfully complete and pass the Juvenile Justice Officer Basic Training certification program. The certification requires four weeks to complete and is comprised of classroom and physically demanding training. This training is carried out at regional training centers and requires consecutive overnight stays. In addition the selected candidate must:

• Have or be able to obtain required documentation for certification as a Juvenile Justice Officer (i.e. a diploma).

• Pass a Criminal Background check

• Pass a Drug Screening test

• Pass a Psychological test

• Pass a Sexual Risk Screening test

• Pass a Physical

• Be a US citizen

• Be at least 20 years of age

• Have a valid driver's license