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Correctional Registered Nurse - $2,030 per week

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Cross Country Nurses

San Francisco, California

Staffing partner

Eligibility
RN
Shift
12-hour days
Hours a week
36 hrs a week
Unit
Correctional
Contract
13-week contract

Posted Jul 21 · New grads welcomed

What the listing says

Role

Schedule
12-hour days · 3 a week · 36 hours
Term
13 weeks · starts Aug 3, 2026 · Travel
On the floor
Floating required
Setting
Correctional
Accepts
RN
Experience
New graduates
More role details
Staffing partner
Cross Country Nurses
Patients
This role involves working in a correctional or prison environment, providing essential healthcare services to a restricted population.

Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.

Pay

Against the board
Below most CA travel postings

CA travel postings that state pay run $1,770/week to $3,260/week, the middle half $2,080/week to $2,910/week, across 264 postings.

Travel package
Housing provided

About this role

Cross Country Nurses is seeking a travel nurse Correctional for a travel nursing job in San Francisco, California. Correctional / Prison Facility in San Francisco, California. This role involves working in a correctional or prison environment, providing essential healthcare services to a restricted population. The position offers standard daytime shifts, with a focus on delivering quality patient care within a correctional setting.

Schedule

Days shift, 12 hours per shift, with a minimum of 36 hours per week. Required

Qualifications

No minimum experience requirement; must possess relevant certifications, education, or degrees as applicable; located within the designated area or willing to work in San Francisco, California. Float rotation may be required.

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Required Qualifications: No minimum experience requirement; must possess relevant certifications, education, or degrees as applicable; located within the designated area or willing to work in San Francisco, California.· from this posting

Requirements

  • No minimum experience requirement; must possess relevant certifications, education, or degrees as applicable; located within the designated area or willing to work in San Francisco, California. Float rotation may be required.

Benefits

  • Private housing or generous housing allowance
  • Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
  • Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
  • Competitive salaries
  • Referral bonuses
  • Travel reimbursement
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  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Direct deposit/free checking

Place

City
San Francisco, California
Median rent
$2,476/mo

rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024

Local household income
$140,970/yr

all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024

Metro price level
16% above the national average

San Francisco area index 115.6, where 100 is the national average.

In a 7-by-7-mile city where Karl the Fog cools the Outer Sunset while Noe Valley stays sunny, BART and Muni from Montgomery make a car optional. SoMA and Mission Bay offer newer gym-and-roof-deck condos; Bernal Heights and Excelsior stretch an RN salary. Cost of living sits about 16% above the national average. Pack layers.

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Approximate location in San Francisco, CA. · © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap· Open the live map

Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.

How this role fits you

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Cross Country Nurses
Staffing partner

You are looking at Cross Country Nurses, the primary travel-nurse brand of Cross Country Healthcare, for work tied to San Francisco. One concrete path on the board is a correctional/prison facility travel RN role: 12-hour day shifts, 36 hours a…

On your path

Travel Nursing depends on where your license works. Staff experience first; a compact license opens more states.

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