FT Night Registered Nurse WTSP
Henning, Tennessee
RN · Corrections
Posted Jul 14
- Shift
- Nights
- Hours a week
- 38
- Unit
- Corrections
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- Nights · 3 a week · 38 hours
- Weekends
- Every weekend
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Correctional
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Tennessee is $33/hr, across 154 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Centurion is proud to be the provider of comprehensive healthcare services to the Tennessee Department of Correction. We are currently seeking a full-time, night shift Registered Nurse to join our team at West Tennessee State Penitentiary in Henning, Tennessee. The RN is responsible for providing holistic nursing care within the appropriate scope of practice to incarcerated patients.
Registered Nurses work under the direction of the Director of Nursing and/or Nursing Supervisor and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to identify, assess and respond to a wide range of physical, psychological and social needs of the patient. Pay ranges from $40 to $50 per hour depending on experience. Shift: 5:30 pm – 6:00 am, three shifts a week, rotating weekends.
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Requirements
- Tennessee RN license or ability to obtain license
- Current CPR
- Corrections experience not required
- Ability to obtain a security clearance, to include drug screen and criminal background check
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Disability insurance
- Life insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Generous paid time off
- Paid holidays
Place
- City
- Henning, Tennessee
- Rent against this pay
- 10% of monthly gross
- Local household income
- $40,781/yr
- State price level
- 8% below the national average
$668 median rent against $6,587 a month at $40/hr for 38 hours a week, before tax.
all local households, not nurse pay
Tennessee index 91.9, where 100 is the national average.
Henning is a small West Tennessee town in Lauderdale County, known as the childhood home of Roots author Alex Haley. Rural, quiet, and rooted in Mississippi River delta history, it offers a slow-paced lifestyle for nurses seeking a close-knit community within driving distance of Memphis.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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You would be walking into Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Carlisle, where Centurion runs healthcare for the Indiana Department of Correction. The work is primary and specialty care inside the fence—vitals, labs, EKGs, minor procedures—and some roles stretch into infirmary-style…
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