Salary : $6,780.80 - $10,062.00 Monthly
Location : St. Gabriel, LA
Job Type: Classified
Job Number: 413-26-109
Department: DOC-Elayn Hunt Correctional Center
Opening Date: 07/27/2026
Closing Date: 8/6/2026 11:59 PM Central
This is an opportunity to become part of a dedicated team supporting public safety,
working in a correctional facility where professionalism, resilience, and teamwork are essential.
Elayn Hunt Correctional Center is seeking a dedicated and clinically skilled
RN Supervisor A to lead nursing operations within our
64-bed Skilled Nursing Unit (SNU), a Level 1 care facility providing essential medical services to incarcerated individuals with complex health needs. This position offers a unique opportunity for a compassionate, organized, and confident nursing professional to guide a multidisciplinary team, ensure high-quality patient care, and uphold the standards of a secure healthcare environment.
Minimum QualificationsPossession of a current Louisiana Registered Nurse license or a temporary permit or multi-state license issued by a Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC/eNLC) state to practice as a registered nurse plus one of the following:
Three years of experience as a licensed registered nurse; OR
A bachelor's degree in nursing plus two years of experience as a licensed registered nurse; OR
A master's degree in nursing or public health plus two years of experience as a licensed registered nurse; OR
A doctorate in nursing or public health plus one year of experience as a licensed registered nurse.
Job Specification The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.
Job Duties and Other InformationJob Duties:
- Assumes shift responsibility for patient assignments and care of patients for assigned unit.
- Provides nursing care and utilizing the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation in the provision of direct patient care to Inmates.
- Administers medications and treatments in a timely manner and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Conducts nursing assessments via nursing rounds and communicates with the provider regarding the patient's condition to ensure a timely and accurate disposition.
- Initiates and reviews nursing plan of care for all patients and ensures that treatments and therapies specified in the plans are carried out.
- Receives health care practitioner's instructions regarding patient care and ensure that orders are transmitted to other units as needed.
Position-Specific Details:
Appointment Type: PROBATION, or PROMOTION OF A PERMANENT, CLASSIFIED LOUISIANA STATE EMPLOYEE
- Current permanent status classified LA State employees may be required to accept a probational appointment if accepted.
- An employee selected for a promotion may be required to serve a trial detail prior to being permanently promoted.
Compensation: This position has a Special Entrance Rate (SER) of $39.12 per hour.
This position also offers premium pay: A rate of
$5.00 per hour for each hour worked, in addition to regular pay.
Other Important Information:- IMPORTANT: In the supplemental questions section, applicants must authorize the HR Office of DPS&C-Corrections Services to contact prior employers to check references under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), to be considered for employment, by answering 'YES' to the PREA question.
- Any degree, certificate, special license, or DD-214 must be verified by official documentation prior to hire.
- Any qualifying experience that is based on college credit/college hours should have an accompanying transcript for verification.
- This is a 24-hour facility.
- Applicants may be required to work shift work
- This Agency is a Drug Free Workplace.
How to Apply:
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
*Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
- There is no guarantee that everyone who applies to this posting will be interviewed. The hiring supervisor/manager has 90 days from the closing date of the announcement to make a hiring decision. Specific information about this job will be provided to you in the interview process, should you be selected.
- To view and apply to any of our other postings we currently have available, click HERE.
For further information about this vacancy contact:Hilary Dugar
Human Resources Department
Elayn Hunt Correctional Center
Ph: (225) 319-4128
Fax: (225) 319-4592
