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Somerset, PAFull-time / Contract$40/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Sthenos Technologies is hiring a Correctional Registered Nurse to work on-site at SCI Laurel Highlands for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. The role includes assessing and triaging incarcerated patients, administering medications and treatments, responding to emergencies, coordinating with providers, supervising support staff, and documenting care. Correctional, long-term care, or acute-care experience is preferred. This is a full-time W-2 contract position.
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Sthenos LLC (PA entity ID on file), doing business as Sthenos Technologies, is a contracted staffing vendor for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is hiring a Correctional Registered Nurse (RN) at the PA Department of Corrections, SCI Laurel Highlands, 5706 Glades Pike, Somerset, PA 15501 (Somerset County). Schedule: six 12-hour shifts plus one 8-hour shift per two-week pay period (80 hours), every other weekend off. RNs assess and triage incarcerated patients, administer medications and treatments, respond to medical emergencies, coordinate with physicians and mid-level providers, supervise LPNs and CNAs, and complete accurate documentation in the electronic health record. Requirements: active PA RN license in good standing; current BLS/CPR; correctional, long-term care or acute-care experience preferred; ability to obtain DOC facility clearance. This is a full-time, W-2 contract position through Sthenos Technologies, working on-site at SCI Laurel Highlands. Sthenos Technologies is the employer of record and pay is processed weekly. Pay: $40.00 per hour, paid weekly. Credentialing completed through Sthenos before start: active PA RN license in good standing; current BLS/CPR (AHA); government-issued photo ID; PA State Police criminal background check (ePATCH); FBI fingerprint clearance; PA Child Abuse History Clearance; pre-employment physical; TB screening; immunization and flu records; DOC security clearance; professional references; pre-employment drug screen. Sthenos Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 55,473 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$40/hr
- Pennsylvania median$40–42/hr597 hourly ranges
- US median$38–54/hr22,824 hourly ranges
This rate, $40/hr, is 3% below the Pennsylvania median midpoint ($41/hr) — in the middle half of Registered Nurse hourly ranges in Pennsylvania.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 2,422 open Registered Nurse jobs in Pennsylvania and 55,473 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
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- Experience
- Registered Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (27,028 postings).
- Education
- 4,443 of the 55,473 open Registered Nurse jobs (8%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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