Forensic Registered Nurse Supervisor pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 30429
- Class code
- 30429
- Pay scale group
- ST 09
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- P5
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Forensic Registered Nurse Supervisor is $78,925 to $119,844 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 30429.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 09/05/2023.
What the state says the job is
This is supervisory professional nursing work directing the care, treatment, custody and control of court committed forensic mental health patients at a forensic unit at a Commonwealth facility. An employee in this class supervises nursing and Forensic Security Employee services which are provided in multiple Forensic patient care wards or living areas for forensic patients on an assigned shift; or serves as an evening or night shift supervisor planning and directing the administration of all nursing and Forensic Security Employee services in the forensic unit. Shift supervisors establish and maintain communications with previous shift nursing and Forensic Security Employee staff to ensure continuity of nursing care, treatment, custody, and control, and to maintain a safe and secure therapeutic environment for patients and staff.
Examples of the work
• Plans, organizes, directs, and evaluates the administration of nursing and Forensic Security Employee services. • Supervises professional and non-professional nursing and Forensic Security Employee personnel. • Orients new employees to the policies, procedures, rules, and regulations of the nursing department and the health care facility. • Provides instruction, guidance, counseling, and ongoing employee staff development programs to professional staff. • Assess the nursing staff's implementation of nursing care and treatment plans. • Ensures the consistency of the nursing care plan with the patients' comprehensive individualized treatment plan.
Minimum qualifications
• Three years as a Forensic Registered Nurse (commonwealth title); or • Four years of professional nursing experience providing care, treatment, custody, and control of psychiatric patients.
Special requirements
• All positions require active authorization to practice as a Registered Nurse in Pennsylvania. • All employees possessing an active temporary practice permit must obtain licensure as a Registered Nurse within the one (1) year period defined by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.