Details: Selected candidate and position title - Jennifer Welch, PNHNP Start date and projected… and 1 more item

Wallens Ridge Correctional Center, a Virginia state agency, awarded contract PO05373424-V3 to LocumTenenscom on September 14, 2026, for staffing services. The contract provides for the placement of Jennifer Welch, a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, as a healthcare provider at the facility. The position operates on a Monday through Thursday schedule during day shift hours, with an anticipated weekly allocation of up to 40 hours across Wallens Ridge State Prison and Roaring Spring State Prison in Virginia's West Region. The cumulative contract value is $73,421.04.

The primary line item consists of 486 hours of nurse practitioner services billed at $149.64 per hour (reflecting an $87 hourly pay rate plus a 72 percent West Region markup). A secondary line item includes 8 bonus shift hours compensated at the base rate of $87 per hour. These staffing services are classified under contract number DOC-23-012-LTC and are deliverable to the designated warehouse location. The contract award reflects Virginia's procurement of temporary healthcare staffing to support correctional facility operations.