Care Career is seeking a travel nurse RN Behavioral Health for a travel nursing job in Kansas City, Missouri.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Behavioral Health
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 10/03/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 48 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Travel RN – Psych | HealthTrust
Location: Kansas City, MO
Hospital: Research Psychiatric Center
Shift: Nights, 7:00 PM–7:00 AM
Guaranteed:48 hrs/week
Contract: 13 weeks
Must-Haves
- Active RN license
- BLS
- ACTIVE BLUE CARD CPI – REQUIRED TO SUBMIT
- Psych/Behavioral Health RN experience
- Ability to assess mental health status and behavioral changes
- Medication administration and knowledge of psychotropic medications
- Crisis intervention and de-escalation skills
- Therapeutic communication
- Patient care planning and evaluation
Unit Details
- ADOL: 18 beds | Ages 12–18
- Serenity: 24 beds | Lower-acuity adults
- ITU: 32 beds | Higher-acuity adults, thought-disorder diagnoses
- SRAD: 16 beds | Senior population
- VINE: 9 beds | Lower-acuity adults
- RN ratio: 8:1
- Documentation: Meditech
- Uniform: Black; nurses wear blue, MHTs green/black
- Floating: C/L utilized where greatest need exists
Important: Days off are not guaranteed unless specifically written into the contract. Weekend coverage is required.
Biggest submission requirement:Active Blue Card CPI + BLS + Psych RN experience.
About Care Career
Care Career brings together a portfolio of leading healthcare staffing organizations, each delivering specialized talent solutions across the industry. Wherever you want to go, We Make It Happen.
With travel nursing jobs across the country, you can discover the possibilities that create the lifestyle and financial position that you have dreamed of.
Care Career is a modern, transparent staffing firm creating the ultimate community of US.
Benefits
- Referral bonus
- Weekly pay
- Medical benefits
- Continuing Education
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits