Job Title: Behavioral Health Registered Nurse
Profession: RN
Specialty: Behavioral Health
Duration: 13 Weeks
Shift: 15:00 - 23:30
Hours per Shift: 8
Experience: Minimum 1 Year in Inpatient Psychiatric Setting
License: Current State Licensure as Registered Nurse
Certifications: BLS, ACLS preferred
Must-Have Skills/Experience:
Previous experience in behavioral health within an inpatient psychiatric setting.
Familiarity with common diagnoses such as schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, substance use disorder, and anxiety.
Willingness to work with both adult and pediatric patient care.
Description:
As a Behavioral Health Registered Nurse, you will provide planning and delivery of direct and indirect patient care through the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation.
You will develop nursing care plans in coordination with patients, families, and interdisciplinary staff as necessary.
You will communicate changes in patients' clinical conditions with physicians, nursing supervisors, managers, and co-workers as appropriate.
Participation in the discharge planning process is required.
Candidates must have graduated from an accredited Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Associate Degree in Nursing, or Nursing Diploma program.
A minimum of one year in an inpatient psychiatric setting is required.
BCLS certification is necessary, and ACLS certification is preferred.