Registered Nurse Child Adolescent Unit

Job Description

Registered Nurse Needed for Child Adolescent Unit

Incentives:

• $6,000 sign on bonus for RN’s!
• Tuition reimbursement and tuition discounts to select universities!
• New Graduates Accepted!

Unit details:

• Child Adolescent Unit:
  Children with a variety of behavioral challenges and diagnoses on the unit; many have a mood disorder such as disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, or externalizing disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and op positional defiant disorder.

Shift: 5x8 or 3x12

Pay: Based on experience starting at $32/hr, higher with experience plus shift differential ($3/hr for evenings, $4.50/hr for nights, $1.50/hr for weekends.)

Other

Incentives:

Benefits including:
Health Insurance, PTO, Tuition Reimbursement, and more!

Must have qualifications:

• License: MD RN License
• Certification: AHA approved Basic Life Support/CPR certification
• Experience:
  
  New Grads considered!
• Education:
  
  Associate degree
• Preferred:
  Experience in a psychiatric nursing setting preferred

Responsibilities:

• Multi-disciplinary assessment, evaluation, crisis intervention, and stabilization of adolescent female and male patients.
• Discharge planning emphasizes movement to day hospital or outpatient care as soon as the crisis has been stabilized.
• Perform a full range of professional psychiatric nursing services, including assessing, planning, administering, and evaluating patient care in accordance with team treatment plans.
• Administer medical treatment as prescribed by physician.
• Teach and provide psychosocial support to patients and their families.
• Provide day-to-day clinical direction to assigned Mental Health Workers or other paraprofessional staff.
• Document and report patient progress to treatment team.