Travel Nurse RN - Behavioral Health

Honor Vet Technologies is seeking a travel nurse RN Behavioral Health for a travel nursing job in Hagerstown, Maryland.

Specialty: Behavioral Health

Discipline: RN

Start Date: 03/09/2026

Duration: 13 weeks

Hours per week: 36 hours

Shift: 12 hours, nights

Employment Type: Travel Registered Nurse – Behavioral Health (Child & Adolescent)

Facility: Brook Lane

Location: 13121 Brooklane Dr, Hagerstown, MD 21742, United States

Shift: Night, 3x12 (7:00 PM – 7:30 AM)

Schedule: 36 hours per week; every other weekend required

Charting System: EPIC (required)

Float

Required:

Yes (child, adolescent, and adult behavioral health units)

The Registered Nurse – Behavioral Health provides safe, therapeutic, and evidence-based nursing care to pediatric, adolescent, and adult patients in a short‑stay crisis stabilization behavioral health setting. The nurse utilizes psychiatric nursing principles, therapeutic communication, and interdisciplinary collaboration to support patient safety, stabilization, and recovery while adhering to organizational and regulatory standards.

• Deliver patient‑centered behavioral health care using the nursing process and evidence‑based psychiatric practices.
• Perform comprehensive psychiatric assessments and ongoing evaluations of patient status.
• Manage patients with acute behavioral health conditions including mood disorders, psychotic disorders, trauma‑related disorders, and suicidal behaviors.
• Administer medications safely and monitor therapeutic and adverse effects.
• Implement and follow seclusion, restraint, and physical hold protocols in accordance with policy.
• Utilize therapeutic communication, psychoeducation, and de‑escalation techniques.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to develop, implement, and evaluate individualized treatment plans.
• Ensure patient and staff safety through consistent monitoring and use of alert systems.
• Maintain accurate, timely documentation in the EPIC electronic medical record.
• Adhere to infection control, safety standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Float to assigned behavioral health units based on census and clinical competency.

• Licensure: Active RN license.
• Experience: Minimum 1.5–2 years of recent psychiatric/behavioral health nursing experience; strong child and adolescent behavioral health experience preferred; travel experience required.
• Certifications: BLS (required).
• Other Requirements: EPIC experience required;
  Ability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as scheduled;
  Must be willing to float across child, adolescent, and adult behavioral health units.

Unit Type: Behavioral Health – Child & Adolescent (Co‑ed units)

Patient Population: Pediatrics, Adolescents, Adults

Patient Ratios: Days: 1:7;
Nights: 1:10;
Weekends: 1:7

Unit Configuration: 14‑bed pediatric unit; 17‑bed adolescent unit;
Two 7‑bed crisis stabilization units

Number of Beds: 45

Average Daily Census: 40

• Management of anxiety, mood, psychotic, trauma‑related, and substance use disorders
• Suicide risk assessment and safety interventions
• Medication administration and monitoring
• Physical hold, seclusion, and restraint protocols
• Blood glucose monitoring
• Psychoeducation and therapeutic treatment modalities
• Age‑specific care for pediatric, adolescent, adult, and older adult populations
• Crisis intervention and emergency behavioral health response

Honor Vet Technologies Job  #. Pay package is based on 12‑hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax‑free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: RN – Behavioral Health.

Honor Vet Technologies:
Pioneering Purpose, Empowering Heroes. Founded in 2015, Honor Vet Technologies stands as a Service‑Disabled Veteran‑Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), proudly certified by NaVOBA and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Our mission goes beyond staffing—we are committed to transforming lives by addressing the critical unemployment challenges faced by veterans. As a Joint Commission‑certified clinical staffing agency, we deliver unmatched expertise in placing top‑tier healthcare professionals—RNs, LPNs/LVNs, CNAs/CMAs, and NPs—across diverse facilities, including hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation centers, old‑age homes, schools, correctional facilities, and more.

At Honor Vet, we don't just fill roles; we bridge gaps, uplift communities, and honor the ones who served.

• Vision benefits
• License and certification reimbursement
• Continuing Education
• Medical benefits
• Wellness and fitness programs
• Dental benefits
• Guaranteed Hours
• Mileage reimbursement
• Referral bonus
• Bereavement
• Holiday Pay
• Sick pay
• Retention bonus