Registered Nurse

Position: CIC Registered Nurse (RN)

Location: Hays, Kansas | Crisis Intervention Center

Pay: Starting at $35-46 per hour [based on experience] | Shift differentials available- earn $1-3 more per hour) | $4,500 ENHANCED SIGN-ON BONUS (overnight shift)

Job Type: Full-time | In-person | [PRN hours also available]

Schedule: 7pm-7am | 3 days per week | Working every other weekend | Some holidays required

Take on a different kind of challenge and expand your nursing experience. The Crisis Intervention Center (CIC) offers a chance to apply your existing nursing skills in a behavioral health setting. You'll continue performing assessments, administering medications, monitoring patient health, and coordinating care while gaining specialized training in psychiatric nursing, crisis intervention, and de-escalation.

You'll work with individuals experiencing acute mental health and substance use crises. Your role will include monitoring physical and behavioral health, recognizing changes in patient condition, supporting treatment plans, and working alongside a multidisciplinary team to help patients stabilize.

Grow your career. Gain specialized clinical experience, develop new skills, and explore opportunities for professional advancement in a growing area of healthcare.

Make a difference close to home. High Plains Mental Health Center operates one of Kansas's first Crisis Intervention Centers, providing an alternative to traditional hospital emergency departments for individuals experiencing mental health crises. To learn more about our Crisis Intervention Center, watch our CIC information video. To tour the CIC, watch our virtual tour here.

If you're an RN looking for a new challenge and an opportunity to expand your nursing skills, we'd love to hear from you.

• Conduct initial nursing assessments upon admission and ongoing assessments to monitor patients' physical and behavioral health throughout their stay.
• Monitor vital signs, changes in patient condition, medication responses, and other clinical concerns; communicate significant findings to medical providers.
• Administer prescribed medications, monitor therapeutic effects and potential side effects, and provide medication education to patients.
• Provide nursing care and clinical support to individuals experiencing acute mental health and substance use crises.
• Use crisis intervention, verbal de-escalation, and trauma-informed approaches to manage escalating behaviors and promote patient safety.
• Implement and monitor patient safety precautions, including suicide prevention, self-harm prevention, and individualized safety plans.
• Respond to medical and behavioral health emergencies in accordance with established protocols and training.
• Follow state regulations and facility policies regarding restraints and seclusion, including required monitoring and documentation.
• Collaborate with psychiatrists, APRNs, the Clinical Director, nurses, and behavioral health staff to coordinate care and communicate changes in treatment needs.
• Support treatment planning and work alongside case managers to coordinate patient needs, referrals, and discharge planning.
• Educate patients and families on medications, treatment recommendations, coping strategies, and follow-up care.
• Maintain accurate and timely nursing documentation, including assessments, medication administration, clinical observations, interventions, and patient responses.
• Maintain current knowledge of psychiatric nursing, psychopharmacology, mental health disorders, and evidence-based behavioral health practices through training and continuing…