TEMP​/RN

Registered Nurse (RN) – Behavioral Health Contract Opportunity

This opportunity is a 3‑month contract and offers 12‑hour shifts (7:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. day shift & 7:00 p.m. – 7:30 a.m. night shift) with rotating weekends. A 2‑week orientation is required:
Monday‑Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Rockford Center is a 138‑bed mental health facility located in Newark, DE, providing a full complement of inpatient and partial behavioral health programs for children and adolescents, adults, and older adults. It is the only child inpatient behavioral health facility in Delaware, offers an experienced senior management team, and serves New Castle County and northern Maryland.

The Registered Nurse provides direct nursing care to patients as prescribed by the physician and is under the direction and supervision of the appropriate facility nursing leadership. The RN provides nursing care specific to the age population served. Nursing activities are limited to those in compliance with the State Nurse Practice Act and facility policies and procedures.

• Conduct ongoing and individualized nursing care duties as assigned and as dictated by the patient’s condition in accordance with physician orders and facility protocols.
• Assess and document PRN medications, including reasons and effectiveness, in the medical record.
• Report changes in patient physical or mental status, or episodes of seclusion or restraint to the nurse manager or supervisor during each shift.
• Ensure family and physician notification is completed and documented if a patient is transported to the emergency room, injured, falls, or is placed in seclusion or restraints.
• Collaborate with other team members in developing, implementing, and evaluating individualized plans of care.
• Perform treatments and therapies as ordered by the physician in a timely and appropriate manner.
• Document patient care, findings, and psychosocial responses to nursing interventions.
• Document PRN medications given, reason, and effect.
• Initiate emergency measures according to age‑appropriate CPR and client resuscitation protocols.
• Participate in emergency crisis interventions using age‑appropriate techniques.
• Maintain confidentiality per HIPAA and provide patient care in a non‑judgmental, non‑discriminatory manner that respects cultural diversity and age appropriateness, preserving autonomy, rights, and dignity.

• Competitive compensation
• Chamberlain University partnership discount
• In‑house psychiatric nurse residency and transition‑to‑practice program
• Orientation (eligible for 20 CEUs)
• Career development opportunities across Universal Health Services and its >300 locations
• Diverse programming to expand experience and energize career
• Health Stream online learning catalog with many free CEU courses

• Current license to practice nursing in Delaware (or eligible to receive or renew).
• New graduates encouraged to apply; excellent orientation and mentor program available.
• Current CPR certification.

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