RN Clinical Nurse II UNC Youth Behavioral Health Facility Cardinal Unit

Overview

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Are you passionate about challenges facing our young population behavioral health needs? If yes, opportunities are available to join our team who are making a difference in a young person's life.

• Three options for commitment incentive ranging from 15K to 25K
• Relocation Assistance

• Safe work environment with security officers present in the facility who work collaboratively with the staff and patients
• Work alongside an interdisciplinary team committed to providing holistic care to our patients
• Opportunities for ongoing professional developmental growth

• RN with at least one year of work experience
• Experience in behavioral health nursing (pediatric or adult) strongly preferred
• Strong understanding of pediatric patients in need of crisis stabilization and behavioral/psychosocial needs
• Excellent communication and team skills

• 36 hours per week (considered full time)
• 12-hour shifts with current need for day shift
• No rotating shifts
• Weekday and weekends (preferred scheduling)
• No on-call

Clinical Nurse II needed for UNC Health Youth Behavioral Health (YBH), in Butner, North Carolina.

We are seeking a Clinical Nurse II, preferably with strong clinical experience in adolescent mental health to work with a multidisciplinary team. The Clinical Nurse II will primarily be working on Cardinal/1

YBH, a 14-bed inpatient unit dedicated to providing comprehensive psychiatric care for adolescents aged 12 to 15 who require acute psychiatric stabilization. Our unit is designed to address the urgent needs of these young individuals, focusing on stabilizing their current crises and setting a foundation for long-term mental health.

Youth Behavioral Health Hospital (YBH) is a 54-bed, 24-hour, locked psychiatric facility located in Butner, North Carolina. YBH philosophy is grounded in a milieu-based, trauma-informed and therapeutic setting. This facility aims to serve patients with a complex history, including aggression and psychosis. Safety is a key component of the care provided as well as introduction of positive coping skills, healthy living and positive leisure activities.

Therapy services will work among a large interdisciplinary team including Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Workers, and Nursing Services. There will be four units dedicated to serving children and adolescents with mental health diagnoses, dual diagnoses, substance misuse and complex behaviors, including those with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The staff are to be cross trained on all of these units as one team.

Summary

Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards. Reporting and accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director, the Clinical Nurse is responsible for coordinating and delivering patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting.