Psychiatric Registered Nurse

Company: Camp Recovery
Location: Dartmouth
Posted on: June 9, 2021

Job Description:

2nd and 3rd Shift Opportunities

This is a challenging, dynamic, and rewarding position. While serving as a Registered Nurse (RN) with us at Southcoast Behavioral Health, you will have the opportunity to enhance your current skillset, develop new capabilities, assume greater responsibilities, and become a recognized leader in your field as a nurse. Every day that you are with us, you will know that your efforts are directly improving the lives of individuals and families in crisis. You will be a pivotal provider of empathetic care.

Southcoast part of the nation's leading behavioral healthcare network provides comprehensive care within a safe, structured, and highly supportive environment. We have earned a national reputation both for clinical excellence and an unwavering commitment to superior customer service. Your contributions as a registered nurse will ensure that we maintain the highest standards and retain our position as a recognized leader in the behavioral healthcare space.

BENEFITS:

Southcoast provides a comprehensive package of benefits for our employees. Current benefits include:

• Competitive hourly rate with shift differential available
• $1,000 Sign-On Bonus, paid after 90 days, for full-time nurses
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Acadia Healthcare 401(k) plan

• New State of the Art Facility: Walking Grounds, Gym, Indoor/Outdoor Basketball Courts, Executive Chef Dining

• Professional growth opportunity that is second to none in the industry. Join a team with defined career paths and a national family of hospitals and facilities

AVAILABLE SHIFTS AND HOURS

We have full-time and part-time day (7:00 AM - 3:30 PM), PM (3:00 PM - 11:30 PM) and overnight (11:00 PM - 7:30 AM) shifts available. Shifts are 8-hours, with shift differentials available for PM and overnight. All RNs rotate weekend shifts.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE REGISTERED NURSE (RN):

• Provides a key role in the implementation of milieu management and therapeutic interaction.
• Provides nursing care to patients using compassion and understanding.
• Ability to apply psychiatric and medical nursing procedures and practices to psychiatric and personality disorders.
• Ability to work with geriatric, adolescent, and adult populations as demonstrated through the educational accomplishment of work experience.
• Uses biological and socio-cultural dimensions to positively influence patient mental health care.
• Demonstrates a strong interest in providing therapeutic care for patients with mental illness and or behavioral disorders.
• Provides guidance to Behavioral Health Associates as needed.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have graduated from an accredited school of nursing.
• Must possess a current Registered Nurse (RN) license as required by the state of Massachusetts
• Previous psych nursing experience highly preferred
• CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification preferred CPI (training available upon hire and offered by facility).

Keywords: Camp Recovery, Fall River , Psychiatric Registered Nurse, Other , Dartmouth, Massachusetts