Description

American Traveler is hiring a Behavioral Health RN for a night shift assignment requiring MD or compact RN licensure and recent psychiatric/behavioral health experience.

Details

• Behavioral Health unit caring for children, adolescent, and adult patients
• Must be open to working across all age groups: children, adolescent, and adult units
• Night shift schedule, 3x12-hour shifts (19:00-07:30)
• Every other weekend required
• Floating required in rotation with staff, consistent with clinical experience and unit orientation
• May be asked to serve as charge nurse as needed
• Shift supervisor, nurse manager, and on-call support typically available
• Epic EMR experience required

Requirements

• Active RN license (Maryland or Compact) required
• BLS certification required
• 1.5-2 years of recent Psychiatric/Behavioral Health experience required
• Strong preference for Adolescent & Child experience; if lacking, 2 years of experience and prior travel experience required
• Previous charge nurse experience preferred
• Epic charting system experience required
• Experience caring for patients with anxiety, bipolar, depressive, psychotic, and schizophrenia-spectrum disorders preferred
• Experience with substance use, suicidal behavior, trauma-related disorders, and personality disorders preferred
• Experience with eating disorders, PTSD, self-injurious behavior, and impulse control issues preferred
• Skilled in crisis intervention, de-escalation techniques, and managing assaultive behavior preferred
• Experience with physical hold protocols, seclusion procedures, and medication administration including antianxiety, antidepressant, antipsychotic, and mood stabilizer medications
• Knowledge of voluntary/involuntary commitment and legal aspects of seclusion use
• Age-specific competency across child, adolescent, young adult, middle adult, and older adult populations

Additional Information

• CPI training provided
• Expected to work some holidays and weekends
• Must present RTO at time of consideration, with approval required prior to assignment
• Travelers must separate for a minimum of 90 days after a 1-year assignment before returning
• Former permanent employees must be separated for at least 1 year before returning as a traveler
• Must reside outside a 50-mile radius of the facility to be eligible as a traveler
• Local candidates not accepted
• First-time travelers considered only if candidate has 2+ years of Behavioral Health experience