Description

American Traveler is hiring a Behavioral Health RN for a night shift Inpatient Older Adult Mental Health unit requiring Psych/BH experience and Epic proficiency.

Details

• Inpatient Older Adult Mental Health unit, with floating across campuses and age groups (adolescent, adult, geriatric) as needed
• Acute psychiatric patient population including major mental health illness and chronic behaviors such as violence, aggression, mania, and self-harm
• Patient ratios up to 1:4-6 depending on unit and shift
• Uses restraint equipment competencies
• Night shift schedule, Monday-Friday, 11p-7a, 40 hrs/week
• Every other weekend required
• No on-call requirements

Requirements

• Active IA RN license or compact/multistate license required
• BLS certification (AHA or ARC) required
• De-escalation certification (MOAB or CPI) preferred, can obtain during onboarding
• Minimum 24 months of current psych/behavioral health experience required
• Recent/current inpatient psych/BH experience highly preferred
• Experience with all age groups (adolescent, adult, geriatric) required
• Epic EMR experience required
• Driver's license required for consideration
• Professional reference from a supervisor, charge nurse, manager, director, CNO, or COO within the past 24 months preferred
• First-time travelers accepted with at least 12 months of psych/BH experience

Additional Information

• Provide direct nursing care to acute psychiatric patients across the lifespan
• Scrub color requirement: solid navy blue
• Required to work 1-2 of 3 upcoming holidays (Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day) unless the unit is closed
• Limited time-off requests permitted during peak holiday periods
• Candidates must reside at least 50 miles from the facility
• Past UPH employees (FTE or PRN float pool) may be ineligible for travel assignments at other UPH markets within 12 months of separation