Description

American Traveler is hiring a night-shift Behavioral Health RN for an inpatient psychiatric unit, requiring IA or compact RN license and recent psych/BH experience.

Details

• Inpatient Adult Mental Health unit, with home unit being Adults but requiring float across adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations
• Acute psychiatric patient population including major mental illness and chronic behaviors such as violence, aggression, mania, and self-harm
• Patient ratios up to 1:4-6 depending on unit and shift
• Night shift, 11p-7a, Monday-Friday, 40 hours/week
• Every other weekend required
• No on-call requirements
• Float required across Des Moines campuses and age groups as needed
• Uses restraint equipment competency
• EPIC EMR used

Requirements

• Active IA RN license or compact/multistate license required
• Current BLS certification (AHA or ARC)
• MOAB or CPI de-escalation certification preferred, can obtain during onboarding
• Minimum 15 months of experience in Psych/Behavioral Health required
• Recent or current inpatient psychiatric experience highly preferred
• Experience with all age groups (adolescent, adult, geriatric) required
• First-time travelers accepted with at least 12 months of Psych/BH experience
• Valid driver's license required for consideration
• Professional reference from a supervisor, charge nurse, manager, director, or C-suite within the past 24 months preferred

Additional Information

• Provide direct care to acute psychiatric patients in an inpatient behavioral health setting
• Scrub color requirement: solid navy blue
• Required to work 1-2 of 3 upcoming holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's) unless the unit is closed
• Required to work 1-2 of 3 upcoming summer holidays (Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day) unless the unit is closed
• Candidates must live at least 50 miles from the facility
• Past employees of the health system, whether FTE or PRN, are restricted from working travel assignments at other facilities in the market within 12 months of separation