Psych – RN

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Job ID: 896054

Estimated Weekly Gross: $2,111.11

Job Title

Registered Nurse – Psychiatric (12-Hour Nights)

Location

Rapid City, SD | Inpatient Behavioral Health

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Full-Time | 12-Hour Night Shifts (2000–0830) | Onsite

Key Responsibilities

• Provide direct nursing care to psychiatric patients including children and adolescents (ages 5–17) and adults with diagnoses such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, psychosis, and adjustment disorder
• Administer medications (PO and injectable), evaluate and document care plans, complete admission screens, assessments, and discharge planning
• Perform patient safety rounds every 15 minutes, conduct Columbia Suicide Risk screenings, obtain vital signs, perform glucometer checks, and complete EKGs
• Utilize verbal de-escalation techniques and group didactic skills; must be able to perform physical takedowns and restraints on agitated patients when necessary
• Draw STAT labs, take telephone and verbal orders, acknowledge orders, and complete end-of-shift reports using a Team Nursing approach
• May be expected to precept nursing students and float between the three floors within the behavioral health facility within scope of practice

Required Qualifications

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license; South Dakota Board of Nursing licensure required
• Completion of a board of nursing–approved nursing education program
• Minimum 1 year of nursing experience; first-time travelers considered with 2 or more years of experience
• BLS certification requiredEPIC EMR experience required
• Must reside at least 100 miles from any facility within the health system to be eligible