Travel Registered Nurse Psychiatric in Louisville, KY

Sage Group HealthCare Staffing is seeking Psychiatric Registered Nurse for a travel / contract position in Louisville, KY. Accepting both local and traveler candidates.

Position Details:

Position Name: Travel Registered Nurse Psychiatric

Location: Louisville, Kentucky

Specialty: Psychiatric

Start Date: ASAP

Employment Type: Full-time, Travel, Contract, Temporary

Contract Length: 13 weeks 

Pay Rate: Range $2016 to $2052 weekly Gross Pay based on a 36-hour work week (Includes Non-taxable travel/housing and M&I stipend available for qualified/eligible travelers)

Unit: Inpatient mental health or behavioral health unit/s 

Shifts available: Days

Schedule: 36 hours/week guaranteed, 3 shifts per week, Every other weekend, Schedules are usually a set schedule 

Position Requirements:

• Registered Nurse: 2 years - Required
  


• Recent/Current Inpatient Acute Psychiatric Nursing or Behavioral health experience: 2+ years – Required
  


• Recent/Current experience and comfortable working with Adolescents and Adult patients populations - Required
  


• Willing to float to Adolescent unit - Required
  

Education, License and Certification Requirements:

• ASN or an equivalent – Required
  


• BSN or an equivalent – Highly preferred
  


• RN License for State of KY or Compact  - Required
  


• HWC (Handle with Care) Certification - Preferred
  


• BLS Certification from AHA or American Red Cross - Required
  

Job Description:

• Provide and coordinate care by assessing patients’ physical and behavioral health needs.
  


• Working in the assigned units - adolescent behavioral health unit
  


• Willing to float to other units (Adult)
  


• Develop and implement nursing care plans.
  


• The RN will maintain medical records and educate patients and their families about various physical and behavioral health conditions.
  


• The RN will provide nursing care and services within the standards and scope of nursing practice as defined within the state Nurse Practice Act regulations, policies, procedures, and protocols, as well as facility and corporate policies and procedures.
  


• Ensure physicians’ orders are legible if taken verbally and transcribed appropriately per policy and procedure.
  


• Ensure patients’ status is assessed on an ongoing basis and pertinent information is gathered and documented.
  


• Notify physicians of significant changes in status
  


• The RN will ensure that initial nursing treatment plans are completed upon admission and that all nursing treatment plans are specific to assessed needs.