Psychiatric Registered Nurse RN

Join our ever-growing team of behavioral health professionals! Southcoast Behavioral Health is a joint venture partnership between Acadia Health and Southcoast Health Systems, serving the greater New Bedford area, Cape and Islands, as well as Rhode Island and the Boston area. We are expanding with 48 additional inpatient beds to better meet our community's needs. We currently serve adolescents, adults, older adults and coming soon…children!…in an acute care setting. If you are passionate about mental health and substance use treatment and want to be part of a high-energy, family-oriented workplace, please apply now! Competitive wages, benefits package, sign-on bonus, and multiple shift options available.

This is a challenging, dynamic, and rewarding position. While serving as a Registered Nurse (RN) with us at Southcoast Behavioral Health, you will have the opportunity to enhance your current skillset, develop new capabilities, assume greater responsibilities, and become a recognized leader in your field as a nurse. Every day that you are with us, you will know that your efforts are directly improving the lives of individuals and families in crisis. You will be a pivotal provider of empathetic care.

Southcoast is part of the nation's leading behavioral healthcare network provides comprehensive care within a safe, structured, and highly supportive environment. We have earned a national reputation both for clinical excellence and an unwavering commitment to superior customer service. Your contributions as a registered nurse will ensure that we maintain the highest standards and retain our position as a recognized leader in the behavioral healthcare space.

BENEFITS:

Southcoast provides a comprehensive package of benefits for our employees. Current benefits include:

• Competitive hourly rate with shift differential available

• $5,000 to $10,000 Sign-On Bonus

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Acadia Healthcare 401(k) plan

• New State of the Art Facility: Walking Grounds, Gym, Indoor/Outdoor Basketball Courts, Executive Chef Dining

• Professional growth opportunity that is second to none in the industry. Join a team with defined career paths and a national family of hospitals and facilities

AVAILABLE SHIFTS AND HOURS

We have full-time and part-time PM (3:00 PM - 11:30 PM) and overnight (11:00 PM - 7:30 AM) shifts available. Shifts are 8-hours, with shift differentials available for PM and overnight. All RNs rotate weekend shifts.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE REGISTERED NURSE (RN):

• Provides a key role in the implementation of milieu management and therapeutic interaction.

• Provides nursing care to patients using compassion and understanding.

• Ability to apply psychiatric and medical nursing procedures and practices to psychiatric and personality disorders.

• Ability to work with geriatric, adolescent, and adult populations as demonstrated through the educational accomplishment of work experience.

• Uses biological and socio-cultural dimensions to positively influence patient mental health care.

• Demonstrates a strong interest in providing therapeutic care for patients with mental illness and or behavioral disorders.

• Provides guidance to Behavioral Health Associates as needed.

• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have graduated from an accredited school of nursing.

• Must possess a current Registered Nurse (RN) license as required by the state of Massachusetts

• Previous psych nursing experience highly preferred

• CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification preferred CPI (training available upon hire and offered by facility).