Registered Nurse (RN)-Adult Psych, per diem

Beth Israel Lahey Health • Newburyport, MA • 2h ago

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.

Anna Jaques Hospital is a not for profit, 83 bed community hospital serving the North Shore, Merrimack Valley, and southern New Hampshire. Our Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Unit is a 20-bed unit with a 6:1 nurse to patient ratio and a team nursing model. We are supported by an engaged, compassionate interdisciplinary team focused on high quality outcomes, meaningful patient interaction, and a therapeutic environment with exceptionally low use of restraints.

Job Description:

The Registered Nurse (RN) in Adult Inpatient Psychiatry provides direct and indirect psychiatric nursing care to adult patients and their families. The RN utilizes the nursing process while promoting safety, recovery, dignity, and therapeutic engagement in alignment with Anna Jaques Hospital's mission and values.

Key Responsibilities

Psychiatric Nursing Care

Provide trauma-informed, patient-centered psychiatric nursing care

Complete admission and ongoing mental health assessments

Develop and implement individualized plans of care

Evaluate patient progress and adjust care plans accordingly

Patient & Family Engagement

Involve patients and families in treatment planning

Provide education using clear explanations and teach-back methods

Safety & Therapeutic Environment

Maintain a safe, secure, and therapeutic milieu

Demonstrate competency in de-escalation techniques

Participate in management of acute behavioral situations when necessary

Support low-restraint, patient-centered interventions

Documentation & Communication

Document assessments, interventions, and patient responses accurately and timely

Follow hand-off communication and safety protocols

Professional Practice & Teamwork

Practice within the Nurse Practice Act

Collaborate with an interdisciplinary psychiatric care team

Participate in staff meetings, quality improvement, and unit-based education

Leadership & Additional Roles (as assigned)

Serve as a resource or preceptor for new staff

Delegate tasks appropriately within scope of practice

Serve as Charge Nurse or Admissions/Discharge RN as needed

Act as the Human Rights Officer for the unit (designated role)

Job Requirements

Graduate of an accredited nursing program

Current Registered Nurse license in Massachusetts

BLS certification required

Advanced AVADE training maintained annually

Physical & Work Environment

Ability to provide direct patient care including lifting and assisting patients

Standing, walking, and bending as required

Participation in physical management of violent behavior when necessary

Exposure to biological and chemical hazards; PPE required

Pay Range:

$36.93 - $80.96

This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement. The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. The pay range for this position is established and governed by the terms of the applicable collective bargaining agreement. Employees hired into this position will receive compensation consistent with the terms of the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

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