Registered Nurse Psychiatric (Days)
About The Position
Devereux Arizona’s Residential Treatment Center (RTC) is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to provide direct daily medical management for their adolescent population (ages 7-17) who are experiencing emotional, behavioral, or substance abuse challenges. The RN will provide, review, and follow-up with medical providers regarding medication effectiveness and potential side effects. This role involves supervision of safety issues/crisis intervention, infection control protocols, and general medical management. The RN will maintain communication with all departments involved in client care and provide education/training to direct care personnel in the Medication Technician Certification Program. This is a non-traditional hospital setting focused on patient care.
Requirements
- Current valid RN license to practice in Arizona with no restrictions required.
- Associate's Degree from an accredited school of nursing required.
- Six (6) months nursing experience required.
- Must be 21 years of age or older (per licensing standards).
- Valid Arizona Driver's License & pass DMV 36-month history check.
- Current AZ Fingerprint Clearance Card with no restrictions (OR eligibility to obtain with no restrictions).
- Must attend mandatory two (2) weeks of paid New Hire Orientation: Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:00pm, followed by on the job training.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree preferred.
- Previous behavioral health experience with children/adolescents or pediatric nursing preferred.
- Excellent communication, relationship management, and multitasking skills.
- Pre-employment Physical and Job Demand Assessment (if applicable).
- Drug test within 24hrs of offer w/ negative results.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct daily medical management for the adolescent population.
- Provide, review, and follow-up with medical providers regarding medication effectiveness and potential side effects.
- Provide supervision regarding safety issues/crisis intervention for the campus population.
- Oversee infection control protocols.
- Manage general medical needs.
- Maintain effective communication with all departments involved with direct client care.
- Provide education/training of direct care personnel involved with the Medication Technician Certification Program at the Group Home Level.
Benefits
- Paid time off (24 days per year, increase with years of service).
- Sick time (64 hours per year).
- ASCEND, career accelerator program and tuition assistance.
- Retirement.
- eM Life for Mental Health and Work/Life Programs.
- Service Anniversary Awards.
- Free access to Payactiv, a platform to get a portion of your earned wages between pay periods.
- Quality Low-Cost Benefits (medical, dental, vision, pet insurance).
- 30-day benefit eligibility waiting period for new hires!
- Medical (including telemedicine via phone, web, app), dental, prescription drug, preventative care, and mental health services.
- Student loan debt assistance, tuition reimbursement and continuing education assistance.
- Generous time-off (start accruing 1st day).
- 403(b) retirement plan with matching benefit.
- Voluntary/employee paid supplemental life and accident coverage.
- Employee assistance / work-life balance program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
