Registered Nurse (RN), Psychiatry Float Pool

Cincinnati Children's•College Hill, OH

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Cincinnati Children’s Psychiatry Resource Unit (PSRU) provides flexible staffing support across College Hill psychiatric and behavioral health programs. As a Psychiatry Float Pool RN, you will bring strong clinical judgment, therapeutic communication, and adaptability to a team that supports patient care across multiple behavioral health settings. This role is a strong fit for nurses who enjoy variety, teamwork, and the opportunity to broaden psychiatric nursing skills while making a meaningful difference for children, adolescents, and families. Working as a PSRU Psychiatry Float Pool RN, you will enjoy developing broad psychiatric nursing experience by supporting multiple College Hill care areas, using behavioral assessment, therapeutic communication, and trauma-informed care to support youth in crisis, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams across supported psychiatry programs, providing flexible staffing support that helps maintain safe, consistent, high-quality patient care, implementing individualized care plans and documenting behavioral observations, safety needs, medication response, and patient progress, strengthening adaptability, prioritization, and clinical decision-making in a dynamic float pool environment, and working in a state-of-the-art mental health facility that opened in October 2023.

Requirements

Associate/Diploma prepared RN from an ACEN, CCNE, or NLN CNEA accredited institution.
If hired as an external candidate without a BSN or MSN, must enroll in a BSN or MSN program within 1 year of hire date and complete the program within 5 years of hire date.
Active Ohio RN license. May be required to obtain other state licensure.
Foreign graduates must have license validated through TruMerit per Ohio Board of Nursing code for foreign graduates.
Must pass Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Certification Course during orientation.

Nice To Haves

BSN from an ACEN or CCNE accredited institution or MSN.
Psychiatric, behavioral health, pediatric, emergency, inpatient, residential, or float pool nursing experience.
Comfort working across multiple clinical environments and adapting to changing staffing needs.
Strong therapeutic communication, de-escalation, teamwork, and prioritization skills.

Responsibilities

Apply critical thinking and clinical judgment to assess patient needs and develop, coordinate, and implement nursing care interventions across physical and mental health needs.
Administer medications, monitor effectiveness, recognize changes in patient condition, and escalate concerns as needed.
Provide developmentally appropriate care and support activities of daily living in both group and individualized settings.
Maintain designated observation levels with accuracy, compassion, and attention to safety.
Float across supported College Hill psychiatric and behavioral health areas based on staffing needs and patient care priorities.
Quickly adapt to unit-specific workflows, patient populations, team structures, and care expectations.
Serve as a reliable clinical resource who contributes to safe staffing, continuity of care, and strong team communication.
Demonstrate flexibility while maintaining consistent nursing practice, safety standards, and patient-centered care.
Create and support safe, stable, and therapeutic environments for patients experiencing psychiatric, behavioral, emotional, or neurodevelopmental needs.
Use trauma-informed and developmentally appropriate strategies to prevent and respond to behavioral escalation.
Apply Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) strategies, including verbal de-escalation and physical intervention when required due to imminent risk.
Perform safety checks, room and patient searches, and maintain awareness of environmental risk factors in accordance with unit expectations and policy.
Build therapeutic rapport while maintaining professional boundaries and advocating for patient and family needs.
Lead or support structured therapeutic activities and group programming when assigned to applicable care areas.
Collaborate with physicians, advanced practice providers, social workers, Behavioral Health Specialists, allied health professionals, and families.
Contribute to shift reports, handoffs, interdisciplinary care planning, and family-centered communication.
Accurately document assessments, care interventions, medication response, safety checks, incident reports, and patient progress.
Maintain current knowledge of regulatory, accreditation, departmental, and hospital standards.
Complete required certifications, licensure renewals, and Safety College trainings on schedule.
Engage in shared decision-making, peer feedback, professional development, and ongoing education to maintain competency and promote growth.
Collaborate effectively using the Interprofessional Practice Model (IPM) to support cohesive, coordinated care.