Psych Registered Nurse

Premiere Healthcare Staffing•Dover, NJ

6d•$1,920 - $2,491

About The Position

Premiere Healthcare Staffing is hiring a psychiatric Registered Nurse for a 12-week assignment in Dover, New Jersey. The role is full-time on night shifts and involves providing compassionate care in a behavioral health setting. Registered nurses treat and educate patients, provide advice and emotional support to patients and their families, lead therapeutic groups, respond to psychiatric crises, and manage patient seclusion and restraint as needed. They also document patient histories and symptoms, assist with diagnostic testing and interpretation of results, operate medical equipment, administer treatments and medications, and support follow-up and rehabilitation. Nurses educate patients and families about managing illnesses or injuries, diet and exercise programs, medication self-administration, and physical therapy. Premiere Healthcare Staffing describes its support as including dedicated career specialists, flexible opportunities, and tailored career pathways. The posting gives a compensation estimate of $48.00 to $62.67, specifically identified as a California estimate that has not been adjusted for other locations. The overview separately lists weekly gross pay of up to $1,920.00–$2,490.80.

Requirements

Hold a current and valid state license as a Registered Nurse.
Have a current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain it.
Have working knowledge of mental health laws and practice standards.
Have working knowledge of the interdisciplinary treatment team process, behavioral health programming, and daily nursing functions for inpatient and outpatient behavioral health units.
Have working knowledge of the continuum of care for behavioral health care.
Have at least one year of RN experience in a psychiatric nursing department.

Responsibilities

Treat patients and educate them about mental and medical conditions.
Provide advice and emotional support to patients and/or family members.
Run therapeutic groups and provide psychiatric crisis intervention.
Manage patient seclusion and restraint.
Record patients’ medical histories and symptoms.
Assist with diagnostic tests and analyze results.
Operate medical machinery and administer treatments and medications.
Help with patient follow-up and rehabilitation.
Teach patients and families how to manage illness or injury, diet and exercise programs, medication self-administration, and physical therapy.
Perform other related duties.