About The Position

Palm Shores Behavioral Health Center provides mental health care and education services to adolescents ages 11–17 experiencing behavioral, emotional, educational, family, and social challenges. Its programs establish healthy behaviors and prepare children to transition back home. The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care on a designated unit in accordance with the facility’s philosophy and objectives. The RN prescribes, coordinates, and delegates nursing care using the nursing process, integrated with the multidisciplinary treatment team’s plan of care. The RN is accountable for assigned nursing activities during the shift and promotes and enhances professional nursing practice on the unit. The RN may initiate restraints or seclusion and assess whether they should continue, and assumes Charge Nurse responsibilities as required. This is a full-time position described as 36 hours per week, with a set Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday schedule. The posting lists the role as 7 p.m.–7 a.m.; it also separately describes 12-hour shifts as 7 a.m.–7:30 p.m. A $2,500 sign-on bonus is offered to new facility RN hires per policy. Benefits are available to full-time staff.

Requirements

  • Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) or Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) required.
  • Licensure by the Florida Board of Registered Nursing required.
  • Must be able to pass a Level 2 Background Screening, including fingerprint-based U.S. federal, state, and city checks, before employment.
  • Must pass a pre-employment drug test.
  • Must be able to read, understand, and follow policies, procedures, and written treatment plans.
  • Must be able to interact positively on a daily basis with patients whose behavior may be challenging, uncooperative, or aggressive.
  • Must be able to work successfully under highly stressful conditions.
  • Must be able to collaborate appropriately with multidisciplinary team members.
  • Effective comprehensive reading skills and strong written and verbal communication skills required.
  • Current CPR or BLS certification, or successful completion during orientation.
  • Successful completion of Handle with Care within 7 days of orientation.
  • Physical agility to manage patients with crisis prevention interventions; ability to push, pull, and lift up to 50 pounds; intermittent sitting, standing, walking, bending, and stooping.

Nice To Haves

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Nursing preferred.
  • Clinical experience in a psychiatric setting preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Provide professional nursing care on a designated unit consistent with the facility’s philosophy and objectives.
  • Prescribe, coordinate, and delegate nursing care using the nursing process as part of the multidisciplinary treatment team’s plan of care.
  • Manage assigned nursing care activities during the shift.
  • Promote and enhance professional nursing practice on the unit.
  • Initiate restraints or seclusion and assess continuation when authorized.
  • Assume Charge Nurse responsibilities as required.

Benefits

  • $2,500 sign-on bonus for a new facility RN hire, per policy.
  • Benefits available for full-time staff.
  • Shift differential on weekends and after 3 p.m. during the week.
  • Tuition savings to continue nursing education with Chamberlain University.
  • In-house Psychiatric Nurse Residency Transition-to-Practice Orientation with 20 CEUs.
  • Career development opportunities across UHS and its 300+ locations.
  • Diverse programming to expand experience.
  • HealthStream online learning catalogue with free CEU courses.
  • SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program.
  • Continuing education options and opportunities for skills diversification and career advancement.
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