Registered Nurse - RN - Behavioral Health
About The Position
MacNeal Hospital’s Behavioral Health Services Department is an adult psychiatric department with five units and 68 beds. The department provides comprehensive care for a wide spectrum of psychiatric diagnoses and alcohol detoxification. The role serves patients whose mental health needs have been disproportionately affected by gaps in the healthcare system, with safety and zero-harm principles at the forefront of care. The department is working to change mental health care on Chicago’s Southwest Side and offers professional development support and guidance from its leadership team. Nurses in the Chronic Diagnosis/Intensive Treatment Unit work collaboratively to create structure for patients with significant needs, while developing de-escalation skills and understanding factors that precipitate mental illness and the effects of institutionalization. Geriatric Unit nurses combine clinical skills and behavioral interventions while caring for patients with behavioral health conditions alongside aging or other comorbidities. Nurses on the general inpatient psychiatric units use evidence-based practice and trauma-informed care to support patients experiencing major depressive disorder, anxiety, alcohol or substance detoxification, and postpartum depression. This is a full-time night-shift position at MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Illinois, scheduled from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. The schedule includes self-scheduling, every third weekend, and a rotating holiday schedule. Pay ranges are $36.05–$59.92 per hour for BSN nurses and $32.90–$57.06 per hour for ADN nurses. Actual compensation depends on factors including experience, qualifications, education, location, licensure, certification requirements, and comparisons with colleagues in similar roles.
Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive behavioral health nursing care to adult psychiatric patients, including patients undergoing alcohol or substance detoxification.
- Work collaboratively to establish structure and support for patients in the Chronic Diagnosis/Intensive Treatment Unit.
- Provide care to geriatric behavioral health patients with psychiatric disorders and age-related or other comorbidities.
- Implement evidence-based practice and provide trauma-informed care on general inpatient psychiatric units.
- Support patient safety and the department’s zero-harm principles.
Benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Education stipend of $300 per year
- One-time certification bonus of $1,000
- Clinical ladder with potential additional pay of up to $5.00 per hour, including possible hiring into the ladder if criteria are met
- Continuing education through e-learning and/or discounted tuition for select programs
- Referral rewards
- Differentials for preceptor duties, night shifts, and weekends
- TTP program for new graduates
- Self-scheduling
- Professional growth opportunities through school, committees, and leadership training
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
