Mental Health Nurse - Per diem Hospital Inpatient
Riverview Psychiatric Center
Located in Augusta, Maine
This is a PER DIEM contracted position
$45 hourly
When you become a Nurse at Riverview Psychiatric Center, you’ll provide guidance and mentorship alongside your essential nursing role providing medical and psychiatric nursing care to our patients within our inpatient hospital setting. Our nurses perform general nursing activities on units, provide supervision over paraprofessional staff, assess emergency situations taking appropriate action, conduct individual and group counseling therapy, intervene therapeutically when patients exhibit signs of behavioral escalation, and report on patients' condition recommending changes to their treatment programs.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: 1 year of psychiatric nursing experience required. Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and a current State of Maine RN license.
Many of our patients have come to a serious crossroad in their lives and with help and guidance they will integrate back into our communities. The care nurses provide in their treatment and rehabilitation is vital to their success.
TRAINING: We offer up to 24 hours of training for our per diem Nursing positions. We want you to become a successful partner in our mission to provide excellence in care.
· Learn de-escalation techniques and conflict resolution through our Behavior Response Options training
· Trauma informed care education will provide you with the skills to think critically, problem-solve, and use group-work
· Ongoing support
The Riverview Psychiatric Center, in collaboration with the community, is a center for best practice, treatment, education and research, for individuals with serious, persistent mental illness, and co-occurring substance use disorders. We have a burgeoning collaboration with national and international experts in psychiatry, support a growing and wide variety of teaching and training programs, and have a collegial, supportive medical staff and hospital administration.
APPLY: Please send resume and three (3) professional references to Kelly.Flagg@maine.gov. Individuals who are selected will be referred to Project Staffing for verification process and payroll.
Job Types: Part-time, Contract
Pay: $45.00 per hour
Expected hours: 12 – 36 per week
Benefits:
Medical specialties:
- Addiction Medicine
- Emergency Medicine
- Geriatrics
- Holistic Medicine
- Home Health
- Hospital Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Occupational Medicine
- Pain Medicine
- Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine
- Primary Care
- Psychiatry
- Public Health
Physical setting:
Standard shift:
Weekly schedule:
- 3x12
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed
Experience:
- psychiatric nursing: 1 year (Required)
License/Certification:
Work Location: In person