Registered Nurse, Child Crisis Stabilization Unit

About the Unit

The Child Unit is a 20-bed unit for the multi-disciplinary assessment, evaluation, crisis intervention, and stabilization of patients aged 5-12 years. Discharge planning emphasizes movement to day hospital or outpatient care as soon as the crisis has been stabilized.

Responsibilities

• Perform a full range of professional psychiatric nursing services, including assessing, planning, administering, and evaluating patient care in accordance with team treatment plans.
• Administer medical treatment as prescribed by a physician.
• Teach and provide psychosocial support to patients and their families.
• Provide day-to-day clinical direction to assigned Mental Health Workers or other paraprofessional staff.
• Document and report patient progress to the treatment team.

Benefits

• An extended clinical orientation led by Sheppard Pratt’s Clinical Education Department to prepare you for the responsibilities of your role.
• A commitment to professional development, including a comprehensive tuition reimbursement program to support ongoing education and licensure and/or certification preparation.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits for benefit-eligible positions.
• 403b retirement match.
• Generous paid-time-off for benefit-eligible positions.
• Complimentary Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Generous mileage reimbursement program.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $37.08 minimum to $56.83 maximum. Pay is determined by factors including years and level of related experience as a registered nurse.

Requirements

• Must possess a current license as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of Maryland (or compact state) at the time of appointment and continuously while in the position.
• Experience in a psychiatric nursing setting preferred.
• Comprehensive knowledge of nursing acquired through at least one year of inpatient RN experience; prior LPN inpatient experience will be considered with every one year of LPN experience equating to 6 months RN experience.
• AHA CPR certification required before the first day of employment.

All new clinical staff will begin their extended clinical orientation/training immediately following the first day of employment.