Registered Nurse ( RN ) - PT NIGHT

Facility Overview

Acadia Healthcare and Geisinger Health have partnered to establish a small, intimate, state‑of‑the‑art, 96‑bed behavioral health hospital in Danville, PA. The Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Danville will serve pediatric and adult patients, offering inpatient treatment, intensive outpatient programming, and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) services. It will also serve as a teaching hospital for students and residents of Geisinger’s College of Health Sciences. This facility will help meet the urgent need for accessible, high‑quality psychiatric care in the region, expanding capacity to support patients with diverse mental health needs.

Essential Functions

• Provide and coordinate care by assessing patients’ physical and behavioral health needs.
• Develop and implement nursing care plans.
• Maintain medical records and educate patients and their families about various physical and behavioral health conditions.
• Provide nursing care and services within the standards and scope of nursing practice as defined by state Nurse Practice Act regulations, policies, procedures, and protocols, as well as facility and corporate policies.
• Ensure physicians’ orders are legible if taken verbally and transcribed appropriately per policy and procedure.
• Assess patients’ status on an ongoing basis, gather pertinent information, and document it.
• Notify physicians of significant changes in status such as difficulties with detox, medical emergencies, changes in response to medications, and related challenges.
• Complete initial nursing treatment plans upon admission, ensuring they are specific to assessed needs.
• Demonstrate knowledge and utilization of universal precautions in providing direct patient care.
• Accurately administer medications per ordered note and document controlled‑substance medication administration.
• Complete admission and discharge processing efficiently and accurately as directed.
• Exhibit therapeutic rapport with patients by maintaining professional boundaries, respecting personal space, giving direct attention, and maintaining rational detachment.
• Provide direction or coordinate unit activities as directed.
• Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, co‑workers, and others involved in inpatient treatment.

Education, Licensure, Experience, and Skills

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license as required by the state of employment or eligibility to practice nursing in accordance with state requirements.
• At least one year of nursing experience; previous psychiatric, mental health, behavioral, or substance‑use nursing experience is a plus.
• CPR and de‑escalation and restraint certification (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid certification may be required based on state or facility requirements.

Pay

$42 per hour – $50 per hour (includes a $6/hour night shift differential).

Schedule

Part‑time night shift.