Registered Nurse Up to $15k Bonus

About the role

East Tennessee Behavioral Health is seeking Full Time and Part Time Registered Nurses (RN) for Days and Nights with rotating weekends. The facility offers 12‑hour shift schedules and emphasizes teamwork, with an Administration Team that is visible, approachable, and invested in staff success. Nurses receive support via quick phone calls or in‑person conversations at any time. The campus provides patients with activities throughout the facility, creating a dynamic healing environment, and the HR team celebrates staff with recognition events and fun surprises (e.g., National Waffle Day). A strong sense of connection exists across departments, where nurses, administrators, HR, and team members collaborate to deliver exceptional care while supporting one another.

Responsibilities

• 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 families about physical and behavioral health conditions.
• Provide nursing care within the standards and scope of nursing practice per state Nurse Practice Act, facility policies, and corporate procedures.
• Ensure physicians’ orders are legible if taken verbally and transcribed appropriately.
• Assess patients’ status ongoing, gather and document pertinent information.
• Notify physicians of significant changes in status (e.g., detox difficulties, medical emergencies, medication response changes).
• Ensure initial nursing treatment plans are completed upon admission and that all plans are specific to assessed needs.
• Demonstrate knowledge and utilization of universal precautions in direct patient care.
• Accurately administer medications per ordered note.
• Document accurate count of controlled substance medication administration on required documents.
• 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.

Requirements

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

Benefits

• Medical, prescription drug plan, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts.
• Vision and dental coverage.
• Voluntary short‑term and long‑term disability coverage.
• Employee assistance programs.
• Financial support and tuition reimbursement.
• Additional well‑being programs.

Pay

• Updated salary rates up to $43 per hour.
• Sign‑on bonus: $15,000 for full‑time nights; $10,000 for full‑time days.
• Night differential: $6 per hour.
• Weekend night differential: $8 per hour.
• RN referral bonus: $1,000 for employees.

Schedule

• Flexible schedules with 12‑hour shifts.
• Available shifts: days and nights, rotating weekends.
• Full‑time and part‑time positions offered.