RN | Behavioral Health | Full Time | Days

About the Department

The Behavioral Health Department consists of two units: a 12-bed voluntary inpatient unit providing acute psychiatric care in a compassionate, trauma-informed, and patient-centered environment, and the Yellow Pod, a 6-bed locked unit within the Emergency Department serving both voluntary and involuntary patients requiring immediate psychiatric assessment and stabilization.

Our multidisciplinary team includes providers, registered nurses, a registered nurse case manager, social worker, occupational therapists, and other dedicated staff who collaborate to deliver individualized and group-based care. Through our partnership with Riverbend Community Mental Health, we provide evidence-based, therapeutic approaches to the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric and dual diagnosis disorders.

We emphasize a strong teamwork approach, focusing on collaboration, professional growth, and work-life balance. Our specialty-trained nurses and clinical team members are dedicated to providing trauma-informed, patient-centered care with compassion and respect from admission through discharge.

About the Role

The Registered Nurse (RN) 2 is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care for a group of population-specific patients, ranging from simple to complex cases with multi-system issues, in a safe and therapeutic environment.

The RN uses knowledge of growth and development principles across the lifespan to assess and interpret patient data, identifying needs relative to age-specific requirements. The RN builds caring relationships with patients, families, and significant others, collaborates with healthcare workers, and exercises sound judgment in nursing and medical interventions.

The RN adheres to specialty and organizational standards, policies, procedures, guidelines, and protocols, and reports to the Director and/or Nurse Manager. They may also supervise Licensed Nursing Assistants and unlicensed personnel.

Responsibilities

• Base nursing actions on principles of purposeful, organized thinking to make clinical judgments and decisions.
• Gather data through history-taking and physical assessment, interpreting it to plan and implement interventions.
• Develop, evaluate, and revise patient care plans and nursing actions in response to patient needs.
• Document care provided and patient progress toward desired outcomes.
• Direct and supervise others in performing delegated nursing activities.
• Teach patients and/or significant others about the plan of care, preparing them for post-discharge management.
• Manage time and resources to deliver patient care effectively.
• Administer medications and provide direct patient care.
• Lead the healthcare team and serve as a resource person for the assigned shift.
• Act as a preceptor for new employees.
• Perform job-specific requirements and other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Graduated from an accredited School of Nursing; BSN preferred.
• Registered Nurse licensure - New Hampshire Board of Nursing.
• Basic Life Support certification - American Heart Association.
• Refer to the "Management of Mandatory Required Certification, Competencies, Education/Training-Nursing" Policy for department-specific certifications.

Qualifications

• One year of prior clinical nursing experience.
• Evidence of experience working effectively and positively with patients, care providers, and the multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated ability to perform as a team member.

Benefits

We offer flexible scheduling and the opportunity to work in a supportive environment where your skills, compassion, and dedication make a meaningful difference every day.

Physical and Work Requirements

The physical demands and work environment described are representative of those required to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.

• Material Handling Classification: MEDIUM. The employee must regularly lift, carry, or push/pull up to 10 pounds; frequently lift, carry, or push/pull up to 10–25 pounds; and occasionally lift, carry, or push/pull up to 20–50 pounds.
• Physical Demands: Regularly required to use fine motor skills, hear, speak, and walk. Frequently required to bend, reach, sit, squat, and stand. Occasionally required to climb, perform repetitive motions, kneel, and smell.
• Vision Requirements: Color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.
• Environmental Exposures: Frequently exposed to airborne pathogens, bloodborne pathogens, and bodily fluids. Occasionally exposed to airborne contaminants, chemotherapeutic agents, electrical hazards, moving mechanical parts, non-weather-related heat or cold, slippery surfaces, and toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Noise Level: Usually moderate.