RN - Temp $60/hr

About the role

Shorewood Behavioral Health Hospital is a brand‑new, state‑of‑the‑art 120‑bed behavioral healthcare facility located in Madison, WI. It provides comprehensive acute and outpatient psychiatric care for adolescents, adults, and seniors with mental health and substance use disorders, offering Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP), Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP), Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), and developing specialized programs to meet community needs.

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 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 the state Nurse Practice Act, facility and corporate policies.
• Ensure physicians’ orders are legible if taken verbally and transcribed appropriately per policy.
• Ensure patients’ status is assessed on an ongoing basis and pertinent information is gathered and documented.
• Notify physicians of significant changes in status such as difficulties with detox, medical emergency, change in medical status regarding response to medications, and related challenges.
• Ensure that initial nursing treatment plans are completed upon admission and that all nursing treatment plans are specific to assessed needs.
• Demonstrate knowledge and utilization of universal precautions in providing 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 patients direct attention, and maintaining rational detachment.
• Provide direction or coordinate the activities of the unit as directed.
• Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, co‑workers, and others involved in inpatient treatment.

Requirements

• Graduated from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license as required by the state of employment (or eligible to practice per state requirements).
• Minimum one year of nursing experience.
• Previous psychiatric, mental, behavioral, or substance use nursing experience is a plus.

Skills

• CPR certification.
• De‑escalation and restraint certification (training available upon hire).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.

Benefits

• Great career advancement opportunities.
• Opportunity to convert to full‑time employee post‑contract with a comprehensive benefit package.
• Excellent training program.
• Note: This is a temporary assignment and is not benefit‑eligible; no travel stipends or reimbursements are provided.

Pay

Pay: $60 per hour.

Schedule

Schedule: 13‑week assignment, full‑time (3×12‑hour