Pediatric Behavioral Health RN
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Pediatric Behavioral Health Registered Nurse

Overview

• Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 14 weeks
• Shift: Night, 3 x 12-hour shifts (7:00 PM to 7:00 AM)
• Hours: 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week
• Setting: Locked/secured unit or facility

Duties

• Facilitate therapeutic groups
• Complete safety checks
• Assist with ADLs (meal supervision, bathing, toileting, laundry, etc.)
• Engage in recreational play with patients (games, gym, etc.)
• Provide 1:1 sitter supervision for high-risk or acute patients on the inpatient unit or in the Emergency Department
• Passing medications
• Admissions and discharges
• Attend rounds and share information with the team
• Build 1:1 connections with assigned patients
• Patient and family education
• Perform nursing interventions for chronic and acute mental health diagnoses
• Complete regular shift documentation in the electronic medical record

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Ohio
• Pediatric Behavioral Health experience (1 year)
• Pediatric Behavioral Health experience within the last year
• 1 year or more of total travel experience
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Experience working with adolescent patients
• Physically competent to participate in a physical hold/restraint (securing a patient's arm or leg while on the ground)

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year of travel experience
• Experience with bipolar, anxiety, eating, psychotic, and depressive disorders
• TCI training
• Previous training in Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), strongly preferred for select positions
• Previous charge nurse experience

Schedule and Eligibility

• Block scheduling is not guaranteed, but the facility will attempt to accommodate requests
• Time-off requests must be submitted at the time of submission or they will not be honored
• Maximum of 5 days can be requested
• Block scheduling requests are allowed only for weekends (Friday to Sunday)
• Previous employees are not eligible for contract positions for 1 year from their term date

Pre-Start Requirements

• Background and eligibility: 7-year criminal background check (SSN trace, counties, statewide, nationwide, sex offender registry, and OFAC), updated for breaks in service of 2 or more months; EPLS/GSA/SAM and HHS/OIG checks within 30 days of start; E-Verify; government-issued photo ID; Social Security card; Senate Bill 38 criminal disclosure; fingerprinting completed onsite on the first day; no more than 2 DUIs within 3 years of start
• Education: Transcript, diploma, or education verification
• Health: Physical exam confirming good health and ability to meet the physical demands of the position; standard 10-panel drug screen within 30 days of start, including marijuana, that must be completed before starting; TB test (PPD, QuantiFERON Gold, or T-spot) within 1 year of start, plus a TB questionnaire updated annually; Tdap within 10 years of start; measles, mumps, and rubella titer or 2 MMR vaccines; varicella titer or 2 doses of Varivax, or history of chickenpox; hepatitis B series or positive surface antibody titer (declination not accepted); 2026–27 flu vaccination on file for candidates starting on or after 10/1/2026
• Health screening: Health screening form completed within 60 days of start (valid for 1 year)
• Documents and training: Scrub information provided before start; unit-specific competency and core training as listed above
• References and history: Two professional references from former supervisors or co-workers

Note: Some onboarding data states COVID documentation is not required for this client, which conflicts with the full COVID vaccination requirement above. Confirm with the recruiter before submitting.