Psychiatric Behavioral Health RN
Franklin, Indiana
Johnson Memorial Hospital

Psych RN

Location: Franklin, Indiana Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Nights, 12-hour shifts (3 per week, 36 hours/week), 7-7:30

Required Qualifications

• BLS certification
• 1 year of Psych or Behavioral Health experience (Peds, Adult, or Geri experience is acceptable)
• Charge relief experience needed by 10/23/26
• Must be willing to jump in and actively participate in unit treatment

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior charge experience, so travelers can step into a charge role

Unit Overview

• Acute behavioral health unit located inside the hospital
• 29 beds, semi-private
• Unit is new and opening January 2026; travelers will help establish it and should expect some flexibility
• Ratios: Days 1:6, Nights 1:6-8
• Common diagnoses: adults 18+ (not geriatric; does not take primary dementia diagnoses); accepts dual diagnosis; average length of stay 24 hours to 8 days
• Does not accept medical equipment on the unit (IVs, walkers, wheelchairs, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Nursing groups, assessment, crisis de-escalation, medical needs, and medication passes
• RN is expected to be out on the unit actively participating in treatment, not stationed at the nurses' station
• Phlebotomists are available, but RNs may be asked to perform draws
• Physical restraint therapy available: soft, hard, and seclusion (restraint chair vs. bed)

Team and Support

• Manager available during the day as a charge resource; supervisors available at night
• Team includes Security, Tech, Social Work, Leadership, and Admin

Scheduling

• Leadership will work with travelers on flexibility
• Modified self-scheduling; travelers are asked to help fill gaps with permanent scheduling and are willing to consider block schedules
• Weekends: ideally every other to every third weekend, possibly more upon opening
• Holiday rotation possible
• Call/standby: rare
• Floating: rare, to a psych sitter position on another unit

Other Details

• Open to first-time travelers
• Local clinicians accepted
• Client-provided crisis training unique to the facility
• Navy blue scrubs
• Orientation: 1 day general orientation plus approximately 3 shifts of department orientation