Float Psychiatric RN
Holyoke, Massachusetts
MiraVista Behavioral Health Center

Float Psych RN - Evening (3p-11:30p)

• Location: Holyoke, Massachusetts
• Employment type: Contract, 13 weeks
• Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours per week, 8-hour shifts, Evening (3p-11:30p), includes every other weekend and every other holiday
• Facility: 84-bed inpatient behavioral health hospital, opening in Spring 2021, serving patients with psychiatric, emotional, and substance use treatment needs

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Massachusetts
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• One year of psychiatric experience, completed within the last year
• Experience in an inpatient psychiatric setting
• Experience working with adult patients
• Experience working with adolescent patients

Responsibilities

• Serve as an active participant on the health care team, providing direct and indirect care to patients, families, and legal guardians
• Help maintain a safe therapeutic milieu grounded in a trauma-informed recovery model of care
• Collaborate on the multidisciplinary treatment team to help develop, implement, and document patient goals and interventions based on patient strengths and presenting psychiatric problems

Key Skills

• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Advanced knowledge of behavioral health and substance use treatment modalities
• Developing therapeutic relationships while maintaining professional boundaries
• Oral and written communication
• Crisis management, time management, delegation, coaching, and team building
• Ability to stay flexible and calm in stressful situations