REGISTERED NURSE

Job Description

Job Description

❤️ Your Nursing Skills Can Change a Child's Future

Registered Nurse (RN)Children's Residential & Behavioral Health Services | Reading, PALooking for More Than Traditional Nursing?

What if your next nursing role gave you the opportunity to do more than treat an illness or complete a shift?

What if you could become part of a young person's journey toward healing, stability, and a better future?

CHOR Youth & Family Services is seeking a compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) to provide nursing care and clinical support to children and adolescents receiving residential and behavioral health services in Reading, Pennsylvania.

This is an opportunity to use your nursing expertise in a different kind of healthcare environment—one where relationships matter, teamwork matters, and you have the opportunity to see the difference your care makes.

You'll work alongside psychiatrists, physicians, behavioral health professionals, therapists, direct care teams, and other members of the interdisciplinary treatment team to support the physical, behavioral, and emotional health of the youth we serve.

Why You'll Love This Role

• Make a meaningful difference in the lives of children and adolescents

• Build relationships with youth rather than moving from patient to patient

• Work as an important member of an interdisciplinary treatment team

• Expand your experience in behavioral and mental health nursing

• Help youth achieve greater health, stability, and independence

• Work in a mission-driven environment where nursing has a direct impact on treatment outcomes

• Develop specialized experience working with children and adolescents

• Opportunity for professional growth within a large human services organization

• $500 Sign-On Bonus

What You'll Do

• Provide compassionate nursing care to children and adolescents receiving residential and behavioral health services.

• Complete nursing assessments and monitor physical, behavioral, and emotional health needs.

• Administer medications and treatments in accordance with physician orders, nursing standards, and organizational policies.

• Monitor medication effectiveness, side effects, changes, and potential health concerns.

• Coordinate medical, psychiatric, dental, vision, and specialty healthcare services.

• Communicate changes in health status, medication, treatment, and follow-up needs to the interdisciplinary treatment team.

• Collaborate with psychiatrists, physicians, therapists, behavioral health professionals, direct care staff, families, and other members of the treatment team.

• Help youth understand their health needs and develop healthy habits and greater awareness of their overall wellness.

• Coordinate and follow up on medical appointments, laboratory work, specialty services, and other healthcare needs.

• Support medication management, infection prevention, health and safety, and emergency response procedures.

• Provide nursing guidance and health education to program staff.

• Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential clinical documentation.

• Participate in treatment planning and contribute the nursing perspective to each youth's overall plan of care.

• Advocate for the health, safety, dignity, and well-being of every child and adolescent we serve.

Who We're Looking For

You may be an experienced behavioral health nurse—or you may be an RN ready to take your career in a new direction.

What matters most is your clinical judgment, compassion, ability to connect with young people, and commitment to helping children and families succeed.

Qualifications

• Active Pennsylvania Registered Nurse (RN) license in good standing.

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.

• Strong nursing assessment and clinical decision-making skills.

• Strong communication, documentation, and organizational skills.

• Ability to work independently while collaborating with an interdisciplinary treatment team.

• Commitment to trauma-informed, compassionate, and youth-centered care.

• Ability to meet all required background clearances, health requirements, and regulatory standards.

Experience in pediatrics, behavioral health, psychiatric nursing, mental health, residential treatment, adolescent health, community health, or human services is preferred but not required.

New to behavioral health or residential nursing? We encourage you to apply.

Why Join CHOR Youth & Family Services?Competitive Benefits

• Competitive pay

• $500 Sign-On Bonus

• DailyPay

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance

• 401(k) with company participation

• Paid Time Off

• Employee Assistance Program

• Wellness Programs

• Employee Referral Bonuses

• Paid Training and Continuing Education

• Professional development opportunities

• Career advancement opportunities throughout the organization

More Than Nursing. Be Part of Their Story.

Children and adolescents entering residential treatment may be facing some of the most challenging moments of their lives.

They need more than clinical care.

They need consistency.

They need compassion.

They need adults who believe their future can be different.

As a Registered Nurse at CHOR , you have the opportunity to be one of those people.

Your clinical expertise helps keep youth healthy and safe. Your observations help treatment teams make better decisions. Your advocacy helps ensure their healthcare needs are heard. And your everyday interactions can help a young person learn that healthcare can be safe, supportive, and built on trust.

Start a Nursing Career with Purpose

Some nursing jobs allow you to care for a patient for a few hours.

This one allows you to become part of a young person's journey.

If you're looking for a nursing career where your clinical skills, compassion, and commitment can make a lasting difference, apply today and help children heal, grow, and thrive.

CHOR Youth & Family Services is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Creating a Better Tomorrow... Today

Equal Employment Opportunity

Apis Services, Inc., Inperium Inc., and their affiliates provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

This commitment extends to every aspect of employment, including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, and termination.

This position and Employment is administered by Apis Services, Inc