Psychiatric Nurse Psych RN

Job Description

Job Description

As a Psychiatric Nurse Psych RN, you will provide compassionate mental health nursing care in an outpatient behavioral health clinic and emergency psychiatric services setting. Working closely with psychiatrists, you will support adult patients, children and adolescents, older adults, and mixed-age populations through routine clinical shifts and on-call crisis coverage.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ psychiatric and behavioral health needs.
• Develop individualized care plans.
• Administer medications and monitor patient responses.
• Provide crisis intervention and on-call crisis coverage.
• Monitor patient safety and behavioral changes.
• Use therapeutic communication to support patients and families.
• Document behavioral observations and clinical care accurately.
• Coordinate treatment with psychiatrists and other care team members.
• Educate patients and families about treatment and care plans.
• Support discharge planning and continuity of care.

Preferred Qualifications

• Five or more years of psychiatric nursing experience.
• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Certification (PMH-BC).