Mental Health Nurse - Per diem

Mental Health Nurse - Per diem Hospital Inpatient

Riverview Psychiatric Center

Located in Augusta, Maine

This is a non-benefit PER DIEM contracted position

$45 hourly

Full-time benefit eligible State of Maine positions are available - please see https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/riverview/careers-internships/open-positionsfor more details

When you become a Nurse at Riverview Psychiatric Center, you’ll provide guidance and mentorship alongside your essential nursing role providing medical and psychiatric nursing care to our patients within our inpatient hospital setting. Our nurses perform general nursing activities on units, provide supervision over paraprofessional staff, assess emergency situations taking appropriate action, conduct individual and group counseling therapy, intervene therapeutically when patients exhibit signs of behavioral escalation, and report on patients' condition recommending changes to their treatment programs.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: 1 year of psychiatric nursing experience required. Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and a current State of Maine RN license.

Requirements: One (1) shift every thirty (30) days. Candidates who can commit to one (1) shift per week will be given higher consideration. Candidates must be able to attend our three (3) day Per-diem orientation typically scheduled for the second full week of each month Monday – Wednesday, 8 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Many of our patients have come to a serious crossroad in their lives and with help and guidance they will integrate back into our communities. The care nurses provide in their treatment and rehabilitation is vital to their success.

The Riverview Psychiatric Center, in collaboration with the community, is a center for best practice, treatment, education and research, for individuals with serious, persistent mental illness, and co-occurring substance use disorders. We have a burgeoning collaboration with national and international experts in psychiatry, support a growing and wide variety of teaching and training programs, and have a collegial, supportive medical staff and hospital administration.

APPLY: Please send resume and three (3) professional references to Kelly.Flagg@maine.gov. Individuals who are selected will be referred to Project Staffing for verification process and payroll.

Job Types: Part-time, Contract

Pay: $45.00 per hour

Expected hours: 12 – 36 per week

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Medical Specialty:

• Addiction Medicine
• Emergency Medicine
• Geriatrics
• Holistic Medicine
• Home Health
• Hospital Medicine
• Internal Medicine
• Occupational Medicine
• Pain Medicine
• Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine
• Primary Care
• Psychiatry
• Public Health

Physical Setting:

• Inpatient

Experience:

• psychiatric nursing: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• RN License (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $45