RN / Registered Nurse - Float Pool - Child & Adolescent Psych

Company: Cambridge Health Alliance
Location: Somerville
Posted on: May 6, 2022

Job Description:

Location: CHA Somerville Campus Work Days: 8-hour shifts with E/O weekend and holidays as assigned Category: Registered Nurse Department: Inpatient Float Pool Psychiatry Job Type: PT20Plus HPW Work Shift: Day / Evening Hours/Week: 32.00 Union: Yes Union Name: MNA SomervilleIn partnership with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts we will be expanding inpatient psychiatric care in the region, by adding 42 new child, adolescent and specialized autism spectrum / neurodevelopmental beds at our Somerville Campus. The new CHA Center of Excellence for Child and Adolescent Inpatient Mental Health Care at Somerville will provide a transformative continuum of patient and family-centered care for diverse youth with mental health needs.The Somerville Hospital Float Pool Registered Nurses provide care with an emphasis on culturally sensitive, evidence based nursing practice. While regularly scheduled, the members of the float pool are deployed on a shift by shift to provide nursing care to patients in the psychiatric units including Adolescent, Child and Neurodevelopment psych. Qualifications/Requirements:

• Current Massachusetts RN license required
• American Heart Association for Healthcare Providers BLS (Basic Life Support) certification is required
• BSN degree required or BSN degree required within 1 year from date of hire for newly hired RNS
• 1-2 years acute inpatient psychiatric experience strongly preferred
• In addition, newly hired candidates are required to successfully complete a job specific physical agility testKEYWORDS: Registered Nurse / Psychiatric / Mental Health / Behavioral / RN / Inpatient / Diversity In keeping with federal, state and local laws, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) policy forbids employees and associates to discriminate against anyone based on race, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to establishing and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination. We are fully committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not tolerate unlawful discrimination in the recruitment, hiring, termination, promotion, salary treatment or any other condition of employment or career development. Furthermore, we will not tolerate the use of discriminatory slurs, or other remarks, jokes or conduct, that in the judgment of CHA, encourage or permit an offensive or hostile work environment.

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