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Registered Nurse-Psychiatric Full Time Nights

Palos Heights, IL, usFull-time2026-10-27 → 2026-11-12

Core

Provide individualized, age-specific nursing care to patients from admission to discharge in a psychiatric setting, including assessment, care planning, education, and discharge coordination.

Role type

Staff Registered Nurse (Psychiatric)

Builds

Patient care plans and continuity of care within the hospital

Domain

Healthcare / Psychiatry

Deliverable

physical/clinical work

Required skills

Nursing assessment, care planning, patient education, interdisciplinary collaboration, evidence-based practice, documentation, prioritization

Preferred skills

Experience in specific clinical area, Trauma Nurse Specialist certification, Certified Pediatric Nurse, Certified Emergency Nurse

Technologies

Electronic health records (implied by documentation requirements)

Responsibilities

Assess and record patient status upon admission, organize health data, identify immediate care needs, validate diagnoses with patient/family, document care plans, initiate and update problem lists, arrange discharge conferences, provide patient and family education, document interventions and responses, review health data to update care plans, reassess nursing actions for effectiveness, communicate with healthcare team, present patient information at multidisciplinary meetings, make referrals for continuity of care

Seniority

Individual Contributor