$10,000 Sign-On Bonus Available

Join our Behavioral Health Nursing Team at the Robert Young Center, where you'll provide compassionate, patient-centered care to individuals experiencing mental health crises. Work alongside a collaborative, multidisciplinary team in a supportive environment focused on trauma-informed care, mental wellness, and helping patients achieve positive outcomes.

Shift Available:

• Full-Time: 2:45 PM – 11:15 PM or 6:45 AM - 7:15 PM

Provide acute nursing care to patients experiencing a wide range of behavioral health conditions and co-occurring disorders. Guided by the Robert Young Center's Trauma-Informed Care principles, nurses play an essential role in assessing patient needs, developing individualized treatment plans, administering medications, and supporting patients throughout their recovery.

Our Behavioral Health nurses work closely with psychiatrists, mental health professionals, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team to provide comprehensive psychiatric and medical care. From crisis stabilization and ongoing treatment to discharge planning and coordination of care, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients while expanding your behavioral health nursing skills and expertise.

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.  

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.  Here are just a few:      

• Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program.   

• Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.  

• Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.   

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.   

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience. 

Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

• Uses the nursing process to deliver high quality care appropriate to the age and educational level of the patient.
• Collects and synthesizes comprehensive health data that are pertinent to the healthcare consumer’s health and/or situation.
• Develops a plan to attain expected outcomes.
• Analyzes the assessment data to determine diagnoses, problems, and areas of focus for care and treatment, including level of risk.
• Implements a specified plan: Coordinates care delivery, employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment; uses knowledge of pharmacological, biological and complimentary interventions to restore health and prevent further disability; provides structure and maintains a safe therapeutic recovery oriented environment; uses the therapeutic relationship and counseling interventions to assist health care consumers.

Education:

• Diploma from an RN program.

License(s)/Certification(s):

• Current licensure in good standing to practice as a Registered Nurse in primary state.
• Must apply within 90 days for licensure in secondary state.
• Must possess and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Must possess and maintain ACLS

*Specific offers are determined by various factors, such as experience, skills, internal equity, and other business needs.  The salary range listed does not include other forms of compensation which may include bonuses/incentive, differential pay, or other forms of compensation or benefits that may be applicable to this role.