Frontier Behavioral Health
Hiring organization · Based in Spokane, WA
- 2
- open roles, live count
- 2.3
- Google rating
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Shifts hiring now
- Days 1
Benefits
Employees describe good or great benefits and generous PTO on paper; Spokane reviewers rate compensation and benefits about 3.2.
What stands out
Experienced nurses
You work Saturday and Sunday, 7AM to 7:30PM, as a .6 FTE inpatient RN at the Calispel Evaluation & Treatment unit, taking vitals, giving meds, and moving adults with serious or chronic mental illness through admits, transfers, and discharges.
Moving here
You would join a nonprofit behavioral health organization with more than 100 years in Spokane County that names itself a Trauma-Informed Care Organization for adults, youth, and seniors.
Experienced nurses
Your work sits inside a continuum that already includes outpatient care, inpatient treatment, community outreach, crisis response, and school and law-enforcement partnerships.
Experienced nurses
There is also a weekend Crisis/MCAT clinician track, Saturday and Sunday 7AM to 5:30PM, doing phone and outreach work meant to keep people out of the ED, jail, and inpatient psych.
More about working here
Moving here
The inpatient RN role is based at the Evaluation & Treatment facility on Calispel, and employees describe many locations across the organization.
As of 2026 · 2022-03-24Source 1: bebee.comSource 2: glassdoor.sg
Experienced nurses
A long-tenured Spokane staffer called the training decent and the pace reasonable.
As of 2025-07-26Source: glassdoor.sg
Working conditions
- Scheduling
- Inpatient RN: Sat/Sun 7AM-7:30PM, part-time .6 FTE. Crisis clinician MCAT: Sat/Sun 7AM-5:30PM part-time.
- Pay and benefits
- Inpatient RN part-time .6 FTE (Sat/Sun 7AM-7:30PM) monthly pay range $7,453–$9,013
As of 2026Source: bebee.com
- Pay and benefits
- Inpatient RN part-time .6 FTE weekend monthly high end $9,013
As of 2026Source: bebee.com
- Pay and benefits
- Added shift differential for Sat/Sun 7AM-7:30PM inpatient RN .6 FTE; dollar amount not stated
As of 2026Source: bebee.com
The city
Living in Spokane, WA
Spokane sits along the Spokane River in eastern Washington, offering a relaxed pace with plenty of outdoor access. Riverside State Park and the historic Browne's Addition neighborhood give the city character. It's a practical landing spot for nurses who want affordable living, four seasons, and an easy commute without big-city traffic.
Browse roles in Spokane
- Metro price level · Spokane area
- about the national average
- BEA index 100.3 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,215/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $70,064/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Who they are
You would walk into a nonprofit behavioral health organization that has been in Spokane County for more than 100 years.
- Hiring days
More about Frontier Behavioral Health
Frontier identifies as a Trauma-Informed Care Organization serving adults, youth, and seniors, with outpatient care, inpatient treatment, community outreach, crisis work, and partnerships with schools and law enforcement. If you take the inpatient RN role, you are based at the Evaluation & Treatment facility on Calispel. Your days are Saturday and Sunday, 7AM to 7:30PM, part-time at .6 FTE. You care for adults with serious or chronic mental illness — vitals, meds, assessments, admits, discharges, and transfers. There is also a weekend Crisis/MCAT clinician schedule, Saturday and Sunday 7AM to 5:30PM, doing phone and outreach work meant to keep people out of the ED, jail, and inpatient psych. Spokane reviewers put the company at 3.1 out of 5. Some staff describe good benefits and generous PTO on paper, and a long-tenured coworker called the training decent and the pace reasonable. Ask on a tour how coverage actually works when someone takes time off.
Frontier identifies as a Trauma-Informed Care Organization serving adults, youth, and seniors, and has operated as a nonprofit behavioral health organization in Spokane County for more than 100 years.
Working here
Culture and working life
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- overall rating
- Company rating is 3.1/5 from 83 reviews; 47% would recommend. Spokane subset is 3.1 from 53 reviews, 44% recommend.
- compensation and benefits rating
- Spokane reviewers rate compensation and benefits about 3.2, in line with a middling overall score.
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
- work-life balance
- Spokane category score for work/life balance is 3.2; culture and values 3.3.
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
More review themes
- staffing and unpaid time
- A 2022 employee said the agency is severely understaffed, requires unpaid hours, and PTO is hard to use for lack of coverage.
As of 2022-03-24Source: glassdoor.sg
- benefits and PTO offering
- Multiple employees cite good or great benefits, many sites, and generous PTO on paper.
As of 2025-07-26Source: glassdoor.sg
- management
- Reviews describe disconnected bosses and poor upper-management communication.
As of 2025-07-26Source: glassdoor.sg
- inclusion climate
- Spokane diversity rating is 3.9, but LGBTQ+ reviewers score 2.4 versus 3.3 for heterosexual staff; parents rate higher than non-parents.
- training and pace
- A long-tenured Spokane staffer called training decent, the pace reasonable, and the grants team strong.
As of 2025-07-26Source: glassdoor.sg
What to weigh
A 2022 employee said the agency is severely understaffed, requires unpaid hours, and that PTO is hard to use because there is no coverage.
As of 2022-03-24Source: glassdoor.sg
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Roles last seen active
- Aug 20, 2026
- Website
- fbhwa.org ↗
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Inpatient Evaluation & Treatment (Calispel)
Inpatient RN cares for adults with serious/chronic mental illness: vitals, meds, assessments, admits, discharges, transfers.
Crisis / MCAT
Crisis clinicians do phone and outreach intervention to divert people from ED, jail, and inpatient psych.
Behavioral health continuum
Services include outpatient, inpatient, community outreach, crisis, plus school and law-enforcement partnerships.
Open roles
Roles from Frontier Behavioral Health
Refreshed throughout the day.
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$51/hr
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- RN
- Day shift
- Tuition reimbursement
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$44/hr
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- RN
- 8-hour shifts
- Tuition reimbursement
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