Registered Nurse - Behavioral Health (7a-3:30p)

Boston, Massachusetts

Arbour Hospital is a specialty hospital.

Posted Jul 20 · “Full-time or part-time positions available with rotating weekends, 7a-3:30p shift. No new grad RN applications for this position. Arbour Hospital provides specialized behavioral health services including inpatient” from the posting

Shift and hours: 8-⁠hour days
Unit and setting: Psych
License: RN license
Term: Permanent

What it pays

Benefits

BSN Scholarship Program - $5,000/year
Tuition Reimbursement - $4,000/year
Tuition savings with Chamberlain University
Psychiatric Nurse Residency Transition-to-Practice Orientation (Could earn 20 CEUs)
Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ locations
Diverse programming to expand experience

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HealthStream online learning catalogue with free CEU courses
Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program

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The role and schedule

Weekends: Weekends required

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The posting does not state the assignment size, and nothing published names it for this unit.

Orientation: Residency program

The workplace

Arbour Hospital

Specialty Hospital

You would be walking into a 118-bed private psychiatric hospital on Robinwood Avenue in Jamaica Plain, open around the clock for people 13 and up. Arbour has been part of greater Boston’s behavioral health landscape since 1909, with inpatient, dual…

118 beds

Facility profile

The team behind this role

Preceptors and orientation

Baylor RN posting states new grads are welcome; Adolescent Unit posting excludes new grad RNs

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As of 2026Source: talents.vaia.com

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Scheduling

Baylor weekend program: every Sat/Sun; 3x8 or 4x8 (days/eves/nights); work 32 paid 40 or work 24 paid 32. Also 7a-3:30p, 24 hrs/wk, per diem, rotating weekends.

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Registered Nurse opportunity at Arbour Hospital for the Adolescent Unit. Full-time or part-time positions available with rotating weekends, 7a-3:30p shift. No new grad RN applications for this position. Arbour Hospital provides specialized behavioral health services including inpatient treatment, aftercare services, community-based programs, and day treatment for primary psychiatric and substance abuse disorders. Qualifications include current RN license or permit in state of employment, behavioral health experience preferred, and adolescent experience strongly preferred.

What's around it?

In Boston, MA

Boston, MAFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 8% above the US average

Median rent: $2,147/mo
Household income: $97,344/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Boston, MA

NeighborhoodsNurses and young professionals often land in Fenway-Kenmore, flagged for healthcare and university workers (median home about $1,200,000; average rent $4,076) beside Fenway Park. Allston-Brighton is the student-and-young-pro belt—about $665,000 to buy, $3,445 to rent—rowhouses and renovated apartments on tree-lined streets, Green Line plus commuter rail at Boston Landing, and safer than 88% of Boston neighborhoods. East Boston (about $683,400 / $3,152 rent) offers waterfront living with Blue Line and airport access; Hyde Park (about $675,000 / $2,379 rent) feels suburban, with family homes and commuter rail. Cambridge and Somerville rank at the top of commute lists because you walk or bike to Red Line stops (Davis, Porter, Harvard, Central, Kendall) with no parking stress. Budget stretchers include Quincy on the Red Line and cheaper South Shore/Norfolk towns such as Randolph, Holbrook, Avon, Stoughton, and Norwood, plus North Shore rail towns like Beverly, Ipswich, and Gloucester.

Nurses and young professionals often land in Fenway-Kenmore, flagged for healthcare and university workers (median home about $1,200,000; average rent $4,076) beside Fenway Park. Allston-Brighton is the student-and-young-pro belt—about $665,000 to buy, $3,445 to rent—rowhouses and renovated apartments on tree-lined streets, Green Line plus commuter rail at Boston Landing, and safer than 88% of Boston neighborhoods.

East Boston (about $683,400 / $3,152 rent) offers waterfront living with Blue Line and airport access; Hyde Park (about $675,000 / $2,379 rent) feels suburban, with family homes and commuter rail. Cambridge and Somerville rank at the top of commute lists because you walk or bike to Red Line stops (Davis, Porter, Harvard, Central, Kendall) with no parking stress.

Budget stretchers include Quincy on the Red Line and cheaper South Shore/Norfolk towns such as Randolph, Holbrook, Avon, Stoughton, and Norwood, plus North Shore rail towns like Beverly, Ipswich, and Gloucester.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: streetpropertyteam.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: quora.com Source 5: facebook.com

Getting aroundCommuting into Boston is about rail lines, transfers, parking, and schedule reliability—not miles—and misjudging it is a common path to burnout. Inner pattern: walk or bike to frequent all-day Red Line service in Cambridge/Somerville; Green Line or Boston Landing commuter rail from Allston-Brighton; Blue Line from East Boston. Quincy is about 15–20 minutes to South Station on the Red Line; Malden/Medford about 10–20 minutes on Orange/Green; Brookline 15–25 minutes on the Green Line; Newton 20–30 minutes to Back Bay; Braintree/Weymouth 20–40 minutes. Framingham/Natick/Ashland run about 40–50 minutes on the Framingham/Worcester line; Waltham about 25–40 minutes by rail or express bus; Hingham/Cohasset/Scituate 30–50+ minutes on the Greenbush line or a Hingham–Long Wharf ferry; Haverhill/Lawrence/Andover 45–60+ minutes to North Station. Commuter rail can be peak-fragile with station parking hunts; drivers lose about 79 hours a year to traffic.

Commuting into Boston is about rail lines, transfers, parking, and schedule reliability—not miles—and misjudging it is a common path to burnout. Inner pattern: walk or bike to frequent all-day Red Line service in Cambridge/Somerville; Green Line or Boston Landing commuter rail from Allston-Brighton; Blue Line from East Boston.

Quincy is about 15–20 minutes to South Station on the Red Line; Malden/Medford about 10–20 minutes on Orange/Green; Brookline 15–25 minutes on the Green Line; Newton 20–30 minutes to Back Bay; Braintree/Weymouth 20–40 minutes. Framingham/Natick/Ashland run about 40–50 minutes on the Framingham/Worcester line; Waltham about 25–40 minutes by rail or express bus; Hingham/Cohasset/Scituate 30–50+ minutes on the Greenbush line or a Hingham–Long Wharf ferry; Haverhill/Lawrence/Andover 45–60+ minutes to North Station.

Commuter rail can be peak-fragile with station parking hunts; drivers lose about 79 hours a year to traffic.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: streetpropertyteam.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: quora.com Source 4: extraspace.com

OutdoorsDaily outdoor life runs through Boston Common and the Public Garden, the Emerald Necklace, and the Charles River Reservation—wading pools, canoeing, and bike trails. East Boston adds waterfront recreation; the Harbor Islands are the boat-out escape, with the Greenway as a downtown outdoor spine. North of Boston (Essex County) brings about 200 miles of coastline, Crane Estate in Ipswich, Newburyport Harbor Walk, Winter Island Lighthouse in Salem, and beaches from Gloucester to Salisbury. Weekends easily become Salem, Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, Plymouth, or fall-foliage drives.

Daily outdoor life runs through Boston Common and the Public Garden, the Emerald Necklace, and the Charles River Reservation—wading pools, canoeing, and bike trails. East Boston adds waterfront recreation; the Harbor Islands are the boat-out escape, with the Greenway as a downtown outdoor spine.

North of Boston (Essex County) brings about 200 miles of coastline, Crane Estate in Ipswich, Newburyport Harbor Walk, Winter Island Lighthouse in Salem, and beaches from Gloucester to Salisbury. Weekends easily become Salem, Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, Plymouth, or fall-foliage drives.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: absolutelylucy.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: extraspace.com Source 4: northofboston.org Source 5: thehonestlocal.com Source 6: facebook.com Source 7: meetboston.com

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Living in Boston

Boston is a compact healthcare capital on Revolutionary streets: Mass General Brigham and Fenway-Kenmore’s hospital-university cluster sit beside Fenway Park, the Common, and the Charles. For a nurse that means career density you can subway to—if you accept the price and the winter. Fenway-Kenmore (~$4,076 rent) is live-next-to-work; Allston-Brighton (Green Line, Boston Landing, ~$3,445) and East Boston (Blue Line, waterfront, ~$3,152) are the young-pro value belts; Hyde Park and Quincy (15–20 minutes to South Station on the Red Line) buy space. Rank the commute first: Cambridge, Somerville, and Quincy on frequent subway beat peak-only commuter rail and station parking, the classic path to loving a house and hating the life. City one-bedrooms near $3,000, median homes near $765,000, September 1 lease chaos, and living costs 50–66% above the U.S. average. In return: Freedom Trail, MFA and Gardner, Emerald Necklace and Harbor Islands, Red Sox religion, 54 inches of snow, early last calls, and about 79 hours a year in traffic. Strong jobs, harsh winters—choose the rail line before the neighborhood hype.

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As of 2026Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: streetpropertyteam.com Source 3: extraspace.com Source 4: thehonestlocal.com Source 5: youtube.com Source 6: quora.com Source 7: absolutelylucy.com Source 8: meetboston.com

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