Registered Nurse (RN) - Geriatric Psych
North Las Vegas, Nevada
Posted Aug 13
- Shift
- Nights
- Unit
- Psych
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- Nights
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
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About this role
Overview
At North Vista Hospital, our dedicated team of professionals are committed to our core values of quality, compassion, and community. As a member of Prime Healthcare, a Top-15 hospital system in the United States, North Vista Hospital is actively seeking new members to join its award-winning team!
North Vista Hospital is an accredited 177-bed state-of-the-art hospital located in North Las Vegas, Nevada. North Vista offers comprehensive healthcare services, including mental health care, emergency care, heart care, advanced surgical procedures, diagnostic imaging and help for a broad range of medical conditions. Equipped with advanced medical technology and staffed by a team of highly skilled healthcare professionals, North Vista is committed to providing high-quality care in a friendly hospital environment.
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The hospital has achieved numerous quality award distinctions including Patient Safety Excellence Award, Bariatric Surgery Excellence Award, Heart Failure recognition and more. For more information, please visit www.northvistahospital.com.
Responsibilities
Registered nurses (RNs) perform basic duties that include treating patients, educating patients about mental and medical conditions, providing advice and emotional support to patients’ and/or family members, running therapeutic groups, psychiatric crisis intervention, seclusion and restraint of patients. RNs record patients’ medical histories and symptoms, help to perform diagnostic tests and analyze results, operate medical machinery, administer treatment and medications, and help with patient follow-up and rehabilitation. RNs teach patients and their families how to manage their illness or injury, diet and exercise programs, and self-administration of medication and physical therapy.
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Qualifications
Education, experience, training
Must have current and valid State license as a Registered Nurse. Current BLS certification upon hire and maintain current. Obtain ALS certification within 120 days of hire and maintain current; employees hired prior to February 1, 2026, must obtain their ACLS certification by May 15, 2026. Working knowledge of Mental Health Laws and practice standards. Working knowledge of interdisciplinary treatment team process, behavioral health programming and daily nursing functions for inpatient and outpatient behavioral health units. Working knowledge of the continuum of care for behavioral health care.
Application details and notices
Employment Status: Full Time Shift: Nights Equal Employment Opportunity
Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf
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Requirements
- EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING
- Must have current and valid State license as a Registered Nurse.
- Current BLS certification upon hire and maintain current.
- Obtain ALS certification within 120 days of hire and maintain current; employees hired prior to February 1, 2026, must obtain their ACLS certification by May 15, 2026.
- Working knowledge of Mental Health Laws and practice standards.
- Working knowledge of interdisciplinary treatment team process, behavioral health programming and daily nursing functions for inpatient and outpatient behavioral health units.
- Working knowledge of the continuum of care for behavioral health care.
Place
- City
- North Las Vegas, Nevada
- Median rent
- $1,705/mo
- Local household income
- $79,542/yr
- Metro price level
- about the national average
- Address
- 1409 EAST LAKE MEAD BLVD, NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV, 89030
- CMS overall rating
- 3 of 5 stars (Care Compare, Sep 2026)
- Beds
- 161
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
North Las Vegas area index 100.2, where 100 is the national average.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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You are weighing North Vista Hospital in North Las Vegas, a smaller hospital where emergency care is part of the mix and charting runs on Epic. Coworkers often get described as friendly and family-like, the kind of crew that steadies…
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Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
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