Behavioral Health Registered Nurse
Park Ridge, Illinois
RN
Posted Jul 16
- Shift
- 12-hour 12 hour
- Hours a week
- 36
- Unit
- Psych
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour 12 hour · 36 hours
- Weekends
- Every weekend
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 1+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Illinois is $35/hr, across 937 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Full-time Behavioral Health Registered Nurse position at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, IL. 0.9 FTE, 36 hours per week, 0700-1930 schedule with rotating holidays and weekends. Inpatient Behavioral Health unit treating adults with depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other psychiatric conditions. Duties include medication administration, care documentation, interdisciplinary team treatment planning, 1-to-1 patient communication, and advocating for patient needs. Requires completion of accredited nursing program, RN license, BLS certification. Minimum 1 year psychiatric nursing experience preferred. CPI deescalation certification preferred.
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Requirements
- RN license
- Minimum 1 year of RN experience in psychiatric nursing preferred CPI deescalation certification preferred
Benefits
- Paid Time Off programs
- Health and welfare benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
- Adoption assistance
- Paid parental leave
- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match
- Educational Assistance Program
- Premium pay such as shift, on call
Place
- City
- Park Ridge, Illinois
- Rent against this pay
- 26% of monthly gross
- Local household income
- $142,986/yr
- State price level
- about the national average
$1,537 median rent against $5,928 a month at $38/hr for 36 hours a week, before tax.
all local households, not nurse pay
Illinois index 100.0, where 100 is the national average.
Park Ridge is a quiet, tree-lined suburb northwest of Chicago, blending small-town charm with easy proximity to the city. Near the Des Plaines River and minutes from O'Hare, it suits nurses seeking a calmer residential pace while staying connected to Chicagoland's major healthcare networks.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
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