Psychiatric Nurse
Omaha, Nebraska
- Eligibility
- RNPsychiatric Nursing
Posted Sep 11
What the listing says
Role
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- In range for NE staff roles
NE staff postings that state pay run $30/hr to $49/hr, the middle half $37/hr to $46/hr, across 98 postings.
About this role
As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.
Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.
To thrive in this vital role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.
Read the full posting
Follow the nursing process which includes: assess, plan, implement, and evaluate. The nursing process is an ongoing process that can end at any stage. Assessment - Demonstrates a systematic, dynamic way to collect and analyze the following healthcare consumer data including: psychological, physiological, sociocultural, spiritual, economic and lifestyle factors.
Plan – Sets measurable and achievable short and long term goals according to standards of care based on the assessment by the nurse in collaboration with the healthcare consumer and multidisciplinary team. Implement – Implements and/or modifies the plan of care using assessment data, clinical reasoning based upon standards of care and evidence-based practice. This includes care coordination, education and discharge planning.
The nurse is accountable for the care directly, indirectly or through delegation. Professional and legal standards for delegation must be followed. Evaluate – Uses a systematic ongoing process to evaluate progress towards identified healthcare consumer goals.
Revision of plan of care when needed involving the healthcare consumer and the multidisciplinary team. Documents all phases of the nursing process in the healthcare consumer’s record.
Sourced from CommonSpirit Health’s careers page.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse: NE, upon hire
- Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire
Benefits
- Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision plans
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Retirement plan benefits including 401(k), 403(b)
Place
- City
- Omaha, Nebraska
- Median rent
- $1,187/mo
- Local household income
- $73,201/yr
- Metro price level
- 8% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Omaha area index 91.9, where 100 is the national average.
Omaha keeps your paycheck working harder — cost of living sits about 8% below the national average — then rewards you after shift. The Old Market's cobblestone corridors serve up steakhouse dinners and gallery nights, while the Blackstone District's repurposed warehouses pour Nebraska craft beer a short drive from the Med Center corridor along Dodge Street.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
How this role fits you
About the employer
On your path
Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
Worth asking
The posting doesn’t answer these. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?