Staff RN Geri Psych 32hrs days
Haverhill, Massachusetts
Merrimack Health is a community hospital.
- Eligibility
- Psychiatric
- Shift and hours
- Days32 hours a week
- Unit and setting
- Psych · Hospital
- License
- RN licenseCurrent nursing license in Massachusetts required.
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- Current nursing license in Massachusetts required. Check your license
- Certification
- BCLS required.
- Certification
- Certification/
Preferred
- Education
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. BSN preferred.
- Experience
- At least 1 year experience in psychiatric nursing preferred.
The role and schedule
- Charge
- Charge shifts are part of the role
The workplace
Merrimack Health is an acute care hospital system operating two campuses in Methuen and Haverhill, Massachusetts, with a total of 320 beds. The system functions as a full-service hospital offering comprehensive inpatient medical/surgical units, outpatient care, 24/7 emergency services, three…
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Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
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At Merrimack Health, we are committed to pay transparency and equity. The base salary range is $37.50 - $76.34, excluding fringe benefits and potential bonuses.
Your final base salary will be determined based on your education, experience, licensure, and internal equity considerations. Offers are typically made below the top of the range to support future salary growth.
Our two campuses in Methuen and Haverhill have a total of 320 beds, and we are a full-service, acute care hospital offering comprehensive inpatient medical/surgical units, outpatient care, and 24/7 emergency services. We have three behavioral health units: cardiac telemetry, and critical care service lines. Our Haverhill campus offers all private rooms, and our Methuen campus offers a new state-of-the-art catheterization suite and Joint Center of Excellence, named as a Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Distinction+ Center for Knee and Hip Replacement.
Position Summary
Key Responsibilities
The registered nurse provides care to patients in a Geriatric Behavioral Health Unit. Under the direction and leadership of the Nurse Manager, the RN is responsible for the delivery of patient care through knowledge of the nursing process and age specific requirements, and by following departmental and hospital policy and procedure. Qualified candidates must
The Registered Nurse must have excellent assessment skills, clinical skills, organizational skills, and computer knowledge and charge capabilities. The Registered Nurse must be able to lift, transfer and move patients. Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills to effectively document care, delegate assignments, relay information, make referrals, and act as liaison between patient, physicians, other hospital disciplines, and community agencies.
Qualifications
Education
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. BSN preferred. Certification/
Licensure
Current nursing license in Massachusetts required. BCLS required.
Experience
At least 1 year experience in psychiatric nursing preferred.
Location: Merrimack Health · 3 East- Geri Psych
Schedule
32 hours, 7:00am - 3:30pm, Days
What's around it?
Haverhill, MAFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 6% above the US average
- Median rent
- $1,668/mo
- Household income
- $88,326/yr, all local households, not nurse pay