Staff RN Union - 12hr - SMRMC Psych Acute Adult
Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center
Reno, Nevada
Posted Aug 17
- Shift
- 12-hour days
- Unit
- Psych
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Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour days
- Term
- Permanent
- Practice
- Union position
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
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About this role
Overview
Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! Saint Mary’s Health Network, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.
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As a long-standing community partner with a 116-year history, Saint Mary’s Health Network offers Northern Nevada inpatient, outpatient, ancillary, and wellness services. Nationally recognized and accredited by the Joint Commission, as well as named one of the Top 100 Hospitals by Fortune/Merative and America’s Best 250 hospitals by Healthgrades, Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center is a 352-bed acute care hospital offering a robust line of inpatient, outpatient and ancillary services including a top-rated Center for Cancer, surgical and orthopedic services, and an award-winning Cardiology program and more. The health system, a member of Prime Healthcare, also operates a fully-integrated Medical Group, multiple urgent care clinics, freestanding imaging, lab, and primary care clinics.
For more information, visit www. SaintMarysReno.com.
Responsibilities
Registered nurses (RNs) perform basic duties that include treating patients, educating patients about mental and medical conditions, and 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.
Other related duties.
Qualifications
Education, experience, training
- Must have current and valid license as a Registered Nurse issued by the State of Nevada.
- BLS upon hire and maintain current.
- 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.
- SEE AMENDMENT FOR NEW GRADUATES
Additional education, experience, training
- ACLS within 90 days of hire (only in required departments)
- Basic Arrythmia within 90 days of hire (CCU/ICU, ED, Tele, Neuro Tele)
- NIH Stroke within 90 days of hire (CCU/ICU, ED, Tele, Neuro Tele
- PALS within 90 days of hire (only in required departments)
Application details and notices
Employment Status: Full Time Shift: Days 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 license as a Registered Nurse issued by the State of Nevada.
- BLS upon hire and maintain current.
- 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.
- SEE AMENDMENT FOR NEW GRADUATES
Place
- City
- Reno, Nevada
- Median rent
- $1,556/mo
- Local household income
- $80,760/yr
- Metro price level
- 1% above the national average
- CMS overall rating
- 4 of 5 stars (Care Compare, Sep 2026)
- Beds
- 356
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Reno area index 101.0, where 100 is the national average.
Reno sits at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, blending high-desert scenery with casino-town energy and a growing tech corridor. Nurses relocating here find four-season sunshine, Lake Tahoe within an hour, and a compact metro where commutes stay short and weekend escapes feel endless.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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You would be walking into Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center in Reno, a union hospital whose stated mission is compassionate, quality care for patients and better healthcare for the community. On the floor, reviews often point to hardworking coworkers and…
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Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
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