Registered Nurse
Helena, Montana
RN · Psychiatric · Mental Health
Posted Jul 23
- Unit
- Psych
What the listing says
Role
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Outpatient
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Montana is $38/hr, across 98 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 | Exempt | Helena
Position
Overview
A member of the mental health team sharing responsibility for the treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention of emotional disorders.
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Job
Duties
Provides direct client care under the supervision of the Nursing Supervisor, evaluates outcomes and consults with other health team members as required. Triage new intakes by collecting vital signs and past/current medications, document appropriately and report results to the APRN or MD on staff as needed. Take and record vital signs as needed with regularly scheduled clients.
Notify appropriate licensed personnel when a client has complaints. Performs all aspects of client care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces likelihood of medical/health care errors. Import lab results into the appropriate EMR as received, notifying the provider/nursing of abnormal results.
Maintain patient assistance programs. Communicate appropriately and clearly to co-workers, physicians, and clients. Maintain a good working relationship with all staff members in the office.
Accurately complete personal daily time sheets and clinical documentation and submit to the nursing supervisor in accordance with program policy. Treat clients and their families with respect and dignity. Identify and address psychosocial, cultural, ethnic, and religious/spiritual needs of clients and family.
Interact professionally with clients and family and involve client and family in patient education. Triage and return medical/nursing phone calls. Answer telephone calls in a professional manner, direct calls appropriately.
Input and maintain current client medication lists in the EMR. Meet current documentation standards and policies. Maintain a safe, comfortable, and therapeutic environment for clients and families in accordance with office standards.
Maintain established office policies and procedures, objectives, performance improvement program, safety, environmental and infection control standards. Coordinate with drug reps for luncheons, and maintaining sample medication stock as requested. Ensure adequate stock of supplies.
Assist in cost containment through appropriate ordering and conserving of supplies and equipment. Report medication changes to treatment team in accordance with program policy. Attend and participate in all required meetings unless excused by Nursing Supervisor.
Manage and operate equipment safely and correctly. Performed preventative maintenance. Demonstrates the ability to be flexible, organized and functions in stressful situations.
Response to patients is appropriate in emergency or physically stressful situations. Performs other duties as assigned within the nurse's scope of practice. Demonstrates the ability to deal with pressure to meet deadlines, to be accurate and to handle constantly changing situations.
Demonstrates the ability to deal with a variety of people, deal with stressful situations, and handle conflict. Abide by the employee Code of Ethics and policies and procedures set forth by MRWH.
Minimum
Qualifications
Graduate of RN program from an accredited school of Nursing, BSN preferred. Current MT Licensure/Current NLC that includes MT RN Licensure. Current BLS is required. One or more years of psychiatric care experience preferred.
Wage = $61,776.00 annually + DOE
Benefits
401K Matching Contributions
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Flexible Spending Account
Health Savings Account
Flexible Work Schedule
Paid Holidays
Paid Birthday
Pet Insurance
All Positions at Many Rivers Whole Health must pass Background Checks and Motor Vehicle Record Checks.
About Us
Since 1976, we have been dedicated to 13 counties in Mo
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Requirements
- Graduate of RN program from an accredited school of Nursing, BSN preferred.
- Current MT Licensure/Current NLC that includes MT RN Licensure.
- Current BLS is required.
- One or more years of psychiatric care experience preferred.
- Wage = $61,776.00 annually + DOE
Place
- City
- Helena, Montana
- Median rent
- $1,092/mo
- Local household income
- $71,036/yr
- Metro price level
- 4% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Helena area index 95.7, where 100 is the national average.
Helena pairs small-capital ease with rugged Rocky Mountain access—trailheads on Mount Helena sit minutes from downtown. State-government and healthcare employers anchor a steady job market, and Last Chance Gulch's historic corridor gives nurses a walkable after-shift hub for dining and errands.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities.
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About the employer
You would step into community behavioral health nursing in Helena at Many Rivers Whole Health—an organization with roots back to 1976, operating under its current name since the July 2022 merger of Center for Mental Health and Gateway. It runs…
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Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
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