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Psychiatric Nurse

RN

Sign-on bonus

Posted Aug 14

Shift
Days
Unit
Psych

What the listing says

Role

Schedule
Days
Term
Permanent
Setting
Hospital
Accepts
RN

Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.

Pay

Against the board
This role$44/hr
nursing in Iowa$36/hr

The median for nursing in Iowa is $36/hr, across 121 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.

Sign-on bonus
$10,000

About this role

Job Summary and Responsibilities

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.

We are offering a $10,000 sign on bonus and $10,000 Educational Assistance (loan forgiveness) to new hires who meet the eligibility requirements

Job Requirements

Required

  • Graduate of an RN nursing program
  • Registered Nurse: IA
  • Basic Life Support - CPR
  • Where You'll Work

At CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs, patients are at the heart of our care. Our campus is designed to heal the body, mind and spirit of every person in a more comfortable, less stressful hospital environment. Our full range of medical services include a new pavilion featuring enhancements in heart and vascular care, surgery, maternity, cancer care, and diagnostic imaging.

Pay Range $36.00 - $52.20 /hour

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Requirements

  • Required
  • Graduate of an RN nursing program
  • Registered Nurse: IA
  • Basic Life Support - CPR
  • Where You'll Work
  • At CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs, patients are at the heart of our care. Our campus is designed to heal the body, mind and spirit of every person in a more comfortable, less stressful hospital environment. Our full range of medical services include a new pavilion featuring enhancements in heart and vascular care, surgery, maternity, cancer care, and diagnostic imaging.

Place

City
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Median rent
$1,030/mo

rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024

Local household income
$64,578/yr

all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024

State price level
12% below the national average

Iowa index 87.8, where 100 is the national average.

CMS overall rating
5 of 5 stars (Care Compare, Sep 2026)
Beds
141

Council Bluffs sits along the Missouri River in western Iowa, just across from Omaha, Nebraska. Nurses relocating here enjoy a close-knit Midwestern feel with convenient access to the larger Omaha metro's healthcare networks, dining, and cultural attractions.

Map showing the location of Council Bluffs, IA
Approximate location in Council Bluffs, IA. · © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap· Open the live map

Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.

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CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
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Workplace: CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS.

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Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.

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