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Psychiatric Nurse

Eligibility
Sign-on bonus

Posted Aug 14

Shift and hours
Days
Unit and setting
Psych · Hospital
License
RN license Registered Nurse: IA
Term
Permanent

Do you qualify?

License
Registered Nurse: IA
Certification
Basic Life Support - CPR
Education
Graduate of an RN nursing program
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Where You'll Work
Also asks
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.

What it pays

Against similar roles
In range for Iowa staff rolesIowa staff postings that state pay run $28/hr to $52/hr, the middle half $33/hr to $47/hr, across 337 postings.
Sign-on bonus
$10,000

Benefits

  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Loan Forgiveness

The workplaceFrom Medicare Care Compare, Sep 2026.

CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Hiring organization
Hospital
CHI Health MERCY Council Bluffs
Address
800 MERCY DRIVE, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA, 51503
CMS rating
5 of 5 stars
Beds
141

About CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS

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  • What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
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Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.

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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.

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

What's around it?

CHI Health MERCY Council Bluffs · Council Bluffs, IA

Council Bluffs, IAFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 12% below the US average

Median rent
$1,030/mo
Household income
$64,578/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

See Council Bluffs, IA

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