Psychiatric Nurse
CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs, Iowa
RN
Sign-on bonusPosted 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
- Sign-on bonus
- $10,000
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.
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
- Local household income
- $64,578/yr
- State price level
- 12% below the national average
- CMS overall rating
- 5 of 5 stars (Care Compare, Sep 2026)
- Beds
- 141
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Iowa index 87.8, where 100 is the national average.
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.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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About the employer
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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