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West Pines Behavioral Hospital
Denver, Colorado
Responsible for providing professional nursing care to patients with a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude to foster a supportive and therapeutic environment. West Pines Behavioral Hospital is a specialty hospital.
- Eligibility
- Shift and hours
- Full-time nights · full-time days
- Unit and setting
- Psych · Behavioral Health
- License
- RN license Current Colorado RN license or compact license with the ability to obtain Colorado RN license.Current Colorado RN license or compact license
- Term
- Permanent Full-Time NightsFull-time
Do you qualify?
- License
- Current Colorado RN license or compact license Current Colorado RN license or compact license with the ability to obtain Colorado RN license. Check your license
- Certification
- Current CPR certification upon hire or obtained within 30 days of hire Current CPR certification upon hire or obtained within 30 days of hire (training available upon hire and offered by facility.)
- Certification
- De-escalation and restrain certification De-escalation and restrain certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility.)
- Certification
- CPR certification
- Experience
- One year of nursing experience One year of nursing experience; previous psychiatric, mental, behavioral, or substance abuse nursing experience a plus.
Preferred
- Experience
- psychiatric, mental, behavioral, or substance abuse nursing experience previous psychiatric, mental, behavioral, or substance abuse nursing experience a plus
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Pays above most Denver staff RN rolesDenver staff RN postings that state pay run $35/hr to $42/hr, the middle half $36/hr to $40/hr, across 177 postings.
- Sign-on bonus
- $10,000
- Tuition assistance
- Offered
- Bonus
- up to $10K sign-on bonus Up to $10K sign on bonus for full time night shift and $5K for full time day shift*full time night shift
- Bonus
- $5K sign-on bonusfull time day shift
- Extra pay
- shift differential included in pay range Pay Range: $40.00 - $57.00 per hour (Including shift differential)
- Pay reviews
- second pay range listed: $40.00 - $50.00 Pay Range: $40.00 - $50.00
Benefits
- Benefitsmedical
- Benefitsprescription drug plan
- Benefitsflexible spending accounts
- Benefitshealth savings accounts
- Benefitsvision
- Benefitsdental
More benefits (5)
- Benefitsvoluntary short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Benefitsemployee assistance programsAdditionally, our well-being programs encompass employee assistance programs, financial support, tuition reimbursement, and much more.
- Benefitsfinancial support
- Benefitstuition reimbursement
- Voluntary short-term and long-term disability
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- assess physical and behavioral health needs and coordinate care Provide and coordinate care by assessing patients’ physical and behavioral health needs.
- Day to day
- develop and implement nursing care plans Develop and implement nursing care plans.
- Day to day
- maintain medical records and educate patients and families Maintain medical records and educate patients and their families about various physical and behavioral health conditions.
- Day to day
- provide nursing care within Nurse Practice Act, facility and corporate policies
- Day to day
- ensure legible, appropriately transcribed verbal physician orders Ensure physicians’ orders are legible if taken verbally and transcribed appropriately per policy and procedure.
- Day to day
- ongoing patient status assessment and documentation Ensure patients’ status is assessed on an ongoing basis and pertinent information is gathered and documented.
- Day to day
- notify physicians of significant status changes
- Day to day
- complete initial nursing treatment plans on admission Ensure that initial nursing treatment plans are completed upon admission and that all nursing treatment plans are specific to assessed needs.
- Day to day
- apply universal precautions in direct patient care Demonstrate knowledge and utilization of universal precautions in providing direct patient care.
- Day to day
- accurately administer medications per ordered note Accurately administer medications per ordered note.
- Day to day
- document accurate controlled substance counts Document accurate count of controlled substance medication administration on required documents.
- Day to day
- complete admission and discharge processing Complete admission and discharge processing efficiently and accurately as directed.
- Day to day
- maintain therapeutic rapport and professional boundaries with patients Exhibit therapeutic rapport with patients by maintaining professional boundaries, respecting personal space, giving patients direct attention, and maintaining rational detachment.
- Day to day
- direct or coordinate unit activities as directed Provide direction or coordinate the activities of the unit as directed.
- Day to day
- communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors and co-workers Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, co-workers, and others involved inpatient treatment.
- Details
- 144-bed inpatient behavioral health facility West Pines Behavioral Hospital is a new 144-bed inpatient behavioral health facility
The workplace
You would work full-time days or nights as a permanent RN, with pay posted at $40–$57 an hour including shift differential. You could also take a 13-week direct-hire temp RN block at $68 an hour, days 7a–7:30p, three 12s, without…
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Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and sign-on bonus repayment terms?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Psychiatric Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
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West Pines Behavioral Hospital is a new 144-bed inpatient behavioral health facility serving Denver area residents located at 11455 Huron Street, Westminster, CO. A joint venture between Intermountain Health and Acadia Healthcare. The hospital provides comprehensive inpatient and intensive outpatient services to address the growing need for accessible, high-quality behavioral health care in the Denver metro area.
Up to $10K sign on bonus for full time night shift and $5K for full time day shift*
Shifts Available
Full-Time Nights Full-Time Days
Pay Range: $40.00 - $57.00 per hour (Including
- shift differential)
At Acadia Healthcare, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, prescription drug plan, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, vision, dental, and voluntary short-term and long-term disability coverage. Additionally, our well-being programs encompass employee assistance programs, financial support, tuition reimbursement, and much more.
Purpose Statement
Responsible for providing professional nursing care to patients with a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude to foster a supportive and therapeutic environment. Recognize that patient safety is a top priority.
Registered Nurse Essential Functions
Provide and coordinate care by assessing patients’ physical and behavioral health needs. Develop and implement nursing care plans. Maintain medical records and educate patients and their families about various physical and behavioral health conditions.
Provide nursing care and services within the standards and scope of nursing practice as defined within the state Nurse Practice Act regulations, policies, procedures, and protocols, as well as facility and corporate policies and procedures. Ensure physicians’ orders are legible if taken verbally and transcribed appropriately per policy and procedure. Ensure patients’ status is assessed on an ongoing basis and pertinent information is gathered and documented.
Notify physicians of significant changes in status such as difficulties with detox, medical emergency, change in medical status regarding response to medications, and related challenges. Ensure that initial nursing treatment plans are completed upon admission and that all nursing treatment plans are specific to assessed needs. Demonstrate knowledge and utilization of universal precautions in providing direct patient care.
Accurately administer medications per ordered note. Document accurate count of controlled substance medication administration on required documents. Complete admission and discharge processing efficiently and accurately as directed.
Exhibit therapeutic rapport with patients by maintaining professional boundaries, respecting personal space, giving patients direct attention, and maintaining rational detachment. Provide direction or coordinate the activities of the unit as directed. Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, co-workers, and others involved inpatient treatment.
Education/Licensure/Experience/Skill Requirements
Current Colorado RN license or compact license with the ability to obtain Colorado RN license. One year of nursing experience; previous psychiatric, mental, behavioral, or substance abuse nursing experience a plus. Current CPR certification upon hire or obtained within 30 days of hire (training available upon hire and offered by facility.) De-escalation and restrain certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility.)
Pay Range: $40.00 - $50.00
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.
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What's around it?
Denver, COFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 6% above the US average
- Median rent
- $1,831/mo
- Household income
- $94,718/yr, all local households, not nurse pay