Per Diem Nurse-RN or LPN
Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch
Billings, Montana
Posted Aug 21
- Unit
- Psych
What the listing says
Role
- Weekends
- Every weekend
- Term
- Per Diem
- Setting
- Behavioral Health
- 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
Work
Schedule
Scheduled to meet the needs of YBGR may involve evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Position
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Summary
Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch (YBGR) Registered Nurses (RNs) play a critical role in supporting the medical and psychiatric well-being of youth in our care. RNs provide direct nursing assessments, dispense medications safely, and assist with the evaluation, treatment, and referral of individual health and psychological concerns. They ensure the implementation of medical treatment plans and maintain clear and accurate medical records. The ideal candidate is mission-driven, aligned with YBGR’s core values, and demonstrates clinical expertise, reliability, and a commitment to promoting the health and safety of each child.
Starting Salary Range: Salary reflects steps 1-5 of an 11-step pay schedule. The starting salary will be determined based on the applicant’s education and relevant experience.
Current Montana LNP license range is $23.02 - $25.91 per hour
Current Montana RN license range is $31.69 - $35.67 per hour
Essential Duties and
Responsibilities
Assist with the evaluation, treatment, and referral of individual health and psychological concerns of YBGR youth.
Provide nursing assessments and required testing per Admission Protocol.
Assist with implementation of all medical treatment plans on each youth.
Dispense appropriate medications in a safe manner and perform appropriate medical treatments to YBGR youth according to physicians' orders.
Provide clear, concise and current documentation for medical/psychiatric services as required in each youth's medical records.
Provide direct intervention, obtain physicians' orders, and assess all Special Treatment Procedures and Suicide Precaution in accordance with YBGR policy.
Work in collegial manner with the core team members regarding development of patient treatment plans.
Obtain informed consents for medications from parents and guardians
Assist with random audits for compliance.
Review and recommend changes to Nursing protocols.
Contribute to the strategic goals and outcomes of the agency as measured by the development and achievement of individual, departmental, and organizational goals and outcomes. Participate in Performance Quality Improvement (PQI) goals of the organization both individually and as a team member.
Other duties as assigned.
Required Skills and Qualifications
Education
Required: Associate Degree in Nursing from accredited nursing program. Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in nursing from accredited nursing program.
Previous Professional
Experience
Preferred: One (1) year of professional experience in pediatrics working with patients diagnosed mental or emotional issues.
License and/or
Certification
License to operate passenger vehicle
Required: Current license as RN or LPN in the state of Montana or compact state
Competencies or Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA’s)
Ability to competently perform duties of nurse within the appropriate scope of practice for license.
Display regular, predictable and reliable attendance at work.
Ability to relate and build rapport with youth while serving as a positive role model for the youth.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Excellent time management skills, organizational skills and flexibility
Excellent active listening skills
Good computer skills and able to quickly learn and use YBGR selected software solutions.
Good judgment and decision-making skills
Criminal / Child Abuse Clearance: Must pass criminal record and child abuse registry background check as required by the State of Montana.
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Requirements
- RN
- LPN
- Nursing policy compliance
- Background check
- Direct patient care
- Nursing
- Child abuse clearance
- Informed consent
- Psychiatry
- Weekends as needed
Place
- City
- Billings, Montana
- Median rent
- $1,138/mo
- Local household income
- $73,712/yr
- Metro price level
- 6% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Billings area index 93.5, where 100 is the national average.
Billings, Montana's largest city, sits along the Yellowstone River beneath the dramatic Rimrocks—sandstone cliffs that rim the city's north edge. A regional medical hub for the Northern Plains, it blends outdoor access, frontier heritage, and urban conveniences that appeal to RNs seeking big-sky living without sacrificing professional opportunity.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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About the employer
You walk into a youth residential program in Billings, not a med-surg floor. The kids you see carry emotional, behavioral, and psychiatric challenges. Your day is assessments, medications, treatment plans, and — when it comes up — Special Treatment Procedures…
On your path
Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
Worth asking
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- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, 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?
