Travel RN - Behavioral Health 3x12 Nights REQ66978
Dubuque, IA
Psychiatric
Posted Jun 18
- Shift
- 12-hour nights
- Hours a week
- 36
- Unit
- Psych
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour nights · 3 a week · 36 hours
- Weekends
- Every third weekend
- Term
- Travel
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Iowa is $36/hr, across 120 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Pay Rate: Up to $53/hr. combined (taxable hourly + tax-free allowances for travel, housing, meals). Rates may vary and are subject to change.
Additional Bonuses, Group Health Insurance benefits available on day 1, 401k and more
Behavioral Health RN
- Shifts: 12hr
Job
Summary
Provides mental health assessments, medication management, and therapeutic support in inpatient or outpatient behavioral health settings.
Key
Responsibilities
Conduct psychiatric assessments and evaluate risk factors. Administer and monitor psychiatric medications. Provide individual therapy and crisis intervention. Develop and implement individualized care plans. Collaborate with psychiatrists, social workers, and therapists. Maintain accurate documentation.
Requirements
RN license in state of assignment. Compact License AllowedMust have taxable address outside of 90 miles from facility BLS, ACLS and MOAB required.
Experience in Psych/Behavioral Health; Experience with mental health patients preferred. Psychiatric nursing certification may be required.
Strong clinical, assessment, and communication skills.
Application details and notices
Work Environment & Demands
Will work every 3rd weekend Hospital settings (Med-Surg units, post-op recovery, step-down).
Physical demands include standing, lifting patients/equipment, and stress management.
Sourced from a public job board.
Requirements
- RN license in state of assignment. Compact License AllowedMust have taxable address outside of 90 miles from facility
- BLS, ACLS and MOAB required.
- Experience in Psych/Behavioral Health; Experience with mental health patients preferred.
- Psychiatric nursing certification may be required.
- Strong clinical, assessment, and communication skills.
Benefits
- 401(k)
- Health insurance
Place
- City
- Dubuque, IA
- Rent against this pay
- 11% of monthly gross
- Local household income
- $65,845/yr
- Metro price level
- 13% below the national average
$948 median rent against $8,268 a month at $53/hr for 36 hours a week, before tax. Census ACS 2024.
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Dubuque area index 87.3, where 100 is the national average.
Perched along the Mississippi River amid scenic limestone bluffs, Dubuque blends small-town warmth with historic riverfront charm. Nurses drawn to quieter Midwestern living will find a tight-knit community, modest traffic, and easy access to outdoor recreation along the river and surrounding hills.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities.
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About the employer
You would be hired by Fidelity On Call, a Peoria-based travel staffing agency that places RNs into assignments in Urbana and nearby hospitals such as OSF Peoria. The work you see posted is concrete: Emergency Department travel nights in Urbana,…
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Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
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