Registered Nurse
Greenleaf Behavioral Health Hospital
Valdosta, Georgia
RN
Sign-on bonusPosted Aug 21
- Shift
- 12-hour days
- Unit
- Psych
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour days
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 1+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- Sign-on bonus
- $10,000
The median for nursing in Georgia is $40/hr, across 332 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Overview
Greenleaf Behavioral Health Hospita l is hiring Registered Nurses !
Shift: 7a-7p or 7p-7a
Read the full posting
Schedule
Full Time
Sign On Bonus
Full Time Day - $7,500
Full Time Night - $10,000
Pay Rate
$34.09 to $49.46 per hour
(dependent on years of experience)
Greenleaf Behavioral Health , is a leading Psychiatric Hospital and Treatment Center that is seeking passionate Registered Nurses (RN) to work at our adolescent and adult facility in Valdosta, GA.
Responsibilities
Registered nurse (RN) 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.
Qualifications
Education/licensure/experience/skill requirements
- Must have graduated from an accredited school of nursing.
- Must possess a current Registered Nurse (RN) license as required by the state of employment or be eligible to practice nursing in accordance with state requirements
- One year of nursing experience; previous psychiatric, mental, behavioral, or substance abuse nursing experience a plus
- CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
- First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.
AHRN
#li-gbhh
#LI-SW2
Sourced from a public job board.
Requirements
- EDUCATION/LICENSURE/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS
- Must have graduated from an accredited school of nursing.
- Must possess a current Registered Nurse (RN) license as required by the state of employment or be eligible to practice nursing in accordance with state requirements
- One year of nursing experience; previous psychiatric, mental, behavioral, or substance abuse nursing experience a plus
- CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
- First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.
Place
- City
- Valdosta, Georgia
- Median rent
- $1,054/mo
- Local household income
- $45,925/yr
- Metro price level
- 12% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Valdosta area index 88.3, where 100 is the national average.
Valdosta sits in south Georgia near the Florida border, known as the 'Azalea City' for its vibrant spring blooms. Home to Valdosta State University, it blends college-town energy with small-town Southern charm—a practical home base for nurses seeking a slower pace and easy access to coastal beaches and north Florida.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
How this role fits you
Add your preferences
Choose your specialty, travel preference, and license stage to see how this role fits.
The work you want
Where you'd go
Where you are
About the employer
On your path
Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
Worth asking
The posting doesn’t answer these. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through base pay range, differentials, 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?