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Registered Nurse (RN) - Behavioral Health

Sign-on bonus

Posted Sep 5

Shift
Nights
Unit
Psych

What the listing says

Role

Schedule
Nights
Weekends
Every weekend
Term
Permanent
On the floor
On call
Setting
Hospital
Accepts
RN

Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.

Pay

Sign-on bonus
$10,000

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About this role

Overview

Join our dedicated healthcare team where compassion meets innovation! As a Registered Nurse with us, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patients' lives while enjoying a supportive work environment that fosters professional growth and work-life balance. Ready to be a vital part of our mission? Apply today and bring your passion for nursing to a place where it truly matters!

At Doctors Medical Center of Modesto, we understand that our greatest asset is our dedicated team of professionals. That’s why we offer more than a job – we provide a comprehensive benefit package that prioritizes your health, professional development, and work-life balance. The available plans and programs include:

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
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  • 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
  • Generous paid time off
  • Career development and continuing education opportunities
  • Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
  • Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
  • Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance

Note : Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status

Job Summary

Up to $10,000 Sign on Bonus for Experienced Candidates

  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Job Shift: Nights
  • Holiday Rotation: A
  • Department: Behavioral Health

Reporting to the Nursing Director/Shift Manager, the Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for planning, directing, coordinating, and providing high quality, individualized patient care using the components of the nursing process. This position is subject to overtime, shift work, working holidays and weekends, standby, and callback assignments.

Sign-on bonus doesn't apply to internal applicants

Qualifications

Minimum

Education

Graduation with an Associate Degree in Nursing

Minimum Experience/

Skills

Knowledge of psychodynamic principles and fundamentals of psychotherapy; Knowledge of basic diagnostic categories of mental illness; Knowledge of psychopharmacology and disease entitles and interventions, and nursing skills and procedures; Ability to interact and manage patients who may be combative.

License/Certificates/Credentials

Current: CA Registered Nurse license, BLS for Healthcare Providers, Behavioral management training defined as Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) is required within 30 days of hire and must be maintained.

Physical Demands: Frequent standing/walking. Lift/position up to 50 lbs. Push/pull up to 50 lbs of force. Reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching, manual dexterity and mobility, ability to move quickly.

Vision

Requirements

Ability to adjust vision sufficiently to perform position accountabilities

Working Conditions: Regularly exposed to the risk of contagious and blood borne diseases, subject to varying and unpredictable situations, exposure to unpleasant elements (accidents, injuries, illness), emergency and crisis situations, subject to irregular hours, occasional pressure due to multiple calls and inquiries, occasional exposure to radiation hazards, radioactive substances, and biohazards

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Organization Description

Doctors Medical Center (DMC), part of the Central Valley Doctors Health System, is the largest full-care hospital between Stockton and Fresno, and from the Sierras to the San Francisco Bay Area, with a 394-bed general acute care and a 67-bed inpatient psychiatric capacity. DMC is known for providing comprehensive inpatient, outpatient and emergency care. Doctors Medical Center offers a wide range of services including cardiology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, emergency and trauma services, minimally-invasive and robotic surgery, women and childrens services, medical/surgical, behavioral health, oncology and critical/intensive care. Join our team!

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.

Tenet participates in the E-Verify program. Follow the link below for additional information.

E-Verify: http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify

The employment practices of Tenet Healthcare and its companies comply with all applicable laws and regulations. 2603021166

Minimum

Education

Graduation with an Associate Degree in Nursing

Minimum Experience/

Skills

Knowledge of psychodynamic principles and fundamentals of psychotherapy; Knowledge of basic diagnostic categories of mental illness; Knowledge of psychopharmacology and disease entitles and interventions, and nursing skills and procedures; Ability to interact and manage patients who may be combative.

License/Certificates/Credentials

Current: CA Registered Nurse license, BLS for Healthcare Providers, Behavioral management training defined as Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) is required within 30 days of hire and must be maintained.

Physical Demands: Frequent standing/walking. Lift/position up to 50 lbs. Push/pull up to 50 lbs of force. Reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching, manual dexterity and mobility, ability to move quickly.

Vision

Requirements

Ability to adjust vision sufficiently to perform position accountabilities

Working Conditions: Regularly exposed to the risk of contagious and blood borne diseases, subject to varying and unpredictable situations, exposure to unpleasant elements (accidents, injuries, illness), emergency and crisis situations, subject to irregular hours, occasional pressure due to multiple calls and inquiries, occasional exposure to radiation hazards, radioactive substances, and biohazards

#LI-ML2

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Requirements

  • Minimum
  • Graduation with an Associate Degree in Nursing
  • Minimum Experience/
  • Knowledge of psychodynamic principles and fundamentals of psychotherapy; Knowledge of basic diagnostic categories of mental illness; Knowledge of psychopharmacology and disease entitles and interventions, and nursing skills and procedures; Ability to interact and manage patients who may be combative.
  • Ability to adjust vision sufficiently to perform position accountabilities
  • Working Conditions: Regularly exposed to the risk of contagious and blood borne diseases, subject to varying and unpredictable situations, exposure to unpleasant elements (accidents, injuries, illness), emergency and crisis situations, subject to irregular hours, occasional pressure due to multiple calls and inquiries, occasional exposure to radiation hazards, radioactive substances, and biohazards
  • #LI-ML2
  • Organization Description
  • Doctors Medical Center (DMC), part of the Central Valley Doctors Health System, is the largest full-care hospital between Stockton and Fresno, and from the Sierras to the San Francisco Bay Area, with a 394-bed general acute care and a 67-bed inpatient psychiatric capacity. DMC is known for providing comprehensive inpatient, outpatient and emergency care. Doctors Medical Center offers a wide range of services including cardiology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, emergency and trauma services, minimally-invasive and robotic surgery, women and childrens services, medical/surgical, behavioral health, oncology and critical/intensive care. Join our team!
  • Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.
  • Tenet participates in the E-Verify program. Follow the link below for additional information.
  • E-Verify: http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify
  • The employment practices of Tenet Healthcare and its companies comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
  • 2603021166

Place

City
Modesto, California
Median rent
$1,690/mo

rent and tenant-paid utilities

Local household income
$79,891/yr

all local households, not nurse pay

Metro price level
4% above the national average

Modesto area index 104.1, where 100 is the national average.

Address
1441 Florida Ave, Modesto, CA 95350, USA
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Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.

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