RN Mental Health
Trempealeau County Health Care Center
Whitehall, Wisconsin
Posted Aug 11
- Shift
- 8-hour evenings
- Unit
- Psych
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 8-hour evenings
- Weekends
- Every other weekend
- Term
- Permanent
- On the floor
- Charge shifts
- Setting
- Behavioral Health
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- Inside the WI staff range
- Sign-on bonus
- $2,000
WI staff postings that state pay run $32/hr to $54/hr, the middle half $38/hr to $50/hr, across 369 postings.
About this role
The Trempealeau County Health Care Center has an opening for a Full-Time RN in Whitehall. The position will be working at our main facility, behavioral health units. 2nd shift: 2 pm - 10 pm. Every other weekend and every other holiday.
\*\*\*$2000.00 Sign On Bonus\*\*\*
\*\*\*\*$37.97 - $39.88/hr. (Based on education and experience)
- Professional leader leading by example.
- Collaborate with other units to ensure resident care is being followed.
- Discuss staff problems/concerns and refer to the Nursing Director as appropriate.
- Advise for treatments and medications in accordance with medical staff policies in the absence of a physician.
- Arrange emergency procedures and reallocate personnel during emergencies.
- Delegate’s preparation of reports covering critically ill and emergency situations
- Performs hands-on care and monitors for compliance with infection control and good quality standards.
- Observe the emotional/physical stability of residents, notes their progress/lack of progress, and teach/prepares them for discharge.
- Directly supervises staff and carries out supervisory responsibilities.
- Psychiatric assessment skills, psychotropic medication knowledge, psychiatric behavior mgmt.
- Knowledge of Client Rights.
- The ability to use first aid, oxygen, suction, and other equipment is required in nursing care.
- Current RN
- Current Licensure by State Board of Nursing. CPR certification.
Apply on our website tchcc.com. Call or text 715-613-8930 with any questions
Pay: $37.97 - $42.27 per hour
Benefits
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
Work Location: In person
Sourced from a public job board.
Requirements
- Current RN
- Current licensure by State Board of Nursing
Place
- City
- Whitehall, Wisconsin
- Median rent
- $829/mo
- Local household income
- $61,875/yr
- State price level
- 6% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Wisconsin index 94.1, where 100 is the national average.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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About the employer
It is the largest health care employer in Trempealeau County, offering a range of services including behavioral health units at its main Whitehall campus. The organization's care philosophy is person-directed and recovery-based, emphasizing compassion, respect, and treating people as one…
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Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
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