Travel Nurse RN - Behavioral Health - $2,326 per week

Company: Malone Healthcare - Nursing
Location: Bangor
Posted on: April 22, 2025

Job Description:

Travel Nurse RN - Behavioral Health - $2,326 per week at Malone Healthcare - Nursing summary:
The Travel Nurse RN - Behavioral Health position at Malone Healthcare involves providing care for patients with mental health issues in a locked inpatient facility. The role requires a minimum of one year of behavioral health nursing experience and includes responsibilities such as medication administration and group therapy facilitation. This travel nursing role, based in Bangor, Maine, offers competitive pay and the opportunity for professional development in a supportive environment.
Malone Healthcare - Nursing is seeking a travel nurse RN Behavioral Health for a travel nursing job in Bangor, Maine.Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Behavioral Health
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: 05/12/2025
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, nights
• Employment Type: Travel--- Beds: 94 - Peds 50 - beds; Adults - 44
  
  --- Minimum years of experience required: 1 year of Behavioral Health nursing required
  --- Pediatric BH exp preferred - send to manager for approval if candidate does not have Peds experience
  
  --- Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes
  
  --- Free standing Acute Inpatient facility - contracted ER 5 min away
  --- All patients come from an ED and are medically cleared
  
  --- not typical to have lines, drains, tubes, etc.
  
  --- Involuntary and Voluntary admissions
  
  --- Ages:
  --- Peds: ages 5-18 years old
  
  --- Adults: 18+ - Geriatric
  
  --- Peds: Common diagnoses include, but are not limited to: Eating Disorders, Depression, Suicidal Ideation, Anxiety, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Gender Dysphoria
  
  --- Adults: most commonly Schizophrenia, MDD, Bipolar Disorder; also will see Eating Disorders, Suicidal Ideation, Anxiety
  --- No forensic patients or inmates - this facility is locked but not to the extent of holding patients under arrest
  
  --- Seclusion rooms are used when necessary
  
  --- Occasionally will see Substance Use Disorder or Detoxing patients on CIWA, but they must be medically cleared
  
  --- Will provide traditional medical and psychiatric care in addition to specialized therapies such as: pet therapy, group sessions, community gardens
  
  --- Patient Ratios:
  --- RN: Day - 1:5-6; Night - 1:13 with resource support (including Nursing support)
  
  --- Psych Techs:
  --- Peds: Day - 6 Psych Techs; Night - 2 Psych Techs
  
  --- Adult: Day - 2 Psych Techs; Night - 2 Psych Techs
  
  --- Required Certifications:
  --- BLS
  
  --- MOAB is obtained on site (part of orientation)
  
  --- ME State License
  
  --- Skills required:
  --- De-escalation experience, experience with physical restraints (chemical restraints are NOT used), medication passes, comfortability to run groups, documentation
  
  --- Traveler may have the opportunity to act as Charge, but this is not required
  
  --- Support on the Unit:
  --- Nurse Supervisor - available evenings/weekends
  
  --- Nurse Manager - days
  
  --- House Administrator - available overnight and weekends
  
  --- Charge nurse - possibly has patient assignment
  
  --- Psych Techs
  
  --- Contracted Phlebotomist for Lab draws
  
  --- Nurse Practitioner; on site until 1600 and then on call overnight
  
  --- Psychiatrist - daily rounds and On Call 0000-0600
  
  --- Occupational Therapist - 0800-1630, 7 days per week
  
  --- Security on site - will not respond to patient escalations (staff from all 6 units within the facility, to include Techs and Nurses, respond to patient escalations)
  
  --- Charting System/Equipment:
  --- Cerner
  
  --- Pyxis
  
  --- Floating: If yes, where?
  --- Yes, between all units - Adults and Peds
  --- If traveler is not comfortable with floating to Peds - please request manager approval to offerAbout Malone Healthcare - NursingWith a commitment -to providing a higher standard of service and experience in patient care, Malone Healthcare places expert nurses and allied health professionals in rewarding careers throughout the United States. -As a leading healthcare staffing agency, Malone's focus on compliance and integrity translates to a seamless experience for our team members and partner facilities. When you work with Malone Healthcare, you can rely on over 50 years of proven experience placing exceptional professionals in quality healthcare settings.Benefits
  • Weekly pay
  • Holiday Pay
  • Guaranteed Hours
  • Continuing Education
  • 401k retirement plan
  • Pet insurance
  • Referral bonus
  • Medical benefits
  • Dental benefits
  • Vision benefits
  • License and certification reimbursement
  • Life insurance
    
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    travel nurse, behavioral health nursing, RN job, mental health care, nursing jobs Maine, pediatric behavioral health, inpatient facility nurse, healthcare staffing, travel nursing benefits, Mental health treatment
    

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