RN / Registered Nurse - Adult Psych, 16 Hrs/wk, E/O weekend at Cambridge Health Alliance – Everett, Massachusetts

Work Days: 8 hour shifts, every other Saturday and Sunday
Category: Registered Nurse
Department: West 2 Nursing
Job Type: Part-time
Work Shift: Evening 3pm-11:30pm
Hours/Week: 16.00 - Every other weekend (Sat and Sun)
Union Name: MNA Everett

Cambridge Health Alliance(CHA) is a vibrant, innovative health system dedicated to providing essential services to all members of the community. With almost 140,000 patients in Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston’s Metro North region, CHA is a local provider of choice for primary care, specialty care, emergency services, hospital care, maternity care and behavioral health.

West 2 is an inpatient 16 bed secured adult behavioral health unit of which we see various types of psychiatric illnesses such as bi-polar, personality disorders, dual diagnosis, adjustment disorder, and psychosis. According to DMH we have a lower than average restraint rate, and use a sensory approach to de-escalate patients as well as DBT/CBT group therapy. All staff are educated in trauma-informed care, which provides each patient a plan of care that is based on their individual needs. Patients are cared for by a dynamic interdisciplinary psychiatry team of nurses, milieu counselors, providers and social workers.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Current Massachusetts RN license required

• American Heart Association for Healthcare Providers BLS (Basic Life Support) certification is required

• BSN or ASN degree required

• 1-2 years acute inpatient psychiatric experience preferred.

• In addition, newly hired candidates are required to successfully complete a job specific physical test

Please note that the final offer may vary within the listed Pay Range, based on a candidate's experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

In keeping with federal, state and local laws, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) policy forbids employees and associates to discriminate against anyone based on race, religion, color, gender, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to establishing and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination. We are fully committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not tolerate unlawful discrimination in the recruitment, hiring, termination, promotion, salary treatment or any other condition of employment or career development. Furthermore, we will not tolerate the use of discriminatory slurs, or other remarks, jokes or conduct, that in the judgment of CHA, encourage or permit an offensive or hostile work environment.