RN / Registered Nurse - Pediatric Psychiatric Development, 24 Hrs/wk, D/E in Somerville, Massachusetts at Cambridge Health Alliance

Location: CHA Somerville Campus

Work Days: 8 hour shifts, w/ E/O wknd rotation and holidays as assigned

Category: Registered Nurse

Department: Psych SH 5 East Neuro Nursing

Job Type: Part-time

Work Shift: Day / Evening

Hours/Week: 24.00

Union Name: MNA Somerville

$10k Sign-On Bonus (pro-rated for part time employees) for newly hired experienced RNs with 2 years of experience in the specialty hired for.

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.

Cambridge Health Alliance's Child and Adolescent inpatient Neurodevelopment Unit provides specialist assessment and care for children and adolescents who have severe mental health and neurodevelopmental needs. CHA provides services for children experiencing complex and persistent emotional and behavioral difficulties due to neurodevelopmental challenges. We care for our patients in a newly renovated secured 6-bed unit at the CHA Somerville Campus. Our unit offers private rooms, communal eating and living areas, an outdoor activity space, an active sensory room, quiet ‘calming’ spaces for both individual and group play and learning.

Job Purpose:

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

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.