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Newport News Behavioral Health Center seeks an experienced registered nurse to supervise psychiatric and chemical dependency care for adolescent populations. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, ensuring safety and timely staffing to maintain client ratios and quality care.
The role includes after-hours support, administrative duties, and coordination with leadership to uphold the facility’s nursing standards. On-site shift patterns require flexibility and strong clinical judgment.
Shift: 7PM-7AM (Rotational Weekends)
Newport News Behavioral Health Center is a 108 bed intensive and highly structured residential treatment for psychiatric and behavioral health needs of adolescent males and females ages 11-18yrs. Newport News has an on-site certified school, therapists, and vocational programming. Newport News, VA is a beautiful seaside city, rich in maritime history and conveniently located to DC and other major North Eastern cities.
Supervise and deliver quality psychiatric and chemical dependency nursing care to all client populations. To serve actively and constructively as a member of the multi-disciplinary treatment team, supporting the facility philosophy of nursing care; to ensure safety and well being of each client. Provide administrative support to staff during after-hour hospital operations. Schedules and monitors the facility nursing staff thereby securing nursing staff to client ratio.
Newport News Behavioral Health offers comprehensive benefits for the position, such as:
Current RN licensure. Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Experience in Psychiatric Nursing desirable. Preferred 1 year experience working and/or treating adolescents. Able to communicate effectively in English through written and verbal means. Ability to effectively supervise and/or direct the implementation of individualized nursing care. Ability to exercise sound judgment in evaluation of situations and/or making nursing decisions.
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