Registered Nurse

Regions Behavioral Hospital; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

Regions Behavioral Hospital is hiring a full-time day shift Registered Nurse for our inpatient unit in Baton Rouge, LA. The role involves patient assessment, monitoring, and thorough documentation to support recovery.

Admissions occur around the clock, requiring calm, steady care and effective collaboration with the treatment team to ensure safe handoffs and cohesive discharge planning.

Qualifications

• Active Louisiana RN license.
• Behavioral health experience preferred but not required.
• Ability to stay steady and clear with patients in distress.

Responsibilities

• Inpatient psychiatric unit: assessment and monitoring of patients.
• Documentation of care plans and patient progress.
• Admissions process, intake, and coordination.
• Discharge planning and rounds with the treatment team.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Documentation

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Patient advocacy

Crisis management

Education

RN license (Louisiana)

Tools

EHR

Job description

Regions Behavioral Hospital is hiring a full-time day shift RN for our inpatient unit. 7a to 7p, Baton Rouge.

Here is the actual work.

You will carry a caseload on the inpatient psychiatric unit — assessment, monitoring, documentation. Admissions come through at all hours, so intake is a real part of the day: getting orders in, getting someone settled who may have arrived frightened and not by their own plan.

Day shift means you are in the building when the treatment team is. Rounds, group schedules, family calls, discharge planning. You will be the clinical judgment in the room when a unit needs one, and you will hand off to nights with a clear picture.

Medical physician monitoring runs alongside the psychiatric care.

What we are looking for: a current Louisiana RN license. Behavioral health experience helps but is not required. Plenty of good psychiatric nurses came from med-surg or the ED. What matters more is whether you can stay steady and clear with a person who is not at their best.

We are locally owned. Decisions get made in this building, by people you will actually see.