Registered Nurse (RN) - Outpatient Psych

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health; Lebanon (NH); On-site; USD 68,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Loan repayment

Relocation help

Housing coordination

Tuition reimbursement

Earned time

CEU programs

Nursing CE Council accreditation

Job summary

Dartmouth Hitchcock Health seeks a Clinical Nurse for our outpatient psychiatry clinic in New Hampshire. This 40-hour-per-week role operates within a fast-paced, multidisciplinary team using advanced modalities like SAINT TMS and intranasal Esketamine.

You will provide autonomous nursing care, participate in governance, and contribute to research and quality improvement. We offer loan repayment up to $20,000, relocation assistance, housing coordination, and generous tuition reimbursement to

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program.
• BSN preferred.
• Licensed Registered Nurse with NH eligibility.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan, implement and evaluate an individualized plan of care.
• Monitor patient status and modify the plan of care as needed in collaboration with the care team.
• Advocate for patients and uphold autonomy in decision-making and informed consent.
• Mentor colleagues and participate in governance to advance nursing practice.
• Apply current evidence to practice and contribute to quality improvement and research.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families and the healthcare team.

Education

BSN preferred

Licensed Registered Nurse (NH eligibility)

Job description

Overview

Outpatient Psych

40 hours per week

This role offers a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of psychiatric medicine, administering groundbreaking treatments like the newly launched SAINT TMS protocol, alongside established, life-changing interventional therapies. This is a small team of 13 nurses and medical assistants.

Our suite is a specialized, fast-paced outpatient clinic dedicated to treatment-resistant psychiatric conditions. You will work alongside a multidisciplinary team utilizing state-of-the‑year modalities:

• SAINT TMS: Be part of our brand-new, accelerated Stanford Neuromodulation Therapy (SAINT) protocol, a revolutionary, high-dose iTBS treatment delivered over an intensive 5-day cycle.
• Theta Burst Stimulation (iTBS / TMS): Deliver cutting‑edge, standard-of-care transcranial magnetic stimulation with Magventure equipment.
• Intranasal Esketamine Clinic: Manage and monitor patients undergoing Spravato treatments in a safe, therapeutic environment.

These are just a few highlights of being a nurse at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics in New Hampshire.

• We have loan repayment up to $20,000.
• We offer Relocation Assistance and a Housing Coordinator to take on the burden of finding a home.
• We offer generous tuition reimbursement.
• We have a very popular "earned time" plan.
• We have extensive CEU/Training programs.
• Our 8,000 ft Patient Safety and Training Simulation Center is state‑of‑the‑art.
• Our nurses serve as central figures in the success of our system through our shared governance nursing model.
• We offer a rigorous, research‑focused environment.
• Dartmouth Hitchcock's Nursing Continuing Education Council is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing. education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Why are we so unique? We are a nationally recognized Academic Medical Center set right in the middle of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. We recognize that “quality of life” means different things to different people, but we are very confident you will love it here as we have beautiful, rural and suburban housing options, world‑class primary, secondary, and graduate schools, hundreds of lakes, thousands of miles of hiking trails and some of the best skiing in the country. This all means you can be a happy nurse with more quality time with friends, family, pets or maybe just quiet hikes by yourself. Our idea of traffic in the “Upper Valley” of New Hampshire is a line on the ski mountain at the chair lift.

Read more about Dartmouth Health and why YOU should work here.

Dartmouth Health is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Responsibilities

The Clinical Nurse is an engaged and credentialed member of the Professional Nursing Organization and is responsible for autonomous practice directed by the professional tenets of practitioner, leader/decision maker, scientist and transferor. The Clinical Nurse is responsible for utilizing the nursing process to provide evidence‑based care and to continuously monitor and evaluate practice to ensure safe passage of patients that is in the best interest of populations served.

Practitioner

• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan, implement and evaluate an individualized plan of care.
• Utilizes critical thinking and the nursing process to anticipate and recognize changes in patient status, taking action to modify the plan of care or to elevate to the care team as necessary.
• Practices in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics to advocate for patients, uphold their autonomy in decision‑making, ensure informed consent and assist patients in families in expressing self‑determination.
• Actively seeks feedback and acts to improve performance.
• Engages in the governance of practice.

Leader/Decision Maker

• Manages interpersonal relationships for self and with others.
• Mentors colleagues for the advancement of nursing practice and the profession.
• Assumes authority and accountability for the nursing care of patients while appropriately delegating elements of care to others members of the care delivery team in accordance with laws, regulations and policies and procedures.
• Prioritizes and organizes time to optimize patient outcomes.

Scientist

• Actively seeks out the most current evidence and standards and applies and translates to daily practice.
• Role models a culture of inquiry, developing new knowledge by contributing to research, quality improvement, and evidence‑based practice at the local level.

Transferor

• Communicates effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.
• Actively partners with others to effect change that produces positive outcomes through the exchange of knowledge.
• Precepts the student nurse, nurse extern, nurse resident, experienced clinical nurse and other members of the healthcare team.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Required Licensure/Certifications

• Licensed Registered Nurse with NH eligibility
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certificate required upon hire.