RN: Psych - Full-time

University of Missouri Health Care; Columbia Township (MO); On-site; USD 52,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Missouri Health Care's Missouri Psychiatric Center (MUPC) is seeking compassionate registered nurses for inpatient psychiatric care of children, adolescents, and adults. You will assess needs, administer medications, monitor patients, and participate in crisis intervention and family education.

Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team is essential for safe, therapeutic care and effective treatment planning.

Qualifications

• RN license required for Missouri or compact state.
• Minimum of 1 year RN experience, preferably in behavioral health.
• Strong assessment, crisis intervention, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients' physical, emotional, and behavioral health needs to develop care plans.
• Administer medications and monitor patient responses per protocols.
• Provide crisis intervention and safety planning in an inpatient setting.
• Collaborate with psychiatrists, therapists, and social workers on treatment goals.
• Educate patients and families about care plans and discharge planning.
• Maintain nursing standards and participate in quality improvement activities.

Skills

RN license

Psychiatric nursing

Patient assessment

Education

Nursing degree

Job description

Shift

Full-time, variable shifts available, both 8 and 12-hours.

Work Arrangement

On-Site

Department

Missouri Psychiatric Center (MUPC)

Facility

University Hospital – 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO

Compensation

• Base Pay Range: $34.60 - $51.02 per hour, based on experience
• Special Pay: Additional $3.00 per hour premium pay
• Shift Differentials: Additional $2.75 per hour for evening shift, additional $4.00 per hour for night shift, and additional $3.00 per hour for weekend shift ($8.00 per hour weekend program shift if available)

About the job

Missouri Psychiatric Center (MUPC) is seeking compassionate and dedicated nurses to provide exceptional care for children, adolescents, and adults receiving inpatient psychiatric treatment. In this role, you will assess patients' physical, emotional, and behavioral health needs while fostering a safe and therapeutic environment. You will collaborate with psychiatrists, therapists, social workers, and other healthcare professionals to develop and implement individualized treatment plans. Responsibilities include medication administration, patient monitoring, crisis intervention, and patient and family education. Strong therapeutic communication and critical-thinking skills are essential to supporting patients through stabilization and recovery. MUPC offers specialized training in non-violent crisis intervention, behavioral therapy techniques, and psychiatric nursing best practices. Join our multidisciplinary team and make a meaningful impact on the lives of individuals facing mental health challenges while advancing your professional growth in behavioral health care.

About Missouri Psychiatric Center (MUPC)

The Missouri Psychiatric Center offers short-term, intensive inpatient treatment services for adults, adolescents and children at our facility adjacent to University Hospital in Columbia, MO. The center's 61 inpatient beds are divided among three units. A 17-bed unit serves pre-adolescents, ages 5-12, and adolescents, ages 13-17, two units with a total of 44 beds serve adults. The MU Psychiatric Center also offers an emergency room assessment unit for both adult and pediatric patients to help with crisis stabilization, intake and discharge planning for patients.We provide special training in non-violent crisis intervention (Crisis Prevention Institute) and additional special training in behavioral therapy, therapeutic communication, group skills, and more!

About MU Health Care

MU Health Care is proud to be named one of Forbes’ Best-in-State Employers seven years in a row, and that’s largely a result of the incredible culture and team we’ve built. At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard-working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives. Here, we believe anything is possible and rally around solutions. We celebrate innovation and offer opportunities to be a part of something bigger — to have a voice and role in the work that is serving our community and changing the field of medicine.

Our academic health system — the only in mid-Missouri — is home to seven hospitals, including the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and region’s only Children’s Hospital, as well as over 90 specialty clinics. Here you can define your career among our many clinical and nonclinical positions — with growth, opportunity and support every step of the way.

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Employee Benefits

• Health, vision and dental insurance coverage starting day one
• Generous paid leave and paid time off, including ten holidays
• Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8%and full vesting in three years
• Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%)
• Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels and more
• See a comprehensive list of benefits here.

Detailed Job Description

• Assesses the patient's condition and nursing needs, sets goals, and prescribes appropriate nursing actions to meet those goals and the physical, psychological, social, and rehabilitative patient needs, including discharge planning.
• Assesses, intervenes, and reassesses the patient's self-report and symptoms of pain promptly. Utilizes an appropriate tool for assessment and reassessment (0-10 numerical scale, FACES, or the FLACC.)
• Demonstrates an understanding of medications regarding action and side effects. Reports pertinent information to the appropriate individual. Educates patients and significant others about their medications.
• Demonstrates the ability to evaluate the effectiveness of nursing interventions in accomplishing goals and intended patient care outcomes.
• Maintain the standards of nursing care and implement the policies and procedures of the hospital and assigned nursing unit.
• Participates in meetings, in-services, and quality and performance improvement groups. Understands the attendance and punctuality guidelines, and adherence to the dress code.
• Reports pertinent observations and reactions regarding patients to the appropriate person and records those observations accurately and concisely.
• Provides quality patient care and works with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure the highest patient satisfaction.
• May complete unit/department-specific duties as outlined in department documents.

Required Qualifications

• Missouri Board of Nursing RN or Nurse Licensure Compact multi-state RN. When primary state of residency changes, compact state RNs must apply under new state of residency within thirty (30) days.
• One (1) year of RN experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. This position is very active and requires ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 lbs.

This role also routinely comes into contact with patients who may have contagious illnesses. This position is in a health care facility open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Rotating shifts as well as holiday and work during inclement weather will be required.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.