Job Title: RN – Behavioral Medicine
Location: Santa Fe, NM 87505
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift/Schedule: Days, 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM, 12-hour shifts; full-time. Floating required to Psych.
Job Responsibilities:
- Provide comprehensive nursing care based on patient age, symptoms, and psychosocial needs.
- Perform initial and ongoing patient assessments.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate individualized care plans.
- Make clinical decisions and modify care plans based on patient outcomes.
- Implement and document timely interventions.
- Participate in patient/family education and discharge planning.
- Perform Point-of-Care testing.
- Maintain patient rights, safety, and quality standards.
- Collaborate respectfully with patients, families, physicians, and staff.
Requirements:
- Graduate of an accredited Registered Nursing program.
- Current New Mexico RN license or Compact RN license.
- BLS certification required.
- CPI certification or equivalent required; Blue Card preferred.
- Current knowledge and skills appropriate to the patient population.
- Strong communication and clinical assessment skills.
- Behavioral Health/Psych experience required or preferred based on unit needs.
Preferences:
- CPI Blue Card preferred.
- Relevant Behavioral Health/Psych nursing experience.
- Additional nursing education/certifications may support higher clinical ladder placement.