Registered Nurse RN Behavioral Health

** Primary City/State:
** Tucson, Arizona
** Department Name:
** BHS East DeEx-Hosp
*
* Work Shift:

** Night
* * Job Category:
** Nursing
* * 10,000 Sign On Incentive Available!

** Banner Health invests in our nurses by training them to confidently and safely deliver excellent patient care. Banner Health is committed to developing the careers of our team members. We care about you, your nursing career today and your future. Great options and great opportunities.
** Banner Health**’s Bedside Registered Nurses (RN) can grow within the system through different programs and opportunities. The Academic Division of Banner Health has implemented a Clinical Ladder for RN’s. The Clinical Ladder is an evidence-based recognition program designed to acknowledge nurses’ efforts to grow their practice and contribute to the nursing profession. This is an opportunity to calibrate expertise and education into system-based levels of achievement.

Compensation incentives are incorporated as you progress on the ladder and engage in professional development opportunities.

The
** Behavioral Health Pavilion at the Banner University Medical Center - South Campus**, is a Level 1 Psychiatric facility in Tucson, AZ.  Meeting the needs of the SMI population, our team provides patients a safe, supportive environment that fosters healing and facilitates a return to the highest possible level of independence.  Other services include; crisis stabilization, psychiatric assessments, 24-hours psychiatric & nursing care, expressive arts therapy, group therapy, family support therapy, medication management and a separate behavioral health unit within the Emergency Department.

RN to patient ratio: 8:1 or less. You can become an integral member of our patient's team, along with psychiatric doctors, case managers, pharmacists, BH specialists, and security officers.

As a
** Behavioral Health RN
** on the
** East De Ex
** unit, you will assist with our highest acuity level of involuntary behavioral health patients. On this team, you will spend your days completing nursing assessments, medication administration, daily living activities, keeping patients safe, and encouraging patients to learn new coping skills and/or attend group sessions. Candidates with strong prior behavioral health experience and/or prior de-escalation experience will be preferred on this unit.

Floating to the other 2 Behavioral Health units on this campus may be required (determined daily by census numbers).These are
** Full Time Night Shift position (3 12 hour shifts per week**).The hours will be from
** 7PM
-7:30A
** which will include a set rotation for weekends and holidays. You will have the opportunity to utilize our self-scheduling tool
** as well as enjoy an additional $1/hour Weekend Shift differential and an 18% Night Shift differential**, when applicable.

Your pay and benefits (Total Rewards) are important components of your Journey at Banner Health. Banner Health offers a variety of benefit plans to help you and your family. We provide health and financial security options so you can focus on being the best at what you do and enjoying your life.**    $10,000 Sign-on Incentive Eligibility requires 12 months of Behavioral Health RN experience and a 12 month commitment
*** If you are a New Graduate Nurse with less than 12 months of experience, please visit the main job search page and under the Job Type filter, select New Nurse Experience.
* Banner - University Medical Center South is a comprehensive academic medical center that includes an Emergency department, a state-designated trauma center and a Behavioral Health Pavilion. We are an Arizona Department of Health Services-accredited Cardiac Receiving Center and a Nurses Improving Care for Health system Elders-designated senior-friendly hospital. The hospital is staffed by physicians who are full-time faculty of the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson and is managed by Banner Health under an operating agreement with Pima County.

Our specialty services include inpatient and outpatient behavioral health, treatment and education for diabetes, innovative geriatrics care and comprehensive orthopedics.

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