Tact Staff is seeking a travel nurse RN Psychiatric for a travel nursing job in Gardner, Massachusetts.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Psychiatric
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours
• Employment Type: Travel

Qualifications : Minimum
Education
AHA CPR required.
Associates degree in nursing
required, bachelor’s degree preferred
Required
Licenses
Registered Nurse, Current MA
License
Minimum
Work Experience
Experience handling crisis and
emergency situations.
One year acute Psychiatric
Inpatient experience desired.
Required
Skills
Ability and desire to work with
Mental Health issues and patients who have identified psychiatric/mental
health needs.
Good interpersonal skills,
knowledge and skills required for the position.
Experience working with substance abuse
population preferred.
Physical Requirements : Exerts 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to
25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds
of force constantly to move objects. 
Frequently reaches (extending hands and arms in any direction), handles
(seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or working with hands), and feels
(perceiving attributes of items such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by
means of fingertips). Occasionally
stoops (bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the
waist), and kneels (bending the legs at knee to come to rest on knee or
knees). Rapid physical movements
(walking rapidly, running up and down stairs) and lifting and/or holding of
patient's extremities may be required in the event of responding to behavioral
emergencies (i.e Code100’s).

Tact Medical Staffing Job ID #454748. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined. Posted job title: Registered Nurse - Psychiatric

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