Overnight Mental Health RN

Position Summary:

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a vital member of a dynamic, multidisciplinary team, delivering compassionate, evidence-based care in alignment with the Discovery Behavioral Health Clinical Model.

In this role, the RN serves as both a clinical expert and patient advocate-supporting safety, stability, and meaningful progress in each patient's recovery journey.

Through skilled assessment, thoughtful intervention, and ongoing collaboration with the treatment team, the RN helps create a therapeutic environment grounded in trust, dignity, and clinical excellence.

By integrating medical and behavioral health care, the RN plays a critical role in improving outcomes and empowering patients toward lasting healing.

Key Responsibilities:

Patient Care & Clinical Support


* Meets with each potential admission to complete a face-to-face evaluation, ensuring medical appropriateness for admission and collaborating with medical/psychiatric providers to obtain admission orders.


* Supports the admission process with care and diligence, including belongings checks and safety searches as needed.


* Completes comprehensive initial nursing assessments and facilitates the full medical admission process for each patient.


* Develops and initiates Nursing Care Plans, as appropriate, to guide individualized patient care.


* Assesses medical concerns, including suicidality and risk of harm to self or others, and communicates findings to the appropriate clinical team members.


* Performs vital signs, basic evaluative procedures, tests, and blood draws to support ongoing assessment and monitoring.


* Provides primary first aid and determines the need for physician notification, ensuring timely and appropriate intervention.


* Maintains a safe, structured milieu and supports patients throughout the treatment experience, including supervision during community outings in compliance with state regulations.


* Assists with the discharge process, supporting continuity and readiness for the next level of care.


* Maintains an organized, safe, and therapeutic environment for patients and staff.

Medication Administration & Management


* Ensures all provider orders are carried out accurately and in a timely manner.


* Verifies informed consent for all medications is obtained prior to the first dose.


* Administers medications as prescribed, including PRN medications, and documents effectiveness within required timelines.


* Oversees the medication management system, including medication planning, storage, ordering, transcribing, administration, monitoring, and evaluation.


* Ensures all medications required for patients are ordered appropriately and available within the facility.


* Maintains compliance with narcotic diversion protocols, ensuring all required processes are completed each shift.

Collaboration & Patient Education


* Collaborates closely with medical staff and the interdisciplinar...