New Graduate Registered Nurse (RN) - Behavioral Health

Join Leonard Morse Hospital's New Graduate RN program in Behavioral Health, where you will work with adult, geriatric, and adolescent patients facing mental health challenges. In this role, you will be part of a collaborative team focused on mental health safety, stability, and empowerment, helping patients build healthy coping strategies, strength, positive thought processes, and problem-solving skills.

You will work alongside psychiatrists, medical nurse practitioners, RNs, social workers, mental health counselors, and human rights officers in a multidisciplinary care environment. Leonard Morse Hospital provides specialized training in Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) de-escalation techniques.

Clinical Setting

Leonard Morse Hospital is part of MetroWest Medical Center, the largest community health care system between Worcester and Boston. The 307-bed regional healthcare system includes Framingham Union Hospital, Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick, and the MetroWest Wellness Center. The hospital has been named to the 2019 America's 100 Best Hospitals List by Healthgrades.

Program Overview

The New Graduate RN program is a comprehensive 12-month curriculum designed to create a solid foundation at the start of your nursing career. The program promotes learning through hands-on experience to help establish valuable clinical and critical thinking skills for your transition from student to RN. You will have the opportunity to experience different shifts, patient populations, and unit cultures while developing delegation and priority-setting skills, holistic patient care through interdisciplinary communication, and valuable professional relationships.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide safe and competent patient care
• Assess, plan, and implement direct nursing care to assigned patients
• Assume responsibility for the supervision of staff to which nursing care is appropriately delegated

Required Qualifications

• Graduation from a state-approved or accredited school of nursing, or current enrollment in nursing school with a graduation date within the next 12 months
• Current licensure, certification, or registration to practice as an RN as required by law, regulation, and state policy
• CPR certification

Externship Opportunity

If you have not yet graduated, MetroWest Medical Center offers externships to continue building your skills and gain hands-on experience. Externships provide an opportunity to learn more about MetroWest Medical Center and the culture of specific units you are interested in following your graduation.

Onboarding Requirements

Candidates must successfully complete a background check and pre-employment health screening, which includes a drug screen. Tenet complies with federal, state, and local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law.