Registered Nurse (RN) Behavioral Health Unit

Join UP Health System - Marquette's 34-bed Behavioral Health Unit as a Registered Nurse. This full-time position offers the opportunity to build clinical expertise while making a meaningful impact on patient outcomes in a specialty nursing environment. You will work with a highly collaborative and supportive team dedicated to maintaining a safe environment for both patients and staff. The unit is currently staffed for 21 patients with plans to grow alongside census needs.

Clinical Setting

UP Health System - Marquette is a 222-bed hospital located in Marquette, Michigan, and part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities across the country.

Responsibilities

• Perform plan of care interventions, including medication administration, specimen collection, clinical treatments, and other medical care treatment
• Document patient care provided
• Monitor, record, and communicate patient condition as appropriate to the care team, physician, patient, and family
• Assist patients with activities of daily living, including personal hygiene, elimination, nutrition, and ambulation
• Collaborate across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient transfer, discharge, referral, and spiritual/psychosocial support needs
• Evaluate learning needs of patients and/or families and provide patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances
• Advocate for the physical and emotional well-being of patients

Schedule

• Full-time position: 0.8 FTE or 64 hours per pay period
• 8 x 8-hour shifts
• Days: 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM
• Rotating weekends and holidays

Required Qualifications

• Current Michigan RN license
• Associate's degree from an accredited nursing school (bachelor's degree preferred)
• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS-HCP) certification
• Handle with Care-Advanced (ACLS) certification (must be obtained within 90 days of hire)

Compensation and Benefits

• Sign-on bonus of $7,500 available to qualified applicants
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees
• Life, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Paid family leave and paid time off
• Higher education and certification tuition assistance
• Loan assistance
• 401(k) retirement package with company match
• Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs including free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services, and discount programs
• Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities