Registered Nurse (RN) – Adolescent Behavioral Health
SummitStone Health PartnersAbout the role
Registered Nurse (RN) – Acute Behavioral Health, Overnight | Longview Campus (Fort Collins, CO)
Sign-on bonus: up to $9,000 for eligible candidates. Ask your recruiter about qualifications and details.
Overnight RN—Acute Behavioral Health (Fort Collins/Longview). Provide crisis-focused nursing care in a 24/7 setting with interdisciplinary support. $35–$49/hr + $7/hr differential; up to $9k bonus.
- Salary Range: $35 to $49 per hour, based on relevant years of experience
- Location: Fort Collins, Colorado at our Longview Campus
- Status: Full-time- overnight
- Hours: 36 hours/week; three (3) 12-hour shifts
Why you would love this role:
- Provide evidence-informed nursing care for high-acuity behavioral health and/or substance use crises in an acute care facility.
- Work closely with an interdisciplinary team using clear clinical protocols, safety practices, and coordinated treatment planning.
- Strengthen assessment, crisis intervention, medication administration, and transition-of-care skills on an overnight schedule.
Schedule & unit details
- 24/7 acute behavioral health setting supporting urgent mental health and/or substance use needs.
- Interdisciplinary collaboration with a focus on safety, documentation, and coordinated transitions of care.
Shift differentials: Employees working at locations operating 24/7 earn a differential. Additional shift differentials are available for evenings, nights ($7/hour), weekends, and holidays.
The salary range for this position is SummitStone’s good faith belief and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation for this position at the time of the posting. SummitStone may ultimately offer more or less than the posted range. The compensation offered to the successful applicant may vary based on factors including the applicant’s education, training, skills, experiences, and other job-related information and how relevant those are to SummitStone’s needs, aspirations, organizational priorities, and the evolving needs and delivery of services to the community that it serves.
Overview
An Adolescent Psychiatric Registered Nurse provides specialized nursing care for adolescents 12-17 with mental health disorders, emotional challenges, or behavioral issues. In our Adolescent Crisis Stabilization Unit, the RN will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to assess, treat, and support young patients in managing conditions like depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, patients in crisis, schizophrenia, substance use, or trauma related disorders. This role involves working closely with young patients, their families, and healthcare teams to promote emotional well-being, manage mental health conditions, and support recovery.
Essential duties
- Provides clinical assessment and problem identification, crisis interventions, documents significant interactions, and maintains clinical charts and other reporting data.
- Provides prescribed medical treatment and personal care services for clients.
- Administers medication and then evaluates and monitors clients for medication side effects.
- Coordinates, consults, and problem solves medical care and intervention with other team members and providers.
- Develops, implements, and maintains a medication administration system.
- Will screen and evaluate lab reports and refer abnormalities to the provider.
- Audits medications, destruction of medications and MARS according to state regulations.
- Educates clients and consumers on medications.
- Documents progress notes on therapy and medications and reports medication errors.
Minimum qualifications
- Eligible for Colorado RN licensure (unencumbered) and able to meet all licensing requirements for the role
- Will train a new grad with strong interest in Behavioral Health and withdrawal management
Licenses and certifications
- Colorado or Compact licensed nurse in good standing in state
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