Mental Health Registered Nurse

Initial Posting Date:

05/31/2024

Application Deadline:

06/30/2024

Agency:

Oregon Health Authority

Salary Range:

7,731 - 10,208

Position Type:

Employee

Position Title:

Mental Health Registered Nurse

Job Description:

The Oregon State Hospital, a division of the Oregon Health Authority, has a fantastic opportunity for REGISTERED NURSES  to join an excellent team working to help people recover from their illness and return to their lives in the community.
 
What you will do!
You will provide nursing care to individuals currently residing in the Oregon State Hospital, which is a forensic psychiatric facility. You will administer medications as ordered by the provider, develop nursing plans of care, complete assessments, and respond to emergent psychiatric situations that could potentially be dangerous.  Additionally, you will monitor staff work assignments, and supervise staff to provide therapeutic, safe, and secure milieu.

What's in it for you?
We offer a workplace that balances productivity with enjoyment; promote an atmosphere of mutual respect, dedication, and enthusiasm. You will collaborate in an open office with a team of bright individuals to work with and learn from. Our Registered Nurse shifts are 10-hour shifts with 3 consecutive days off.

We offer full medical, vision, and dental, we pay 95% to 99% of medical insurance premiums for full-time employees, including mental health coverage.  We also offer 8 hours per month of paid sick leave, 9.5 hours per month of vacation leave, 24 hours of personal leave each year, and eleven paid holidays per year plus pension and retirement plans.  If you're driven by the passion to do something meaningful that changes lives, the Oregon Health Authority is the place for you.

We also have educational pay incentives for our Register Nurses

• Bachelor’s degree +4.75% base rate

• Master’s degree + 9.5% base rate

• Doctorate degree +12% base rate

In additional we offer shift incentives for Weekends, Evenings, Nights as well as specialty differentials for additional continuing education.

If you have federal student loan debt or are thinking of going back to school, then you might benefit from the Student Loan Forgiveness Program. If you make 120 qualifying payments on your student loan while working full-time for a qualifying employer, your student loan debt may be forgiven.

This posting will be used to fill permanent positions located in Salem, OR (2600 Center St. NE). These positions are represented by AFSCME.  

OHA values health equity, service excellence, integrity, leadership, partnership, innovation, and transparency. OHA’s health equity definition is “Oregon will have established a health system that creates health equity when all people can reach their full potential and well-being and are not disadvantaged by their race, ethnicity, language, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, social class, intersections among these communities or identities, or other socially determined circumstances. Achieving health equity requires the ongoing collaboration of all regions and sectors of the state, including tribal governments to address: the equitable distribution or redistributing of resources and power; and recognizing, reconciling, and rectifying historical and contemporary injustices.” OHA’s 10-year goal is to eliminate health inequities. Click here, to learn more about OHA’s mission, vision and core values.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must possess and maintain a valid and unencumbered Oregon Professional Registered Nurse license during the entire length of their employment.

Desired Attributes:

• Experience working in mental health

• Experience in conflict and crisis management

• Strong leadership skills

• Experience in milieu management

• Ability to manage multiple job responsibilities at one time

How to apply:

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