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Role overview

Confidential Client is hiring a Registered Nurse — Inpatient Mental Health to join their inpatient behavioral health team in Iowa City, IA. This is a contract, full-time opportunity supporting inpatient mental health care. Candidates must hold active RN registration and meet the education/experience requirements listed below.

• Location: Iowa City, IA
• Employment type: Full time, Contractor
• Salary: $73,696 - $122,961 per year (range provided by Confidential Client)
• Work setting: Inpatient mental health unit

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What you’ll do

As an inpatient mental health Registered Nurse you will provide safe, patient-centered nursing care for veterans and other patients on a behavioral health unit. Typical responsibilities include:

• Assessing psychiatric and medical needs and developing individualized care plans
• Administering medications and treatments safely and according to policy
• Monitoring mental status, behavior, and physiological responses
• Providing crisis intervention and de-escalation when needed
• Collaborating with interdisciplinary team members (psychiatrists, social workers, therapists)
• Documenting nursing care promptly and accurately in the medical record
• Participating in discharge planning, patient/family education, and care transitions
• Promoting evidence-based, recovery-oriented approaches to care

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Minimum qualifications

Candidates must meet licensure and basic education standards required for practice in the U.S.:

• Current, full, active, and unrestricted RN registration in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia
• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing (ACEN or CCNE accreditation where applicable), OR equivalent as described in hiring standards
• English language proficiency sufficient for safe practice in direct patient care
• Ability to pass required pre-employment medical/physical screening

Grade/level and experience requirements (used to determine appropriate pay/grade):

• Nurse I, Level I: ADN or Diploma in Nursing (entry-level)
• Nurse I, Level II: ADN/Diploma + 1 year specialized experience OR BSN
• Nurse I, Level III: ADN/Diploma + 2 years relevant experience OR BSN + 1 year OR MSN/advanced degree conditions
• Nurse II / Nurse III: higher education and progressive specialized experience as applicable

(Confidential Client will evaluate applications against the full qualification standard and grade determinations.)

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Preferred

• Prior inpatient mental health or psychiatric nursing experience
• BSN (preferred where indicated by level)
• Experience with evidence-based psychiatric nursing practices and multidisciplinary collaboration

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Compensation & benefits

• Pay range: $73,696 — $122,961 per year (as provided by Confidential Client)
• Employment type: Full-time contractor role — employees may be eligible for benefits per client policy (details provided by Confidential Client at offer stage)

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

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