Med-Psychiatric Registered Nurse

Join Decypher and make a direct impact on the health and readiness of America’s service members, veterans, and their families. Since 2008 Decypher has offered healthcare industry professionals careers where their expertise is valued, and their work makes a meaningful impact. Decypher partners with the Defense Health Agency to deliver professional services, technology, and management solutions.

Our mission is to provide and support quality care for our veterans, servicemembers and their families, across the United States and overseas.

Job Summary

The Psychiatric Registered Nurse (Psych RN) provides comprehensive behavioral health assessments, develops and implements individualized nursing care plans, and coordinates patient care across the continuum of services using the nursing process.

Responsibilities include identifying and managing psychiatric crises, conducting biopsychosocial assessments, monitoring for withdrawal and relapse symptoms, and utilizing clinical expertise in psychiatric triage, evaluation, treatment, and disposition to ensure appropriate levels of care.

Required Qualifications:

• Education:

+ Associate's degree in nursing from an accredited school of Nursing or

+ Bachelor's degree in nursing from an accredited school of Nursing

• Certifications:

+ Basic Life Support (BLS)

+ Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

• License: RN with a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a professional nurse from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
• Experience:

+ Minimum of three years full time experience within the last five years caring for adult patients as a RN in a behavioral health care setting.

+ Maintain qualifications and skills of a Psychiatric Registered Nurse as confirmed by completion of the Skills Checklist and verified by the clinical manager.

U.S. Citizenship is required

Key Responsibilities:

• Performs comprehensive behavioral health nursing assessment and history to plan, provide, and direct nursing care across the continuum of care.
• Utilizes the nursing process to identify patient problems and generate nursing diagnoses.
• Designs a plan of care and writes/implements nursing orders to achieve established goals
• Identifies pending crisis situations and initiates emergency measures, as appropriate. Knowledge of emergent psychiatric disorders and crisis intervention
• Gathers bio-psychosocial information about the patient and their family, pertinent to their general health status and the development of drug abuse/alcohol dependence.
• Identifies and monitors patients for the signs and symptoms associated with withdrawal and relapse.
• Skill in behavioral health assessment, triage, evaluation, treatment, and disposition of complex psychiatric cases, with special attention to the level of care appropriate to treat the particular clinical diagnosis and dilemma

Work Environment & Schedule:

• On site, at Walter Reed in Bethesda, MD.
• Day shift: 6:45am to 7:15pm
• Weekend rotation required; 2 weekends per month
• 12 hour shifts, 36 hours per week, no over time. Paid holidays.

Physical requirements

• The position requires the ability to stand and walk for extended periods, bend, kneel, reach, and assist with patient mobility or transfers, including lifting up to 50+ pounds as needed with or without assistance.
• Must have the physical stamina and mobility to respond to behavioral emergencies, participate in team-based safety interventions, and perform essential nursing duties, including CPR.

Compensation & Benefits

• Up to $61.00 per hour + H&W.
• Decypher is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce (M/F/D/V)