Travel Nurse RN - Behavioral Health - $2,400 per week

GQR Healthcare
  • Torrance, CA
  • $25 Per Hour
1 day ago

Job Description

GQR Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN Behavioral Health for a travel nursing job in Torrance, California.

Job Description & Requirements

  • Specialty: Behavioral Health
  • Discipline: RN
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Duration: 8 weeks
  • 36 hours per week
  • Shift: 12 hours, days
  • Employment Type: Travel

Behavioral Health ER RN – Days

 

Location: Torrance, California
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Length: 8 weeks
Shift: Days
Hours: 36 hours/week
Schedule: 3 × 12-hour shifts
On-Call: None
Local Travelers: Accepted

Assignment Overview

This is an opportunity for an experienced Behavioral Health ER RN to work in a fast-paced, high-acuity environment serving a diverse patient population.

The ideal candidate will have 2+ years of recent Behavioral Health ER nursing experience in a Level 1 Trauma institution located in a metropolitan area. This role requires a nurse who is comfortable managing high-acuity behavioral health emergencies and working in a busy, fast-paced environment.

Patient Population & Responsibilities

Patients may present with urgent or emergent behavioral health needs, including:

  • Suicidal ideation
  • Homicidal ideation
  • Acute psychosis
  • Severe mood disorders
  • Substance-induced psychiatric conditions
  • Behavioral health emergencies requiring stabilization and evaluation

Responsibilities may include:

  • Comprehensive psychiatric and medical assessments
  • Crisis intervention
  • Behavioral de-escalation
  • Medication administration
  • Continuous patient safety monitoring
  • Coordination of psychiatric evaluations and treatment planning
  • Coordination of inpatient psychiatric placement
  • Providing care within California state-mandated patient care guidelines

Requirements

  • Active California RN License
  • 2+ years of recent Behavioral Health ER nursing experience
  • Experience in a Level 1 Trauma institution required
  • Experience in a metropolitan, diverse patient population required
  • Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-acuity environment
  • AHA BLS, ACLS, and PALS
  • NIHSS
  • MAB or CPI
  • LA City Fire & Life Safety Card
  • COVID vaccination + booster if eligible

Schedule & Time Off

  • Days
  • 36 hours/week
  • No on-call requirement

Pay Package

Travel:
$2,400/week gross estimated

  • $25.00/hr taxable
  • $37.50/hr overtime
  • $1,350/week estimated lodging stipend
  • 36 hours/week

Interested? Reach out today to discuss the position and next steps!

About GQR Healthcare

GQR’s Healthcare team specializes in connecting experts within the industry to highly skilled healthcare professionals across the US market.

In the competitive healthcare market, we recognize that the industry’s common goals of improved quality of care and patient outcomes are wholly reliant upon the professionals directly supporting these initiatives. Leveraging our extensive candidate network, we deliver continuity of care for the communities our partners serve to ensure the patient experience is of the highest quality.

Through deep market specialization and a unique approach to talent acquisition, GQR Healthcare provides an unparalleled and personalized experience across all medical specialties in nursing and within diverse healthcare platforms across the industry.

Numbers & Facts

LocationTorrance, CA

Skills

  • Acute Careunmatched
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)unmatched
  • Behavioral Healthunmatched
  • Crisis Interventionunmatched
  • Fire Safetyunmatched
  • Healthcareunmatched
  • Life Safety Systemsunmatched
  • Medication Administrationunmatched
  • Nursingunmatched
  • Patient Careunmatched
  • Patient Safetyunmatched
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)unmatched
  • Psychiatry and Mental Healthunmatched
  • Quality Managementunmatched
  • Quality of Careunmatched
  • Registered Nurse (RN)unmatched
  • Treatment Evaluationunmatched
  • Vaccinationunmatched

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