Home Health Registered Nurse

Overview

Shift Part Time 3 Days per week and call rotation

Recent and direct Psychiatric RN Experience required.

Join Our Team as a Psychiatric RN in Home Health – Make a Meaningful Impact Every Day

Are you a compassionate and skilled RN with a passion for behavioral health? We’re seeking a dedicatedPsychiatric Registered Nurseto bring expert care directly to patients in the comfort of their homes. This is more than a job—it’s a chance to make a real difference in the lives of individuals facing mental health challenges alongside their clinical needs while enjoying the flexibility and autonomy of home health nursing.

If you’re ready to bring your psychiatric nursing expertise to a flexible setting where your skills and compassion truly matter, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and help us deliver hope and healing—one home at a time.

Attractive pay

• * 37.50 to 39.75

Responsibilities

• Performs initial nursing evaluation, including behavioral health/psychiatric nursing needs.
• Observes and evaluates the physical and mental status of the patient for complications and medication side effects.
• Maintains awareness for indicators in patients' behavior that call for change in the treatment modality (crisis, suicidal ideation) as well as other medical signs and symptoms.
• Instructs patient/caregiver in cognitive and technical aspects of care, medication regimes, disease processes, safety interventions, ADL care, coping skills, symptom management and other interventions.
• Administers IM medications, performs lab draws and specimen collections.
• Acts as a case manager in coordinating care for patients as assigned.
• Completes documentation timely and accurately.
• Supervises LPNs and HHAs.
• Regularly communicate patient progress to the clinical manager, psychiatrist and care team.

Qualifications

• Current RN license, specific to the state(s) you are assigned to work. Must have one of the following to meet CMS requirements for psychiatric nursing in the home care setting:
• An RN with a master's degree in a mental health nursing or psychiatric specialty. Must have nursing experience in an acute treatment unit or other psychiatric setting.
• An RN with a bachelor's degree in nursing. Must have one year of recent nursing experience in an acute treatment unit or other psychiatric setting.
• An RN with a diploma or associate's degree in nursing. Must have two years of recent nursing experience in an acute treatment unit or other psychiatric setting.

Please note: Experience must have been within the last three to five years. If not, documentation must support psychiatric retraining or classes or CEUs to update psychiatric knowledge.

• Current CPR certification.
• Valid driver's license, reliable transportation and liability insurance.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets and may vary depending on location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Amedisys is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified employees and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, genetic predisposition or carrier status or any other legally protected characteristic.

About Amedisys

Amedisys recognizes that nothing we do is possible without our incredible team. For all employees, whether they're on the front lines delivering direct care or supporting our clinical team, this isn't just a job it's a higher calling.

We believe in supporting them as much as they support our success by building a culture of engagement and investing in their futures with ongoing training and support. We build a care team that is equipped and ready to deliver hospital-level care in the comfort and convenience of a patient's home.

Amedisys has been providing high-quality home health, hospice and palliative care since 1982. It's one reason nearly 3,000 hospitals and 110,000 physicians nationwide partner with us to provide care in the home. But it isn't the only reason. We also understand the challenges facing physicians, facilities, hospital systems and other provider organizations and work to meet your needs as well as your patient's needs.