GQR Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN Behavioral Health for a travel nursing job in Malibu, California.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Behavioral Health
- Discipline: RN
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, days, evenings, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Job description:
Behavioral Health – Registered Nurse (RN) – Nights
We are seeking experienced Behavioral Health RNs to join our team on a night shift assignment in California. This role requires nurses who are confident working independently in a secured environment and comfortable with both psychiatric and acute care nursing responsibilities.
Assignment Details:
- Contract Length: 13 weeks
- Hours per Week: 36 hours
- Schedule: 3x12s
- Shift: TBD
- Start Date: ASAP
- Extension opportunities may be available
Requirements:
- Active California RN License (must be in good standing)
- Current BLS certification (AHA)
- MAB/CPI certification highly preferred
- Strong recent Med Surg experience is required
- Minimum of 2 years of inpatient psychiatric experience
- Recent bedside acute care experience preferred
- Experience in a detention center, secured environment, or correctional behavioral health unit strongly preferred
- Travel nursing experience is not required
Responsibilities:
- Provide direct nursing care to patients in a behavioral health/correctional setting
- Administer medications and treatments per provider orders
- Monitor and document patient status, including behavioral and medical changes
- Collaborate with the healthcare team to ensure safe and effective patient care
- Work independently as the sole nurse on night shift, demonstrating strong critical thinking and decision-making skills
Additional Information:
- RTO requests will be reviewed case by case (limited approval)
- Holiday and float requirements may apply depending on unit needs
- COVID-19 vaccination (with booster if eligible) is required
- Full submittal packet including skills checklist, certifications, driver's license, references, and vaccination records must be completed prior to start
Environment:
- Inpatient behavioral health/correctional care
- Patient population includes juveniles within the court behavioral health system
- Secured facility environment
Job Types: Full-time, Travel nursing, Contract
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
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.