Job Description
IDR Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN Behavioral Health for a travel nursing job in Rome, New York.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Behavioral Health
- Discipline: RN
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift: 12 hours, nights
- Employment Type: Travel
Travel Psych RN – Senior Behavioral Health | 13 Weeks | Nights | Rome, NY
A facility in Rome, NY is hiring a Psychiatric RN for a 13-week night shift assignment on their Senior Behavioral Health Unit. This is a specialized role focused on the emotional and mental health care of older adults and includes consistent overnight coverage with weekend and holiday rotation.
🕐 Schedule:
- Night shift: 7:00 PM – 7:30 AM
- Every other weekend and holiday required
- Start date: 06/30/2025
- 13-week contract
🏥 Unit Info:
- 12-bed senior behavioral health unit
- Nurse-patient ratio: 1:5
- Charting system: Paragon
- Medication administration required
- Requires SCR/SEL training (SLMs Justice Center)
- Behavioral management/de-escalation training strongly preferred (please specify type during submission)
- $25 non-refundable background fee required if accepted
✅ Requirements:
- 2 years of nursing experience
- Previous inpatient psychiatric experience required
- BLS (AHA) required
- NIH Stroke Certification required before start
- 8 hours of stroke-related CEUs to be completed during orientation
- Charge experience preferred
💉 COVID Policy:
- Vaccine not required
- If vaccinated, provide documentation; if not, submit a declination
- COVID prescreen no longer required
This role is ideal for experienced psych nurses with a passion for senior behavioral health and confident medication management skills.
13-week night shift contract (7p–7:30a) on Senior Behavioral Health unit. EOW/holiday required. Must have 2+ years nursing experience, previous psych experience, BLS, NIH Stroke Cert (before start), and 8 CEUs during orientation. De-escalation training preferred—please specify type. $25 background fee required if accepted. COVID vaccine not required.
About IDR Healthcare
IDR Healthcare is an awarding winning staffing firm that believes it is a privilege and awesome responsibility to serve those who selflessly care for others. Our mission is to empower healthcare professionals to achieve their fullest potential both personally and professionally while they create positive change within the healthcare community.
We exercise true grit, tenacity, and authenticity while embracing and ownership mindset to go above and beyond providing healthcare professionals a world class experience.
We are employee owned and our travelers and clinicians earn shares/equity by just completing multiple assignments!
We have been named SIA’s Fastest Growing Staffing Firms and have won ClearlyRated® Best of Staffing for 11 consecutive years! This cements our commitment to clinician satisfaction earning top net promoter scores putting us in the top 2% of agencies in North America!
Help us give back! For every booked assignment, proceeds are donated to St. Jude and Feeding America! Last year we raised over $18,000 for St. Jude and provided over 49,000 meals for children in need.
#TravelFarWithIDR and see what it is all about!
Benefits
- Weekly pay
- 401k retirement plan
- Referral bonus
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- License and certification reimbursement
- Vision benefits