- Specialty
- Psych
- Type
- Travel
- Shift
- Days
- Hours
- 40/week
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start
- 09/01/2026
Job description
Care Career is seeking a travel nurse RN Psychiatric for a travel nursing job in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Psychiatric
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 09/01/2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 40 hours per week
- Shift: 8 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
Behavioral Health RN
Position: Registered Nurse (RN) – Behavioral Health
Facility: Valley Springs Behavioral Health Hospital
Unit: Forensic Unit – Mountain View
Location: Massachusetts
Setting: Locked Behavioral Health / Continuing Care
Shift: Days – 7:00 AM–3:30 PM
Guaranteed Hours: 40 hrs/week
Contract: 13 weeks
Weekend: Every other weekend
Call: None
Patient Ratio: 1:9
Patient Population: Adults 18+ with mental health and legal histories
Responsibilities:
- Provide nursing care to adult behavioral health patients in a locked/forensic setting.
- Assess and monitor patients' physical and mental health conditions.
- Administer medications using Omnicell.
- Monitor vital signs and point-of-care blood glucose.
- Recognize and respond to changes in patient behavior and condition.
- Provide compassionate, trauma-informed care.
- Collaborate with psychiatrists, social workers, rehabilitation staff, and the medical team.
- Support patients with conditions such as bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, major depression, substance abuse, diabetes, HTN, and COPD.
- Adjust care according to changing patient needs.
Requirements:
- 3 years of RN experience required.
- Massachusetts RN license required at submission.
- BLS – AHA required.
- Handle With Care (HWC) required – can be completed onsite if needed.
- Behavioral health/mental health experience required.
- Experience working with patients in a locked behavioral health/forensic setting required.
- Must be comfortable administering medications through Omnicell.
- BSN preferred.
- Trauma-informed and compassionate approach required.
About Care Career
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With travel nursing jobs across the country, you can discover the possibilities that create the lifestyle and financial position that you have dreamed of.
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Benefits
- Referral bonus
- Weekly pay
- Medical benefits
- Continuing Education
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits