Nurse

## Description

Registered Nurse (RN) – **PRTF/BUC**

**NIGHT SHIFT 7pm-7am | Full-Time & Part-Time Available**

**$34–$40/hour + shift differentials**

📍Newton, KS

Prairie View is currently seeking **Full-Time and Part-Time Registered Nurses** to join our **Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF)** and **Behaviorial Urgent Care (BUC)**team. This role is ideal for nurses who are passionate about behavioral health and want to work in a structured, therapeutic residential setting supporting patient stability, safety, and long-term treatment goals.

---

### Why Prairie View?

• Competitive hourly pay with **shift differentials**
• **Full-time and part-time** opportunities
• Consistent patient population in a residential setting
• Supportive, interdisciplinary care teams
• Ongoing training and professional development

---
### 🩺 What You’ll Do

Key responsibilities include

• Delivering nursing care using the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation)
• Administering and monitoring medications, including patient education on use and side effects
• Monitoring patient status and responding to changes in condition
• Responding to urgent or crisis situations within the residential setting
• Communicating with prescribers regarding orders, refills, and clinical updates
• Collaborating with treatment teams, patients, and families
• Supporting admissions, transfers, and continuity of care
• Maintaining timely, accurate clinical documentation
• Upholding patient confidentiality and professional nursing standards

---
### Work Environment

You’ll work in a **PRTF/BUC unit** that values

• Safety, structure, and consistency
• Team collaboration and mutual respect
• Patient-centered, trauma-informed care
• Training and required in-services are provided.

---
### Ready to Make a Difference?
If you’re looking for meaningful work in behavioral health with flexible scheduling options, we’d love to hear from you.
**Apply today.**
## Qualifications

• Minimum Education: Graduate from accredited program of nursing education; BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) degree preferred but not required; current Registered Nurse license with Kansas State Board of Nursing required
• Minimum Experience: Two years in psychiatric nursing preferred
• Must maintain Kansas State licensure and appropriate CEUs
• Must remain current with CPR license
• Must remain current with CPI training
• Must have good command of the English language; must be able to read, communicate clearly and therapeutically with patients and staff, both verbally and in writing, in a professional manner
• Must have the ability to quickly access data, assimilate printed and electronic information, make decisions and judgements in emergent situations, and respond appropriately.
• Must be able to observe and interact in a positive, nonjudgmental, nonreactive manner with patients, family members, patient caregivers, and staff
• Must be able to observe patient demeanor and nonverbal communication for assessment purposes
• Must have knowledge about medications and their side effects, or at least the ability to obtain the information quickly.
• Must be self directed and able to work independently
• Must be willing to have some flexibility in scheduling, to meet patient and organization needs
• Must be able to stand (agile) and to sit at a desk for periods of up to two hours
• Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds
• Must be able to kneel, bend, squat, and hold on to a person, in order to restrain an out of control patient
• Must be able to communicate effectively with referral sources and other treatment providers
• Must be proficient at basic keyboarding / word processing skills
• Must be able to pass Kansas Bureau of Investigation Screen, the Central Registry Screen for both adults and children, as well as the DCF (Kansas Department for Children & Families) background check

**Benefits for FULL TIME Position:**

• Affordable Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance
• Retirement Plan (401k); match after 1 year of employment
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) accruals
• Company paid life and disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Delta Dental of Kansas
• Vision Direct
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account with employer contribution
• Bereavement Leave
• Plus much more