Registered Nurse (RN), Psychiatry Float Pool

Primary Location College Hill A Department Psychiatric Resource Unit Shift Rotating (United States of America) Schedule Full time Weekly Hours 32 FTE 0.8 Employee Status Regular Registered Nurse, Psychiatry Float Pool Department/Unit: PSRU Psychiatry Float Pool, College Hill Campus Hours/Shift: 0.8 FTE (32 hrs/wk); Day/Evening rotating shifts (7:00am-3:30pm; 3:00pm-11:30pm) Benefit Eligibility: Full-Time Benefits Eligible Why Join the PSRU Psychiatry Float Pool? Cincinnati Children's Psychiatry Resource Unit (PSRU) provides flexible staffing support across College Hill psychiatric and behavioral health programs. As a Psychiatry Float Pool RN, you will bring strong clinical judgment, therapeutic communication, and adaptability to a team that supports patient care across multiple behavioral health settings. This role is a strong fit for nurses who enjoy variety, teamwork, and the opportunity to broaden psychiatric nursing skills while making a meaningful difference for children, adolescents, and families. Working as a PSRU Psychiatry Float Pool RN, you will enjoy: * Developing broad psychiatric nursing experience by supporting multiple College Hill care areas. * Using behavioral assessment, therapeutic communication, and trauma-informed care to support youth in crisis. * Collaborating with interdisciplinary teams across supported psychiatry programs. * Providing flexible staffing support that helps maintain safe, consistent, high-quality patient care. * Implementing individualized care plans and documenting behavioral observations, safety needs, medication response, and patient progress. * Strengthening adaptability, prioritization, and clinical decision-making in a dynamic float pool environment. * Working in a state-of-the-art mental health facility that opened in October 2023. Job Responsibilities Psychiatric Nursing Care and Clinical Judgment * Apply critical thinking and clinical judgment to assess patient needs and develop, coordinate, and implement nursing care interventions across physical and mental health needs. * Administer medications, monitor effectiveness, recognize changes in patient condition, and escalate concerns as needed. * Provide developmentally appropriate care and support activities of daily living in both group and individualized settings. * Maintain designated observation levels with accuracy, compassion, and attention to safety. Float Pool Support and Adaptability * Float across supported College Hill psychiatric and behavioral health areas based on staffing needs and patient care priorities. * Quickly adapt to unit-specific workflows, patient populations, team structures, and care expectations. * Serve as a reliable clinical resource who contributes to safe staffing, continuity of care, and strong team communication. * Demonstrate flexibility while maintaining consistent nursing practice, safety standards, and patient-centered care. Milieu Support, Patient S