Staff Nurse - Behavioral Health
Berkshire Health Systems$45.25–$72.12/hrPittsfield, MAPart timePosted 1w agoStill open, checked every night- BLS
- BSN
- RN license
How this pay compares
This posting states $45.25–$72.12 an hour. Open psychiatric nurse jobs in Massachusetts post a median of $52.79 an hour, the middle half $50.38–$56.92, across 59 jobs that state their pay, so this one is above the middle half of what they post. Psychiatric nurses employed in Massachusetts earn a median of $50.27 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics).
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Union record
By the bargaining notices filed with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, unions bargain for workers at Berkshire Health Systems here: Massachusetts Nurses Association at Pittsfield, MA (710 workers); Service Employees International Union/United Healthcare Workers East 1199 SEIU at Pittsfield, MA (20 workers, contract up for renewal 31 Dec 2024). Each union represents its own unit: ask the recruiter whether this position is in one. Healthcare union contracts.
Medicare rating of Berkshire Medical Center
Medicare gives Berkshire Medical Center 4 of 5 stars (Jul 2026; Massachusetts's hospitals average 3.2). 78% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well (the middle US hospital: 79%). Medicare did not cut its pay for patient harm in fiscal 2026. Its central line bloodstream infections ran 50% below predicted by Medicare's measure. Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the job. Its other hospitals · Massachusetts hospitals by rating.
OSHA inspections here
OSHA inspected Berkshire Health Systems, Inc in Pittsfield, MA on 8 Dec 2022 and cited 2 violations (2 serious), most under respiratory protection, $22,324 in penalties as they stand. A citation says what OSHA found then, not how the site is now. Workplace injuries and OSHA citations.
What this hospital paid
By Berkshire Medical Center's report to Medicare, its registered nurse hours averaged $69.74 an hour in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits, against $64.72 an hour across Massachusetts's hospitals. An average over every such hour, not this job's pay: the posting states its own. What Massachusetts hospitals pay nurses.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Medicare lists Berkshire Medical Center as a non-profit hospital: the kind of employer PSLF counts (a government organization or a 501(c)(3) non-profit) for its own full-time staff, toward forgiveness of federal Direct Loans after 120 qualifying payments. The federal PSLF Help Tool confirms an employer by the EIN on your W-2. Every PSLF-eligible hospital hiring.
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About the job
- DEFINITION/PRIMARY FUNCTIONS
- Registered Nurse is the designation given to an individual who is licensed to practice professional nursing, holds ultimate responsibility for direct and indirect nursing care, is a graduate of an approved school for professional nursing, and is currently licensed as a Registered Nurse pursuant to M.G.L. c.112. Included in such responsibility is providing nursing care, health maintenance, teaching, counseling, planning and
restoration for optimal functioning and comfort, of those they serve.
The Registered Professional Nurse functions as a health care team leader responsible for the safe delivery of patient-centered, goal oriented care through the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. The Registered Professional Nurse also directs and guides patient teaching and activities of ancillary personnel while maintaining standards of professional nursing.
- POSITION QUALIFICATIONS (Minimum qualifications are required unless stated otherwise.)
- Experience:
- Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing. Has a thorough knowledge of nursing principles and procedures.
- Two years postgraduate experience from an accredited RN nursing program in a medical/surgical or addictions medicine setting is preferred.
- Education and Training:
- Associates Degree in Nursing. BSN preferred.
- License, Certification & Registration:
- RN - Currently licensed as an RN in Massachusetts
- BLS
- Other Requirements:
- Demonstrates continuing education in accordance with State regulations. Assures compliance with unit-specific scope of practice. Must be able to speak the English language in an understandable manner. Must possess sight/hearing senses or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately so the requirements of the position can be fully met.
- Other Addendum(s) Requirements:
From Berkshire Health Systems's job posting, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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Berkshire Health Systems hires nurses, nursing assistants and imaging techs in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
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