Registered Nurse Adult Psych Acute Care
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Missouri
3 openKansas City, MO (opens on this page)
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How this pay compares
This posting does not state an hourly rate. Open psychiatric nurse jobs in Missouri post a median of $40.14 an hour, the middle half $32–$42.81, across 9 jobs that state their pay. Psychiatric nurses employed in Missouri earn a median of $39.32 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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Visa sponsorship record
From 1 October 2025 to 30 June 2026, the US Labor Department certified 1 H-1B application from Prime Healthcare for registered nurses. That is the employer's record, not a promise for this job: ask its recruiter whether this one sponsors a visa. Green cards for registered nurses are on the Labor Department's Schedule A and are filed with USCIS directly, so this record holds almost none of any employer's. Every employer that sponsors registered nurses.
Medicare rating of St Joseph Medical Center
Medicare gives St Joseph Medical Center 3 of 5 stars (Jul 2026; Missouri's hospitals average 3.1). 68% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well (the middle US hospital: 79%). Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the job. Its other hospitals · Missouri hospitals by rating.
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About the job
Bonus Amount
20,000
Bonus Information
Sign-On Bonus Available for Qualified Candidates. Eligibility and payout terms apply. Details discussed during the interview process.
Overview
Department: Behavioral Health Unit
Shifts Available: Nights
Employment Type: Full-Time
Hours: 12-hour shifts – 7:00 pm to 7:00 am
Location: St Joseph Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
Make a meaningful impact every day. As a Behavioral Health Registered Nurse. , In this role, you'll provide compassionate, hands-on care to patients with acute mental health needs in a dynamic inpatient behavioral health setting. Working alongside an interdisciplinary care team, you'll play a key role in promoting patient safety, stabilization, and recovery.
Full benefits at Prime Healthcare: https://www.primehealthcare.com/careers/benefits/
Responsibilities
Essential Duties and Responsibilities (includes, but is not limited to)
- Provide direct nursing care to patients with acute mental and behavioral health needs in an inpatient setting
- Observe, monitor, and document patient behavior, mental status, and safety risks
- Assist with crisis intervention and de‑escalation to promote unit safety
- Collaborate with RNs, providers, and the interdisciplinary care team
- treat and educate patients about mental and medical conditions, and providing advice and emotional support to patients and/or family members
- Help manage therapeutic groups, psychiatric crisis intervention, seclusion and restraint of patients.
- Record patients medical histories and symptoms, and help to perform diagnostic tests and analyze results
- administer treatment and medications, and help with patient follow-up and rehabilitation.
- Consult patients and their families how to manage illness or injury, diet and exercise programs, and self-administration of medication and physical therapy.
Qualifications
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING
- Must have current and valid State license as a Registered Nurse.2. Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain current.3. Working knowledge of Mental Health Laws and practice standards. 4. Working knowledge of interdisciplinary treatment team process, behavioral health programming and daily nursing functions for inpatient and outpatient behavioral health units. 5. Working knowledge of the continuum of care for behavioral health care.
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Employment Status
Full Time
Shift
Nights
Equal Employment Opportunity
Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf
From Prime Healthcare's job posting for Kansas City, MO, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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