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Hours Full-time
Location Cheyenne, WY
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Job Description

Job Description
Description
We are looking for an experienced Psychiatric Registered Nurses to provide care to the detention adult & juvenile patient population. 


Key Responsibilities
Our Psych Nurse will be expected to pass medications to juveniles in the juvie facility as well as seeing them for sick call, intake assessments, and addressing any medical concerns they may have. Psych Nurses will start and end their shifts at the juvie facility. Once they have finished their morning tasks at Juvie, they will go to the adult facility (11 miles away – the county provides rides both ways). There with the adults, the Nurses will round on all patients in the mental health units and act as Liaison between the county mental health staff and our mental health staff, they will do discharge planning and monthly mental health CQIs.

Shift: Full-Time Days, 6am-6pm

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
  • Wyoming Registered Nurse unrestricted license
  • Two years of current experience in a Psychiatric/Behavioral Health setting
  • Current Basic Life Support (BLS)
  • Psychiatric specialty certification is preferred but not required

Benefits
  • 401(k)
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance


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Posting ID: 1279542247 Posted: 2026-08-25 Job Title: Registered Nurse