Job description
Registered Nurse - Behavioral Health
Start Date: 11-02-2026
End Date: 02-01-2027
Contract Type: Travel Contract
Hours per Week: 36
Candidate Pay Rate: $70.00 per hour
About United Health Care Staffing
At United Health Care Staffing (UHC Staffing), we believe healthcare staffing should be more than just finding a job. We are here to connect amazing professionals with opportunities that make their careers exciting, rewarding, and meaningful. With us, you're not just signing up for a contract you are joining a team that's got your back, answers your calls, and maybe even cracks a joke or two to brighten your day. Think of us as the travel buddy who handles the logistics while you focus on what you do best helping people heal.
Education
- Provides patient education on health care, as assigned or appropriate.
- Policies & Procedures
- Follows all policies and procedures with regard to patient information protection.
- Attendance/Training
- Attends regularly scheduled detox staff meetings. Attends training on chemical dependency as required by employer. Maintains and demonstrates a
- current working knowledge of applicable clinical procedures and nursing care based on company policy and State and Federal guidelines.
- ESSENTIAL BEHAVIORS TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONAL VALUES:
- The values focus on many aspects of our Planetree patient centered philosophy and care model and are an important aspect in evaluating and
- recognizing employees who have the dedication and passion to assist Central Peninsula Hospital in fulfilling its mission and customer service goals as
- well as how we treat other members of the CPH family.
- Safety
- We are a highly reliable organization that is uncompromising in our commitment to a culture of safety through our core values and behaviors.
- Collective and sustained commitment by organizational leadership, managers and health care workers emphasize safety over competing goals.
- Safety is our number one priority.
- Integrity
- We hold ourselves accountable to the highest ethical and performance standards, demonstrating honesty, professionalism and sincerity.
- Compassion
- We recognize every person as a whole human being with different needs that must be met through listening, empathizing and nurturing.
- Service Excellence
- We are committed to consistently improving healthcare outcomes and exceeding the expectations of those we serve.
- Respect
- We will create a harmonious environment that will honor each person’s dignity and reflect their worth.
- Stewardship
- We are each responsible for wise oversight of all resources entrusted to us.
- POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
- EDUCATION PROGRAM OF STUDY REQUIRED/PREFERRED
- Associate's Nursing Required
- Bachelor's Nursing Preferred
- WORK EXPERIENCE:
- YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TYPE OF EXPERIENCE REQUIRED/PREFERRED
- 1 year Addiction Treatment Experience Preferred
- LICENSURES, REGISTRIES &
- CERTIFICATIONS
- STATE/ISSUING AGENCY REQUIRED/PREFERRED
- RN Licensure Alaska Required
- BLSP (CPR) American Heart Association Required
- Specialty: Behavioral Health RN - 724020
Apply Now
Ready to start your next adventure as a Registered Nurse - Behavioral Health? Let's get you moving forward!
Send your resume to [email protected] or call us at 408-441-9200 today.
Why UHCS
Weekly or bi-weekly pay, medical/dental/vision, a SIMPLE IRA with employer contribution, tests paid on qualifying assignments with payroll deduction available, and one recruiter who stays with you for the whole assignment — reachable after hours. Every placement is credentialed to Joint Commission standards, so your packet is accepted the first time.