Legacy Health·Portland, Oregon
The RN Staff Nurse provides comprehensive psychiatric care, including assessment, planning, and implementation of treatment for acute adult patients. They collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to deliver holistic recovery services such as care management and specialized nursing interventions.
Overview The Legacy nursing philosophy focuses on patients and their families.
Our nurses embody this philosophy in everything they do, as advocates, communicators, problem-solvers and caregivers.
Their expertise is sought after and respected by our health care team.
In short, they are the face of wellness at Legacy.
Does this sound like an environment in which you could thrive?
If so, we invite you to consider this opportunity.
Unity is founded on a mission of trauma-informed care and destigmatizing behavioral health diagnoses.
Unity nurses strive to innovate and elevate behavioral health nursing through holistic treatment of our patients.
Unity nurses apply their behavioral health specialty through high-level critical thinking, individualized patient care plans, early interventions, specialized assessments, and de-escalation and motivational interviewing techniques.
Unity nurses maintain their physical health skills as part of our holistic treatment including attending to physical health needs such as assessment, wound care, and phlebotomy.
We welcome nurses from all backgrounds to join our team who share our values of inclusion, kindness, and excellence and a heart for the behavioral health population!
Our patients are highly acute and often require varied and intensive interventions to start stabilization.
Our four adult units serve voluntary and involuntary patients 18 years and older.
Adult unit patient capacity ranges from 17 to 25 private and shared beds.
Our inpatient care goes beyond medication management.
Our care includes specialized nursing care, care management, peer support services, multiple groups throughout the day, animal therapy, and garden therapy.
Nursing is an essential part of the interdisciplinary treatment team that collaborates with the patient to create a journey to recovery.
Responsible for patient care within an assigned department/unit and participates as a member of the health care team in cooperation with and under the direction of the clinical manager or designee as defined by the relevant Standards and Scope of Practice for the Registered Nurse. The RN Staff Nurse assesses, analyzes, plans, implements and evaluates patient care following established patient care standards for Legacy Health System including those for patient assessment and transfer.
Education: As required by licensure. BSN or degree in progress strongly preferred. BSN may be required for specific assignments; experienced RNs without a BSN may be hired based on clinical experience with approval of the site CNO.
Candidates must hold a current state RN license and AHA BLS certification, with a BSN strongly preferred. At least one year of registered nursing experience or completion of an approved RN residency program is required.
Market context
In Oregon, nursing roles are typically in steady demand across hospitals, clinics, and long-term care settings, especially for candidates with acute-care experience and current licensure. These positions can be competitive because employers often look for an accredited nursing degree, an active RN license, BLS certification, and prior experience, with added value for those who can complete NIH Stroke Scale certification quickly. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save research time, then confirm your license status and prepare examples of recent patient-care experience before applying.
