Assess client health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records.   Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled clients.  May advise clients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management.

A current Georgia license to practice as a registered professional nurse.  *Must obtain SAFETY CARE certification by completion of new employee orientation, and must maintain this certification as a term and condition of employment.

SPECIAL NOTE:  Applicants must provide an official copy of their educational credentials prior to employment.

Preferred Qualifications by Area:

In addition to a competitive salary (Based On Education And Experience), we offer a generous benefits package that includes a flexible schedule, training opportunities, employee retirement plan, deferred compensation, 12 paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, dental, vision, long term care, and life insurance.

This position is a pay grade 14 on the statewide salary plan.

This position is located at Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, Georgia.

Central State Hospital was founded in 1842 and was Georgia's first psychiatric hospital. Its purpose was to provide a safe and humane place for the mentally ill and mentally retarded.

The medical complex encompasses about 1,000 acres. The hospital, a middle Georgia mental health/developmental disabilities/ substance abuse facility, serves 23 counties in middle Georgia and has specialty programs serving citizens from the entire state of Georgia. Central State Hospital is accredited by JCAHO and certified by Medicare.

Milledgeville is located in historic central Georgia only 95 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.

Milledgeville, the 4th capital of Georgia, is one of only two planned capital cities in the United States - the other being Washington, DC.

Please email your cover letter and resume in Microsoft Word format to: hr@centralstatehospital.org.

To ensure proper routing/handling of your credentials, copy/paste or type the following title in the subject line of your email: Nurse (Inpatient), RN

Candidates for this position may be subject to employment drug testing and criminal background check.

The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities provides services to ensure the health and welfare of Georgians. As an employee of DBHDD, in the event of an identified emergency you may be required, as a term and condition of employment, to assist in meeting the emergency responsibilities of the department.