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Psychiatric Travel Nursing Jobs in Athens, TN for RNs

Find Top RN Psychiatric Travel Nursing Jobs in Athens, Tennessee

AMN Healthcare can help you find the top Psych travel nurse jobs in and around Athens, Tennessee. We have new jobs updating daily, so be sure to Apply Now so our specialists can make sure you get first crack. We make it easy for you to compare Athens’s Psych nursing jobs by allowing you to filter based on salary, shift type, location or duration to find the right job for you.

Athens is a great location for Psych travel nurses to come live, work and play! And what is a travel nurse looking for if not a great work/life balance in a fun city? Search for jobs below or apply now and our AMN Healthcare team will help get you started!

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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • Hazard, Kentucky – 41701
    Distance from Athens: 147 miles
  • 12 D,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$1,650 to $1,818
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • Hickory, North Carolina – 28601
    Distance from Athens: 184 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$1,369 to $1,508
Weekly Pay*
Frye Regional Medical Center includes a 355-bed acute care hospital, home to the Frye Regional Brain Center, Heart Center, Cancer Center, Emergency Services, General and Vascular Surgery, Orthopedics, Surgical Weight Loss, Women’s Birthing Center and Inpatient Rehabilitation.
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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • Hickory, North Carolina – 28601
    Distance from Athens: 184 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$1,369 to $1,508
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right person to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • Hickory, North Carolina – 28601
    Distance from Athens: 184 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$1,369 to $1,508
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right person to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • Tuscaloosa, Alabama – 35401
    Distance from Athens: 229 miles
  • 12 D,
  • June 23, 2025
  • 13
$1,551 to $1,709
Weekly Pay*
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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • Newburgh, Indiana – 47630
    Distance from Athens: 233 miles
  • 12 N,
  • May 25, 2025
  • 13
$1,650 to $1,818
Weekly Pay*
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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • Newburgh, Indiana – 47630
    Distance from Athens: 233 miles
  • 12 N,
  • May 25, 2025
  • 13
$1,650 to $1,818
Weekly Pay*
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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • Newburgh, Indiana – 47630
    Distance from Athens: 233 miles
  • 12 N,
  • May 25, 2025
  • 13
$1,650 to $1,818
Weekly Pay*
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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • Charleston, South Carolina – 29406
    Distance from Athens: 324 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 9, 2025
  • 13
$1,530 to $1,686
Weekly Pay*
Behavioral Health ER overflow unit. Once patients are medically cleared in BH ER pod and disposition is not determined patients will be moved to BAU for oversight and assessment by BH team. 300+ bed Level 2 Trauma center; located 10 minutes from downtown Charleston, 30 minutes from the beach
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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • Louisburg, North Carolina – 27549
    Distance from Athens: 356 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$1,422 to $1,567
Weekly Pay*
Duke Lifepoint Hospital Joint Commission Accredited Region’s largest and most comprehensive ED 11 bed FSED Dedicated 33 bed psychiatric unit
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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • Lafayette, Indiana – 47905
    Distance from Athens: 365 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 2, 2025
$1,654 to $1,823
Weekly Pay*
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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • Lafayette, Indiana – 47905
    Distance from Athens: 365 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 2, 2025
  • 13
$1,654 to $1,823
Weekly Pay*
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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • Lafayette, Indiana – 47905
    Distance from Athens: 365 miles
  • June 2, 2025
  • 13
$1,654 to $1,823
Weekly Pay*
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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • Lafayette, Indiana – 47905
    Distance from Athens: 365 miles
  • 12 D,
  • June 2, 2025
  • 13
$1,654 to $1,823
Weekly Pay*
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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • East Saint Louis, Illinois – 62207
    Distance from Athens: 377 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$1,671 to $1,842
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • Akron, Ohio – 44304
    Distance from Athens: 424 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 1, 2025
  • 13
$1,832 to $2,019
Weekly Pay*
Formerly known as our Gero-psych unit, this unit is in our new Behavioral Health Pavilion. Patients are mostly over 60 yrs old, dementia, depression or suicidal. This has 16 private rooms. 1 to 6/7 ratios but can be higher depending on the census. Must be willing to float within your scope of practice. BLS & CPI (non – crisis intervention) required. RN’s must be able to draw blood and manage IV’s.
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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • Winchester, Virginia – 22601
    Distance from Athens: 438 miles
  • 12 N,
  • May 26, 2025
  • 13
$1,559 to $1,718
Weekly Pay*
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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • Indiana, Pennsylvania – 15701
    Distance from Athens: 464 miles
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$1,685 to $1,857
Weekly Pay*
The RN/GN assesses, plans, implements, reassesses, and records patient care in accordance with the interdisciplinary treatment plan. Must possess a thorough knowledge of age-specific needs, care of mentally ill persons, Chapter 5100 of the M. H. Procedures Act, CSM and JCAHO standards, voluntary, involuntary, patient rights and confidentiality. He/she must be proficient in therapeutic 1:1’s, leading or co-leading therapeutic groups/activities and providing patient/family teaching. As an active member of the interdisciplinary treatment team where the RN/GN is expected to work collaboratively with physicians and other disciplines to develop, implement and revise each patient’s interdisciplinary treatment and discharge plan. The RN/GN directs and assists all other disciplines and provides leadership to ensure professional nursing standards are maintained. Must possess the ability to function as the charge nurse as assigned
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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • Moberly, Missouri – 65270
    Distance from Athens: 510 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$1,553 to $1,711
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • Moberly, Missouri – 65270
    Distance from Athens: 510 miles
  • 12 N,
  • June 16, 2025
  • 13
$1,553 to $1,711
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • Ottumwa, Iowa – 52501
    Distance from Athens: 573 miles
  • 12 D,
  • June 9, 2025
  • 13
$1,632 to $1,799
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • Olathe, Kansas – 66062
    Distance from Athens: 611 miles
  • 12 D,
  • June 2, 2025
  • 13
$1,426 to $1,572
Weekly Pay*
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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • Moosic, Pennsylvania – 18507
    Distance from Athens: 629 miles
  • 12 D,
  • June 2, 2025
  • 13
$1,668 to $1,838
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Registered Nurse – Psychiatric
  • Moosic, Pennsylvania – 18507
    Distance from Athens: 629 miles
  • 12 D,
  • May 26, 2025
  • 13
$1,668 to $1,838
Weekly Pay*
This outstanding unit is looking for the right RN to join their team of compassionate and driven health care professionals. Join this highly motivated team of caregivers and enjoy a challenging and welcoming environment based on optimal patient care.
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Statistics on Psych RN Jobs in Athens, Tennessee

Here are some helpful statistics about Psych traveling nurse jobs in & near Athens. The data is based on the last three complete months of Psych job postings in the Athens and nearby areas. It is updated regularly, so you can find the most recent Psychiatric job salary trends, the types of shifts, and contract durations most commonly available in Athens and more. Find out more about travel nursing salaries.

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FAQs About Travel Psych Nursing Jobs for RNs in Athens, TN

What types of shifts are most common for Psych travel jobs in Athens?

Based on the last 6 months of travel nurse jobs data, 12 Hour Night shifts were the most common in Athens and surrounding areas.

How much does a night shift Psychiatric nurse make on average in Athens and nearby cities?

A: A 12 Hour Night shift Psychiatric nurse in Athens can make an average of $1,617 per week based on recent job availability data.

What hospitals and healthcare facilities have Psychiatric staff in or near Athens?

  • Starr Regional Medical Center – Athens in Athens

What is the most common contract for Psychiatric travel jobs in Athens?

Based on recent data, the most common duration for a Psychiatric job in Athens is 13 weeks.

Locating Psychiatric Travel Nursing Jobs in Athens

In Athens, facilities like Starr Regional Medical Center – Athens, all offer Psych departments. It’s a great city to work in and nearby to neighborhoods like Westwood Heights (zip code 37371), Avalon Heights (zip code 37371) and Forrest Hills (zip code 37303) neighborhoods.

Other popular cities near Athens’s Psych job opportunities are Etowah (9.1 miles), Sweetwater (13.2 miles) and Tellico Plains (17.7 miles).

Athens Hospitals With Psych Departments

There are 1 hospitals & healthcare facilities that have Psych nurses in Athens. Sometimes it is useful to see what types of shifts, contract durations, and travel nurse housing in nearby neighborhoods each facility might offer in order to find the right opportunity for your next traveling Psych nurse position in or nearby Athens.

Starr Regional Medical Center – Athens
Shifts
12 D, 12 E, and 12 N
Job Durations
7 wks, 10 wks, and 13 wks
Address
1114 W Madison Avenue
Athens, TN 37303
Nearby Neighborhoods
Westwood Heights (37371), Avalon Heights (37371), Forrest Hills (37303), Ridgeway (37371), Bryson (37303)
* Estimate of payments is intended for informational purposes and includes hourly wages, as well as reimbursements for meal & incidental expenses and housing expenses incurred on behalf of the Company. Please speak with a recruiter for additional details.