Acute Care RN - Behavioral Health Child/Adolescents - Less than PT - Night

About the Role

Behavioral Health is a specialty within the nursing profession that encompasses the care of individuals across the life span who present with physical, emotional, or psychological alterations of health. Psychiatric nursing is care of acute and chronic illnesses in nature and occurs in a variety of care settings. Psychiatric nursing encompasses care of various psychiatric illnesses at various stages in the acute setting, helping prepare the patient and family for safe discharge and therapeutic continuum of care. It includes the care of patients greater than the age of 18 with multiple psychiatric conditions.

Psychiatric nurses have adapted the nursing process to include components of de-escalation skills, maintaining safety, assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation of human responses when caring for patients.

Position is part-time, 12 hours per week on a 12-hour night shift. This is a non-exempt, patient-facing role with no supervisory or budget responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Collects pertinent data and information relative to the patient, situation, or setting.
• Analyzes assessment data to determine actual or potential problems and issues.
• Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient or situation.
• Develops a collaborative plan encompassing strategies to achieve expected outcomes.
• Implements identified plan through coordination of care and employs strategies to promote health and wellness.
• Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes.
• Delivers professional nursing care guided by Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring, illustrated by creating caring relationships, taking time to have uninterrupted moments with patients, and displaying unconditional acceptance and respect.
• Promotes a mutually respectful environment that encourages the exchange of ideas, supports the effectiveness of professional relationships, and integrates ethics in all aspects of practice.
• Demonstrates advocacy in all roles and settings.
• Practices Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion principles in daily work by respecting others’ uniqueness, perspectives, backgrounds, or beliefs.
• Communicates effectively in all areas of professional practice.
• Mentors nurses new to their role for the purpose of ensuring successful enculturation, orientation, competence, and emotional support. Supports students to enhance their knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Commits to lifelong learning through critical thinking, self-reflection, and inquiry for personal growth and development.
• Demonstrates willingness to participate in and lead nursing practice in process evolution within the scope of the Stormont Vail Health professional practice model.
• Utilizes appropriate resources to plan, provide, and sustain evidence-based nursing services that are safe, effective, and financially responsible, and used judiciously.
• Complies with all policies, standards, mandatory training, and requirements of Stormont Vail Health.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Licenses and Certifications:

• Registered Nurse (RN) license from the Kansas State Board of Nursing (KSBN). A multistate license with the ability to practice within the State of Kansas is also accepted.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification may be required depending on the department within 90 days of hire date.
• Other Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) certifications may be required depending on the department within 90 days of hire date.

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to the rights of patients/significant others, as identified within the institution.
• Demonstrates awareness and application of safety issues as identified within the institution.
• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues in all aspects of patient care and departmental functioning. Strives to manage situations in a manner that minimizes risk to the patient and the institution.
• Demonstrates competency in selected psychomotor skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively using verbal, non-verbal, and written methods.
• Ability to perform mathematical calculations related to medication administration and equipment calibration. Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability, statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Physical Demands

• Balancing: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Carrying: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Climbing (Ladders/Stairs): Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Crawling/Crouching: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination: Frequently (3-5 hours)
• Feeling/Grasping (Fine Motor/Gross Hand)/Handling: Frequently (3-5 hours)
• Hearing: Frequently (3-5 hours)
• Kneeling: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Lifting: Frequently (3-5 hours) up to 50 lbs
• Operate Foot Controls: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Pulling/Pushing: Occasionally (1-3 hours) up to 25 lbs
• Reaching (Forward/Overhead): Occasionally (1-3 hours) up to 25 lbs
• Repetitive Motions: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Sitting/Standing/Walking: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Stooping/Talking: Occasionally (1-3 hours)

Working Conditions

• Burn/Chemical/Dusts/Electrical/Explosive/Extreme Temperatures/Mechanical/Other Atmospheric Conditions/Poor Ventilation, Fumes and/or Gases/Radiant Energy/Vibration/Wet and/or Humid: Rarely (less than 1 hour)
• Combative Patients: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Infectious Diseases: Occasionally (1-3 hours)
• Needle Stick: Frequently (3-5 hours)
• Noise/Sounds: Frequently (3-5 hours)
• Risk of Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids/Hazardous Drugs/Hazards (other): Occasionally (1-3 hours)

Remote Work Guidelines

This role is on-site with no remote work capability. If remote work were applicable, the following guidelines would apply:

• Workspace must be quiet and distraction-free to comply with all security and privacy standards.
• Stable access to electricity and a minimum of 25mb upload and internet speed.
• Dedicate full attention to job duties and communication with others during working hours.
• Adhere to break and attendance schedules agreed upon with supervisor.
• Abide by Stormont Vail’s Remote Worker Policy and review and acknowledge the Remote Work Agreement annually.