ADMISSIONS RN - PRN

Responsibilities

• Provide primary care coordination for patients and implement a collaborative care plan as prescribed by the physician and treatment team.
• Perform assessments including mental health needs; develop nursing diagnoses, identify outcomes, plan and evaluate nursing care.
• Administer and/or monitor the effects and side effects of medications and treatments ordered by a physician.
• Ensure safety and provide consistent therapeutic milieu management and crisis intervention strategies.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing. Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred.
• Experience: A minimum of two (2) years’ experience in a psychiatric health-care facility preferred.
• Licensure: Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Florida, BLS.
• Additional Requirements: CPR certification and successful completion of restraining procedures training within 30 days of employment. Understanding of The Joint Commission (TJC), AHCA, OSHA and applicable state and federal regulatory requirements.

Physical Requirements

• Move efficiently enough to meet the needs of several patients and/or move rapidly to provide timely intervention of patient aggression.
• Able to stand, sit and walk during work shift.
• Able to hear spoken words in a normal vocal range, respond to signals, alarms, codes or other displays. Recognize vocal intonation that signal changes in acuity.
• Able to bend, reach and stoop.
• Able to write legibly so as to accurately convey information. Able to read instructions and complete documentation and reports.
• Able to restrain, as part of a team, an aggressive patient in a safe and therapeutic manner.
• Able to lift, position or move patients in order to perform (or assist in) searches and procedures, and/or administer injections.
• Able to lift 30 lbs.