Psychiatric Medicine and Emergency Department Registered Nurse Full-time 7a-7p

About the role

Under general supervision, provides direct patient care to assigned psychiatric and/or Emergency Department (Adult and Pediatric) patients. The RN collaborates with other members of the health team, delegates appropriately to support staff and directs care to assure the patient’s care needs are met.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes physical assessment and interviewing techniques to conduct intake assessments through interviews with patients and relatives to gather case history.
• Makes nursing diagnoses of the medical and emotional status of patients and recommends treatment options.
• Anticipates need for intervention by other disciplines and reassesses the patient as indicated by changes in condition and/ or response to treatment(s).
• Initiates and updates a written nursing plan of care for patients by incorporating scientific and psychosocial principles that support the nursing diagnosis.
• Carefully coordinates patient, family, significant other, and health team members in the planning of hospital and post-discharge care.
• Performs clinical nursing skills independently, maintains patient confidentiality, obtains vital signs, point-of-care glucose readings, and provides appropriate care.
• Administers medications, and treatments appropriately and accurately. Administers and notes reactions to psychotropic drugs and other medications.
• Assists the client in understanding the nature of emotional disturbances and accepting the need for treatment. Initiates appropriate emergency procedures as necessary.
• Appropriately delegates and coordinates the duties of ancillary personnel.
• Communicates the patient's status and plan of care through written documentation in the patient's medical record. Verbalizes the patient's status to physicians, nurses and other health care professionals.
• Communicates in a therapeutic manner with the patient, family and visitors. Applies teaching/learning principles in education of patient and family.
• Manages daily patient assignment by appropriately setting priorities. Delegates responsibility appropriately and monitors the nursing care delivered to patients by ancillary personnel.
• Coordinates patient activities with psychiatrists, assessment & discharge specialist, ED physician, charge nurse and other interdisciplinary team members in designing appropriate treatment plans for clients.
• Develops, documents and implements Patient Teaching and Discharge Planning Record. Participates in established patient, family, staff and/or student education program.
• Participates in clinical monitoring at the unit level. Identifies unit, staff and patient care problems. Takes action or refers problems to appropriate resources when indicated.

Requirements

• Education: Associate Degree from an accredited School of Nursing required; BSN preferred.
• Licenses/Certifications: Current registration with the Maryland State Board of Examiners of Nurses as a Registered Nurse. Completion of "Healthcare Provider" CPR course, bi-annually. ACLS and PALS preferred, but can be obtained within probationary period.
• Experience: Two to three years of psychiatric nursing experience.
• Ability: Ability to care for low emergent medical acuity, and comprehensive psychiatric patients in an Emergency Department setting.

Skills

• Interpersonal communication (oral and written) skills required in order to educate and comfort patients and their families, maintain effective contacts with a variety of hospital personnel, and maintain appropriate documentation records.
• Proficiency in developing nursing plan of care, implementing effective nursing care, and evaluating outcome of nursing intervention.
• Professional nursing principles, procedures, and techniques used in the care and treatment of psychiatric patients.

Qualifications

• Education: Associate Degree from an accredited School of Nursing required; BSN preferred.
• Licenses/Certifications: Current registration with the Maryland State Board of Examiners of Nurses as a Registered Nurse. Completion of "Healthcare Provider" CPR course, bi-annually. ACLS and PALS preferred, but can be obtained within probationary period.
• Experience: Two to three years of psychiatric nursing experience.
• Ability: Ability to care for low emergent medical acuity, and comprehensive psychiatric patients in an Emergency Department setting.

Benefits

GBMC HealthCare and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Pay

Pay Range $32.18 - $49.46 Final salary offer will be based on the candidate's qualifications, education, experience and alignment with our organizational needs.

Schedule

Regularly and on time.