Registered Nurse – Adult Inpatient Psychiatry- 16 Hours- Evenings
Job Description
The Registered Nurse (RN) in Adult Inpatient Psychiatry provides direct and indirect psychiatric nursing care to adult patients and their families. The RN utilizes the nursing process while promoting safety, recovery, dignity, and therapeutic engagement in alignment with Anna Jaques Hospital’s mission and values.
Key Responsibilities
- Psychiatric Nursing Care
- Provide trauma-informed, patient-centered psychiatric nursing care
- Complete admission and ongoing mental health assessments
- Develop and implement individualized plans of care
- Evaluate patient progress and adjust care plans accordingly
- Patient & Family Engagement
- Involves patients and families in treatment planning
- Provides education using clear explanations and teach-back methods
- Safety & Therapeutic Environment
- Maintains a safe, secure, and therapeutic milieu
- Demonstrates competency in de-escalation techniques
- Participates in management of acute behavioral situations when necessary
- Supports low-restraint, patient-centered interventions
- Documentation & Communication
- Documents assessments, interventions, and patient responses accurately and timely
- Follows hand-off communication and safety protocols
- Professional Practice & Teamwork
- Practices within the Nurse Practice Act
- Collaborates with an interdisciplinary psychiatric care team
- Participates in staff meetings, quality improvement, and unit-based education
- Leadership & Additional Roles (as Assigned)
- Serves as a resource or preceptor for new staff
- Delegates tasks appropriately within scope of practice
- Serves as Charge Nurse or Admissions/Discharge RN as needed
- Acts as the Human Rights Officer for the unit (designated role)
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program
- Current Registered Nurse license in Massachusetts
- BLS certification required
- Advanced AVADE training maintained annually
- Ability to provide direct patient care including lifting and assisting patients
- Standing, walking, and bending as required
- Participation in physical management of violent behavior when necessary
- Exposure to biological and chemical hazards; PPE required
Job Requirements
Physical & Work Environment
Pay Range
This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement. The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. The pay range for this position is established and governed by the terms of the applicable collective bargaining agreement. Employees hired into this position will receive compensation consistent with the terms of the applicable collective bargaining agreement.