Registered Nurse

About the role

Landmark Medical Center is a 214-bed acute care hospital in Woonsocket, RI, recognized for patient safety excellence with an “A” rating from The Leapfrog Group and multiple Healthgrades awards for patient safety, heart care, and orthopedics. Originally founded in 1873 as Woonsocket Hospital, the facility serves communities across northern Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts.

Responsibilities

• Treat patients and educate them about mental and medical conditions
• Provide advice and emotional support to patients and/or family members
• Run therapeutic groups and perform psychiatric crisis intervention
• Administer seclusion and restraint of patients as needed
• Record patients’ medical histories and symptoms
• Perform and analyze diagnostic tests
• Operate medical machinery and administer treatments and medications
• Assist with patient follow-up and rehabilitation
• Teach patients and families about illness management, diet, exercise, medication self-administration, and physical therapy
• Work within behavioral health units
• Apply working knowledge of the continuum of care for behavioral health
• Complete Behavioral Violence Prevention training within 6 months of hire and maintain current annually

Qualifications

• Current and valid State license as a Registered Nurse
• Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintained current
• Working knowledge of Mental Health Laws and practice standards
• Working knowledge of interdisciplinary treatment team processes, behavioral health programming, and daily nursing functions for inpatient and outpatient behavioral health units
• Working knowledge of the continuum of care for behavioral health care

Employment Status: Part Time (less than 60 hours per week)

Shift: Days