Registered Nurse-Behavioral Health-RN

About the role

The RN utilizes critical thinking to assess, plan, implement and evaluate outcome based care of patients. The RN supervises and coordinates care provided to patients by the LPN, Patient Care Assistants and other nursing team members. The RN facilitates communication with physicians, patient and family, other departments and/or team members. Adheres to MercyOne's performance expectations and performs all defined services and other related duties in accordance with the Mission, Vision and Values of MercyOne.

Responsibilities

• Conducts an initial assessment to gather data.
• Makes an initial assessment of new admissions within 30 minutes of the patient’s arrival to the unit.
• Completes all areas of the admission assessment database within 24 hours of admission.
• Identifies patient problems and develops them into an outcome/goal-based plan of care.
• Initiates the patient problem list and incorporates relevant medical history into the plan of care.
• Analyzes and interprets the assessment data to identify desired patient outcomes/goals.
• Determines nursing interventions to achieve those outcomes/goals.
• Prioritizes patient care needs/activities.

Requirements

• Associate degree required, BSN preferred.
• No prior experience required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years nursing experience (and/or 2 years in specialty area as applicable), and recommendation by manager, peer, and a physician.
• Current Iowa RN license, BLS.
• Must complete cardiac monitoring course and/or select units of Advance Nursing/Critical Care Course or comparable, and ACLS within 12 months in ICU.
• Rehab-FIM certified.
• Hazardous Materials Training- ED
• Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Training (NVCI) within 6 months of hire.
• (ED; ICU, Mental Health, CD)
• Basic computer skills required.
• Ability to work with diverse groups of people.
• Ability to work under pressure and with a large degree of independence and accountability.
• Ability to lead/direct others in a high stress situation/environment.

Skills

• High language ability.
• Intermediate to high math ability.
• High critical thinking ability.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to work with diverse groups of people.
• Ability to work under pressure and with a large degree of independence and accountability.
• Ability to lead/direct others in a high stress situation/environment.

Benefits

MercyOne Northeast Iowa provides expert health care to eight counties. MercyOne Northeast Iowa provides excellent, personalized care close to home to the communities in the Cedar Valley. With 491 licensed beds between the three medical centers, each providing 24-hour emergency lifesaving care, MercyOne is there for you in critical moments:

• MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center, an Area Level III Trauma Center and an accredited chest pain center
• MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center, Community Level IV Trauma Designation
• MercyOne Oelwein Medical Center, Community Level IV Trauma Designation

Pay

Competitive compensation with a full benefits package and opportunity for growth throughout the system!

Schedule

36 hours weekly Rotating Shifts No Call!