Registered Nurse - Days

About the role

Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Danville is seeking a full-time Registered Nurse (RN) to serve pediatric and adult patients. New graduates are welcome. This facility, a partnership between Acadia Healthcare and Geisinger Health, is a state-of-the-art, 96-bed behavioral health hospital in Danville, PA. It offers inpatient treatment, intensive outpatient programming, and ECT services, and serves as a teaching hospital for students and residents of Geisinger’s College of Health Sciences.

Benefits

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive compensation and generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent medical, dental, prescription drug plan, health savings accounts, and short-term/long-term disability coverage
• 401(K) with company match
• Tuition reimbursement including ANCC certification for Psychiatric Mental Health nursing
• Career development opportunities within Acadia Healthcare and its 250+ locations

Responsibilities

• Provide and coordinate care by assessing patients’ physical and behavioral health needs
• Develop and implement nursing care plans
• Maintain medical records and educate patients and their families about various physical and behavioral health conditions
• Provide nursing care and services within the standards and scope of nursing practice as defined by the state Nurse Practice Act, policies, procedures, protocols, and facility/corporate policies
• Ensure physicians’ orders are legible if taken verbally and transcribed appropriately per policy
• Assess patients’ status on an ongoing basis; gather and document pertinent information
• Notify physicians of significant changes in status (e.g., detox difficulties, medical emergencies, medication response changes)
• Complete initial nursing treatment plans upon admission; ensure all plans are specific to assessed needs
• Demonstrate knowledge and use of universal precautions in direct patient care
• Accurately administer medications per ordered note
• Document accurate count of controlled substance medication administration on required documents
• Complete admission and discharge processing efficiently and accurately
• Exhibit therapeutic rapport with patients: maintain professional boundaries, respect personal space, give direct attention, maintain rational detachment
• Provide direction or coordinate unit activities as directed
• Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, co-workers, and others involved in inpatient treatment

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license as required by the state of employment, or eligibility to practice per state requirements
• One year of nursing experience; previous psychiatric, mental, behavioral, or substance use nursing experience a plus
• CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility)
• First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements

Schedule

Full Time – Day Shift