Registered Nurse Full Time Days

About the Role

The Registered Nurse assumes primary leadership accountability and responsibility for milieu management and directing patient care activities of other nursing staff. The Registered Nurse maintains standards of professional nursing practice in accordance with facility policy and procedures, external governing and credentialing bodies, performance improvement standards, and psychiatric nursing standards.

The Registered Nurse assesses patients utilizing the nursing process to formulate an individualized plan of care, implements interventions, and evaluates outcomes consistent with policy and appropriate to the patient’s condition, promoting, maintaining, and restoring physical and mental health, and preventing illness. They interpret age/disability-specific information in response to the client population served and provide safe medication delivery in accordance with policies, procedures, physicians' orders, and current practice.

The Registered Nurse is responsible for thorough, accurate reporting, and documentation of patients' symptoms, responses, and progress, and assumes responsibility for professional development, continuing education, and maintaining licensure.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes the nursing process: assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation to formulate nursing interventions directed toward an individualized plan of care and treatment modalities.
• Identifies risk levels, precautions, and expected outcomes individualized to the client, including discharge planning; prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes; evaluates effectiveness of interventions; conducts ongoing assessments from admission to discharge; initiates medical/psychiatric crisis intervention.
• Demonstrates knowledge of psychiatric disorders and appropriate nursing interventions; implements nursing interventions identified in the plan of care tailored to patient needs.
• Administers medications as prescribed safely; provides education on prescribed medications; recognizes signs and symptoms of adverse drug reactions.
• Demonstrates professionalism, accountability, and responsibility for decision-making, quality nursing care, and psychiatric nursing knowledge.
• Reviews, revises, and updates medical records within facility guidelines and timeframes; transcribes and implements physician’s orders; documents care, progress, and response to interventions accurately and concisely.
• Follows up on client care responsibilities, communicates incomplete assignments, and current client needs to staff to ensure continuity of care.
• Implements staff assignments and delegation of duties using appropriate judgment and knowledge; functions as an advocate for patient needs and safety.
• Utilizes nursing knowledge to meet the needs of the facility, patient population, and staff members; enhances evidence-based practice.
• Floats among various clinical services where qualified and competent; performs other duties and projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Current, valid, and active license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of employment (valid Compact licenses are also acceptable).
• Minimum of an Associate Degree in Nursing is required.
• One year of inpatient hospital experience strongly preferred.

Qualifications

• Ability to adapt to a high-stress environment and assess potential for patient escalation.
• Effective oral and written communication skills to achieve positive results with internal and external customers.
• Highly organized with an understanding and sensitivity to serve culturally diverse and special needs populations (e.g., Chronically Mentally Ill, Geriatric, Chemical Dependency).
• Basic knowledge of normal physical and emotional development.
• Critical thinking abilities for continuous improvement of patient care.
• Self-confidence and ability to think conceptually in leading and directing others.
• Must successfully complete CPR certification and an Oceans-approved behavioral health de-escalation program.

Work Environment

• Subject to many interruptions and pressure due to multiple calls and inquiries.
• 12-hour rotating shifts in a high-paced, potentially stressful atmosphere.
• May experience disagreeable odors, sights, and unpredictable patient behavior.
• Spends approximately 90% or more of the time inside a building protected from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage (multiple plan options) – eligible first of the month after 30 days.
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with discretionary company match.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Daily Pay.
• Paid Time Off.
• Competitive market compensation.
• Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, and Life Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.