Registered Nurse, Institutional (Harris Hospital)

Job Responsibilities

Provide direct care to adult psychiatric patients including those who are deaf and have co-occurring disorders utilizing age specific interventions. Identify obvious symptoms of physical and emotional illnesses through observation and record analysis. Must be able to stoop, bend, lift, and move quickly.

Perform on-going nursing assessment and participates in Treatment Team planning to include employing interventions and evaluating outcomes. Conduct patient education and participates in discharge planning.

Accurately documents assessments, interventions and education in patients' medical record in real time. Communicate findings as appropriate with interdisciplinary team.

Perform medication administration utilizing closed loop style and monitors process in order to evaluate compliance, deviation from normal conditions, effectiveness and completion of medication education.

Precept new licensed staff to unit and serves as resource to other disciplines and subordinate nursing staff regarding medical issues.

Assist in auditing clinical records to evaluate professional practice standards and quality of care. Report adverse events, unusual occurrences, and medication variances in an accurate and timely manner.

Relieve Nurse Manager Il and Nurse Manager I as is appropriate.

Maintain clinical competency by attending and qualifying in all non-mandatory (15 hours) and mandatory training classes yearly (e.g. MAPS/MANDT, CPR, SCEIS, cross training, and age specific criteria).

Minimum and Additional Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and related nursing experience.

Additional Experience: Ability to lift up to fifty (50) pounds; ability to see, hear at normal volumes, stand, walk, reach, pull, stoop, bend and climb at least two (2) flights of stairs. Ability to tolerate noise level and circulate in patient areas for long periods. Must be able to work with repetitive patient behaviors. Able to provide emergency care such as CPR.

Preferred Qualifications

Bilingual abilities in English and Spanish (or another language) are a plus.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance for employees, spouse, and children.
• 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
• 15 days sick leave per year
• 13 paid holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• S.C. Deferred Compensation Program available (S.C. Deferred Compensation)
• Retirement benefit choices *

*Enrollment in one of the listed plans is required for all FTE employees; please refer to the contribution section of hyperlinked retirement sites for the current contribution rate of gross pay.

Note

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