Registered Nurse - Mental Health Inpatient - Per Diem - Level II

About the role

The role involves delivering quality care to patients through teamwork, implementing policies and procedures for patient safety, managing pain, and providing support for medication management. The position also requires anticipating and addressing potential healthcare needs, facilitating responses from other healthcare team members, and participating in various committees and performance improvement activities.

Responsibilities

• Delivers quality care to patients through a team effort in working with others through the nursing process of assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation.
• Affirms patient safety by executing appropriate policies & procedures.
• Supports pain management and pharmacological and non-pharmacological measures.
• Assists patient/family in identifying individualized comfort measures.
• Mobilizes resources in complex cases to maximize patients' control and participation over their own recovery.
• Provides information and interpretation of the patient's condition and offers coping mechanisms.
• Documents a discharge plan that maximizes the patient's ability to continue with meaningful life activities.
• Foresees potential age-specific healthcare needs and anticipates patients' needs.
• Ensures handoff communication and includes a report on situations most likely to develop and problems awaiting patient.
• Identifies and addresses issues related to patient education for medication management.
• Provides discharge planning which includes instructions on discharge medications.
• Uses discretionary judgment to modify patient care regimens.
• Facilitates appropriate responses from other health care team members to provide quality and safe care.
• Develops plans for adjusting staffing patterns as needed.
• Attends educational sessions to improve one's ability to assess the needs on one's respective department.
• Participates in unit based and/or hospital based committees.
• Participates actively in performance improvement activities at the unit and/or hospital wide level.
• Participates in preparation of Joint Commission readiness.
• Works towards achieving successful Patient Satisfaction scores and has an awareness of the HCAAPS measurements.
• Performs any other related duties as required or assigned.

Requirements

Education: Associate's degree or graduate from an accredited school of nursing. Experience: None. Previous nursing experience preferred. Other Credentials: AHA BLS - Healthcare Provider, Registered Nurse - NJ. Requires TNCC (or must obtain within 1 year of hire) AND 8 hours of Trauma related Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) contact hours if assigned to certain departments. Requires NIH Stroke Scale Certification (or must obtain by end of orientation) AND 8 hours of Stroke related Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) contact hours if assigned to certain units. Requires ACLS (or must obtain within 6 months of hire date) if assigned to certain departments. Requires NRP (or must obtain within 6 months of hire date) if assigned to certain departments. Requires PALS (or must obtain within 6 months of hire date) if assigned to certain departments. Knowledge and Skills: Strong problem solving and decision making skills, high interpersonal skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills, quick adjustment to change, considerable knowledge of nursing principles, practices, procedures and standards. Special Training: Knowledge of nursing skills, hospital practices, procedures and standards.

Qualifications

Physical Demands And Work Environment: Frequent physical demands include pushing/pulling, twisting, bending, reaching forward, reaching overhead, squatting/kneeling/crawling, wrist position deviation, pinching/fine motor activities, keyboard use/repetitive motion, taste or smell. Occasional physical demands include sitting, climbing stairs or ladders. Continuous physical demands include standing, walking, carrying objects, talking or hearing. Sensory Requirements include very accurate 20/40 near vision, very accurate 20/40 far vision, color discrimination, accurate depth perception, accurate hearing. Anticipated Occupational Exposure Risks Include bloodborne pathogens, chemicals, airborne communicable diseases, dust/particulate matter. This position is eligible for retirement savings and investment plan, disability benefits, sick time off, employee assistance program.

Benefits

Retirement Savings and Investment Plan
Disability Benefits – Short Term Disability (STD)
Sick Time Off
Employee Assistance Program