Registered Nurse - Part-time 3rd Shift

About the role

Haven Behavioral Hospital of Eastern PA is an 86-bed acute-care Joint Commission Accredited psychiatric hospital offering specialized behavioral health services. We partner with individuals, families, and communities to improve lives through high-quality care.

Responsibilities

• Assumes primary leadership for milieu management and directs patient care activities of other nursing staff.
• Maintains standards of professional nursing practice in accordance with facility policy and procedures, external governing bodies, performance improvement standards, and psychiatric nursing standards.
• Affirms age/disability-specific information in response to the client population served.
• Administers medications safely; provides education on prescribed medications; recognizes signs and symptoms of adverse drug reactions.
• Reviews, revises, and updates medical records within facility guidelines and timeframes.
• Transcribes and implements physician's orders according to facility policy; documents care, progress, response to intervention in medical record in an accurate, thorough, and concise manner.
• Follows up on client care responsibilities, communicates incomplete assignments, and current client needs to staff to assure continuity of care.
• Implements staff assignments and delegation of duties using appropriate judgment and knowledge.
• Utilizes nursing knowledge to successfully meet the needs of the facility, patient population, and staff members.
• Utilizes nursing resources to enhance evidence-based practice.
• Floats among various clinical services, where qualified and competent, and performs other duties and projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Current, valid, and active license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of employment at an Oceans Healthcare hospital.
• Minimum of an Associate Degree in Nursing is required.
• One year of inpatient hospital experience strongly preferred.
• Ability to adapt to a high-stress environment and assess potential for patient escalation.
• Effective communication skills, both oral and written, to consistently achieve positive results with internal and external customers.
• Highly organized and sensitive to serving culturally diverse and special needs populations such as Chronically Mentally Ill, Geriatric, CD.
• Critical thinking abilities and application of concepts for continuous improvement of patient care.
• Self-confidence and conceptual thinking for leading and directing others.
• Successfully completes CPR certification and an Oceans-approved behavioral health de-escalation program.

Qualifications / Skills Requirements

• Adapts to a high-stress environment and assesses potential for patient escalation.
• Communicates effectively both orally and in writing, achieving positive results with internal and external customers.
• Understands and demonstrates sensitivity to serve culturally diverse and special needs populations such as Chronically Mentally Ill, Geriatric, CD.
• Exhibits critical thinking abilities and applies them for continuous improvement of patient care.
• Demonstrates self-confidence and ability to think conceptually in leading and directing others.
• Completes CPR certification and an Oceans-approved behavioral health de-escalation program.

Pay

Competitive Pay Rates & Shift Differentials

Schedule

NEW GRADS WELCOME: Part-time Registered Nurse (RN) 3rd Shift: 11p-7:30a (2-8 hr shifts/week available - EOW rotation)