Registered Nurse - Part-time Nights

About the Role

Haven Behavioral Hospital of Eastern PA is an 86 bed acute-care Joint Commission Accredited psychiatric hospital that offers care for adults dealing with mental health conditions and co-occurring disorders. We are dedicated to partnering with individuals, families, and communities to improve the lives of patients through the delivery of high-quality, specialty behavioral health services.

Responsibilities

• Assume primary leadership accountability and responsibility for milieu management and directing patient care activities of other nursing staff
• Maintain standards of professional nursing practice in accordance with facility policy and procedures, other external governing and credentialing bodies, performance improvement standards, and psychiatric nursing standards
• Assess the patient utilizing the nursing process to formulate an individualized plan of care for each patient, implement interventions, and evaluate outcomes consistent with policy and appropriate to the current client's condition, which promote, maintain, and restore physical and mental health, and prevent illness
• Interpret age/disability specific information in response to client population served
• Provide for the safe delivery of medication in accordance with the policies and procedures, physicians orders and/or current practice
• Ensure thorough, accurate reporting, and documentation of the patient's symptoms, responses, and progress
• Assume responsibility for professional development, continuing education and maintaining licensure
• Utilize the nursing process: assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation and formulating nursing interventions directed towards development of an individualized plan of care and treatment modalities
• Identify risk levels, precautions, and expected outcomes individualized to the client to include discharge planning; prescribe interventions to attain expected outcomes; evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in relation to expected outcomes; conduct ongoing assessment of clients from admission to discharge; initiate medical/psychiatric crisis intervention to stabilize and ensure the well-being of the patient's conditions
• Demonstrate knowledge of psychiatric disorders and appropriate nursing interventions; implement nursing interventions identified in the plan of care that is individualized to the patient needs
• Apply appropriate interventions to progress the patient towards wellness and address maintenance of wellness
• Administer medications as prescribed safely; provide education on prescribed medications; recognize signs and symptoms of adverse drug reactions
• Demonstrate professionalism, accountability, and responsibility for decision making, quality nursing care, and knowledge base of psychiatric nursing care
• Review, revise, and update medical records within facility guidelines and timeframes
• Transcribe and implement physician's orders according to facility policy; document care, progress, response to intervention in medical record in an accurate, thorough and concise manner
• Follow up on client care responsibilities, communicate incomplete assignments, and current client needs to staff to assure continuity of care
• Implement staff assignments and delegation of duties using appropriate judgment and knowledge; demonstrate positive willingness to assist staff and patients; function as an advocate for patient needs/safety
• Utilize nursing knowledge to successfully meet the needs of the facility, patient population, and staff members; utilize nursing resources to enhance evidence-based practice
• Float among various clinical services, where qualified and competent and perform other duties and projects as assigned

Requirements

• Current, valid, and active license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of which you are employed at an Oceans Healthcare hospital. Valid Compact licenses are also acceptable as they apply
• Minimum of an Associated Degree in Nursing is required
• One year of inpatient hospital experience strongly preferred

Qualifications & Skills

• Ability to adapt to a high stress environment and assess potential for patient escalation
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing, to consistently achieve positive results with internal and external customers
• Be highly organized
• Have an understanding and sensitivity to serve culturally diverse and special needs population such as Chronically Mentally Ill, Geriatric, CD
• Be versed in basic knowledge of normal physical and emotional development
• 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
• Must successfully complete CPR certification and an Oceans approved behavioral health de-escalation program

Work Environment

• Subject to many interruptions
• Pressure due to multiple calls and inquiries
• 12 hour rotating shifts
• Can be high paced and stressful; must be able to cope mentally and physically to atmosphere
• Might experience disagreeable odors, sights and/or unpredictable patient behavior
• Requires spending approximately 90% or more of the time inside a building that offers protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes