*Registered Nurse - Psych Acute

Responsibilities

• Treating patients
• Educating patients about mental and medical conditions
• Providing advice and emotional support to patients and/or family members
• Running therapeutic groups
• Psychiatric crisis intervention
• Seclusion and restraint of patients
• Recording patients’ medical histories and symptoms
• Helping to perform diagnostic tests and analyze results
• Operating medical machinery
• Administering treatment and medications
• Helping with patient follow-up and rehabilitation
• Teaching patients and their families how to manage their illness or injury
• Teaching patients and their families about diet and exercise programs
• Teaching patients and their families about self-administration of medication and physical therapy
• Other related duties

Qualifications

• Must have current and valid State license as a Registered Nurse.
• Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain current.
• Working knowledge of Mental Health Laws and practice standards.
• Working knowledge of interdisciplinary treatment team process, behavioral health programming and daily nursing functions for inpatient and outpatient behavioral health units.
• Working knowledge of the continuum of care for behavioral health care.

Benefits

• The company is dedicated to empowering its staff with a comprehensive, competitive benefits package, allowing them the freedom to customize their benefits to fit their unique needs.
• Our abundant resources, programs, and voluntary options serve as a foundation for individual growth and well-being.
• Learn more here: https://www.primehealthcare.com/benefitsthatmattermost/
• Our Total Rewards package includes, but is not limited to, paid time off, a 401K retirement plan, medical, dental, and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, and many more voluntary benefit options.

Pay

A reasonable compensation estimate for this role, which includes estimated wages, benefits, and other forms of compensation, is $3