Registered Nurse (RN)- Adolescent Psych

Location: 47 Long Lots Rd, Westport, CT

About the Role

Provides direct patient care to behavioral health patients in accordance with the established policies and procedures of the facility. Work where every moment matters—every day, more than 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: pride in what we do.

St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport has more than 3,200 employees. It includes a 473-bed community teaching hospital, a 76-bed inpatient psychiatric facility in Westport, a large multispecialty provider group, and special needs services for adults and children. St. Vincent’s is the first hospital in Fairfield County to be integrated into the Hartford HealthCare network and is the system’s second-largest hospital.

Responsibilities

• Performs initial and on-going bio-psychosocial assessments according to accepted standards of nursing practice.
• Develops a nursing plan of care consistent with the master treatment plan.
• Participates in treatment team conferences to assist in planning and revising goals, objectives, and interventions appropriate to the age-related and problem-specific needs of each patient.
• Implements nursing plan of care for assigned patients and conducts and/or co-leads group therapy sessions for patients.
• Evaluates patient's response to interventions and revises nursing plan of care as needed.
• Collaborates with the treatment team to revise goals, objectives, and interventions appropriate to changes in patient status.
• Performs appropriate assessments of patients per hospital policy and identifies physical, psychosocial, cultural, spiritual, and age-related needs in order to provide individualized care.
• Develops and documents a comprehensive plan of nursing care in collaboration with the patient and family to meet the physical, psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and age-related needs of patients.
• Provides direct patient care according to physician's orders and appropriate protocols as evidenced by documentation in the patient's medical record and direct supervisor or peer observation.
• Evaluates and recognizes changes in patients' physical and psychosocial status and revises the plan of care as necessary.
• Delegates aspects of care to other nursing personnel, consistent with their level of education and expertise, to meet patients' needs and maximize staff performance.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to behavioral health patients and to interact with the interdisciplinary team to achieve desired outcomes.
• Reflects ANA Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice (2015), ANA Code of Ethics (2015), and ANA Social Policy Statement (2015).
• Other duties as assigned.
• Must be able to both individually and as a team member successfully manage out-of-control patients using the methods outlined in the MOAB training.

Requirements

• Associate Degree in Nursing (ASN) required; Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Licensed Registered Nurse credentialed from the Connecticut Department of Public Health obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
• Certified BLS Provider credentialed from the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross obtained within 2 months (60 days) of hire date or job transfer date.

Benefits

• Medical and dental benefits.
• 401(k) plan with employer match.
• Generous paid time off with accrual starting on the date of hire.
• Additional voluntary benefits as well as employee discount programs.

Schedule

24-hour 2nd shift: 3:00 PM to 11:30 PM, including some holidays and every other weekend.