Registered Nurse (RN) Behavioral Health Full-Time Nights

Job Summary

Responsible for directing and coordinating all nursing care based on established clinical nursing practice standards. Collaborates with other professional disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desired patient outcomes.

Essential Functions

• Ability to practice nursing as described by the nursing process.
  • Administers treatments and medications.
    • Determines the priority of data collection based on the patient's immediate condition or needs.
    • Collaborates with other health care providers.
  • Interprets diagnostic tests.
  • Formulates a plan of care.
  • Collaborates with other health care providers.
  • Provides education to patients and/or significant others.
• Collects patient health data.
  • Collects pertinent data using appropriate assessment techniques.
  • Documents relevant data in the medical record according to hospital standards.
  • Analyzes the assessment data in determining diagnoses/patient problems.
  • Validates diagnoses/patient problems with the patient, significant others, and health care providers, when possible.
  • Documents diagnoses/patient problems in a manner that facilitates the determination of expected outcomes and plan.
  • Identifies expected outcomes individualized to the patient.
  • Derives outcomes from the diagnoses/patient problems.
  • Documents outcomes as measurable goals.
  • Develops a plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
  • Individualizes the plan to the patient’s condition or need.
  • Ensures the plan reflects current nursing practice.
  • Documents the plan.
  • Evaluates the patient’s progress toward attainment of outcomes.
  • Documents patient’s responses to interventions.
  • Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions in relation to outcomes.
  • Utilizes ongoing assessment data to revise diagnoses/patient problems, outcomes, and the plan of care, as needed.
  • Involves the patient, significant others, and health care providers in the evaluation process, when appropriate.
• Participates in quality-of-care activities as appropriate.
  • Identifies aspects of care important for quality monitoring.
  • Identifies indicators used to monitor quality and effectiveness of nursing care.
  • Collection of data to monitor quality and effectiveness of nursing care.
  • Analysis of quality data to identify opportunities for improving care.
  • Formulation of recommendations to improve nursing care or patient outcomes.
  • Implementation of activities to enhance the quality of nursing practice.
  • Utilizes the results of quality-of-care activities to initiate changes in practice.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Licensure/Certifications: Current RN license in the state of practice or compact state required.
• Experience: Minimum of one year of hospital clinical experience preferred.