Registered Nurse RN Full Time Days

About the role

Oceans Behavioral Hospital DeRidder seeks to provide comprehensive psychiatric counseling and treatment options for adults and seniors dealing with anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues. Our team of qualified professionals employs proven therapies to promote long-term wellness.

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 the patient’s condition through the nursing process, formulates an individualized plan of care, implements interventions, and evaluates outcomes.
• Interprets age/disability-specific information in response to the client population served.
• Administers medications safely, provides education on prescribed medications, and recognizes 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.
• Floats among various clinical services 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.
• Minimum of an Associate Degree in Nursing.
• 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 them for continuous improvement of patient care.
• Self-confidence and conceptual thinking ability to lead and direct others.
• Successfully completes CPR certification and an Oceans-approved behavioral health de-escalation program.

Qualifications / Skills Requirements

• Ability to cope with a high-paced and stressful environment.
• Experience working with culturally diverse and special needs populations.
• Understanding and sensitivity to the needs of the client population.
• Knowledge of normal physical and emotional development.
• Adaptable to a high-stress environment and assessing potential for patient escalation.
• Effective communication skills, both oral and written.
• Highly organized and sensitive to serving culturally diverse and special needs populations.
• Critical thinking abilities and application of them for continuous improvement of patient care.
• Self-confidence and conceptual thinking ability to lead and direct others.
• Successfully completes CPR certification and an Oceans-approved behavioral health de-escalation program.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage (Multiple Plan Options)
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with Discretionary Company Match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Daily Pay
• Paid Time Off
• Competitive Market Compensation
• Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program

Pay

Competitive market compensation.

Schedule

12-hour rotating shifts.