Registered Nurse RN Full Time Nights

About the Role

Cottonwood Creek Behavioral Hospital, an Oceans Healthcare Company, is a behavioral healthcare hospital providing high-quality, specialty behavioral health services for individuals with mental health and substance abuse issues. Our success is a reflection of the excellence and dedication of our employees at every level of our facilities. The culture of our hospitals is built around service. All jobs performed on our team are worthwhile and every employee makes a difference. If you are looking for an opportunity to grow personally and professionally while delivering compassionate, quality care we encourage you to explore career opportunities with Oceans.

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.
• Responsible for 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 addresses 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.

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.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage (Multiple Plan Options) - Eligible first of the month after 30 days.
• 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.
• Sponsorships for Registered Nurses.