Registered Nurse/RN NMC Psychiatric

Responsibilities

• Maintains standards of professional nursing practice and creates positive therapeutic relationships with patients/families.
• Provides leadership to other team members by articulating and delegating expected standards of care, supervising, encouraging team members, and supporting their contributions.
• Supervises LPNs, PCAs, PCA/ISs, OTs, and/or US.
• Assesses condition on each assigned patient on admission and on an ongoing basis, including physical condition, psychological status, social status, spiritual and cultural needs, pain assessment/management, nutritional and functional status, developmental or age-related factors, and discharge planning needs.
• Plans, provides, and documents patient and/or significant other education based on physical, behavioral, psychological, developmental, and age-related factors, after identifying barriers to learning.
• Evaluates and regularly reevaluates patient care; coordinates care planning with patient, family, providers, and other disciplines to achieve patient-centered outcomes.
• Sets and assigns nursing care to team members in accordance with the patient's needs and the capabilities of the team members.
• Applies safety principles when performing care and accurately documents observations, care provided, and changes in care plan.
• Participates in transition rounds, care planning/problem identification, and team shift reports.
• Assists in performance improvement (PI) activities by serving on PI teams as warranted, assisting with PI measures, and supporting and implementing changes necessary for improvement.
• Maintains initial and annual competency per job class.
• Maintains performance, patient, and employee satisfaction and financial standards as outlined in the performance evaluation.
• Performs compliance requirements as outlined in the Employee Handbook.
• Participates in transition rounds, care planning/problem identification, and team shift reports.
• Assists in performance improvement (PI) activities by serving on PI teams as warranted, assisting with PI measures, and supporting and implementing changes necessary for improvement.
• Participates in performance improvement (PI) activities by serving on PI teams as warranted, assisting with PI measures, and supporting and implementing changes necessary for improvement.
• Participates in performance improvement (PI) activities by serving on PI teams as warranted, assisting with PI measures, and supporting and implementing changes necessary for improvement.
• Participates in performance improvement (PI) activities by serving on PI teams as warranted, assisting with PI measures, and supporting and implementing changes necessary for improvement.

Qualifications

• Current Alabama RN Licensure.
• Must be able to read, write legibly, speak, and comprehend English.
• Physical presence onsite is essential.
• Hearing and vision must be normal or corrected to within normal range.
• Able to perform the duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Able to tolerate prolonged periods of standing and walking.
• Able to lift and carry 50 pounds with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs.
• Able to do frequent stooping and on occasion crouching, crawling, or kneeling.
• Able to reach reasonable distances in any direction.
• Able to run in emergency situations.
• Ability to move fingers in a coordinated manner.
• Ability to feel and perceive temperature, texture, shape, and size with fingertips.
• Includes exposure to human body fluids, disease, infection, lab chemicals, and hazard materials or cleaning solutions.
• Requires wearing common protective or safety equipment.
• Psychological includes demonstrating leadership skills, delegating to team members, addressing conflict, effective communication skills with all types of personalities, and being responsible for outcomes/results.