RN Behavioral Health

About the role

This role is for a Full-time Day Shift Opening for the Sandia Behavioral Health Unit at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center. The position is for assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating and documenting nursing care of patients in accordance with organizational policies and standards of professional nursing practice.

Responsibilities

• Achieves patient physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural and discharge planning needs.
• Reviews patient history and physical with patient/family and assures completion within appropriate timeframe.
• Reviews available information obtained by other health care team members.
• Reviews diagnostics and laboratory data and reports abnormal results to the physician(s) and other appropriate caregivers.
• Completes assessment and reassessments according to patient need and as outlined in policy.
• Formulates a plan of care, including the discharge plan, utilizing assessment data and patient, family and health team input.
• Initiates a plan of care based on patient-specific needs, assessment data and the medical plan of care.
• Plans care in collaboration with members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Evaluates the patient's and family's response to care and teaching, and revises the plan of care as needed.
• Evaluates patient progress towards goals and expected outcomes in collaboration with other health care team members.
• Evaluates patient's response and the effectiveness of patient teaching.
• Documents assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation in the patient record.
• Provides care based on the best evidence available and may participate in research activities within clinical practice.
• Participates in unit or facility shared leadership.
• Interacts and participates in the education, role development, and orientation of facility personnel, patients, students, families and visitors.
• Promotes/supports growth of others through precepting and mentoring when appropriate.
• Contributes to society through activities that lead to excellent patient outcomes through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care.

Requirements

• Must possess a current, valid RN license in state of practice, temporary/interim RN license in state of practice, or compact RN licensure for current state of practice.
• BLS certification is required.
• Must maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the area in which they work as demonstrated through annual validations.
• One year experience in an acute care hospital setting is desired.
• Experience must include working in an acute care setting within the past 12 months as a Registered Nurse in the specialty area.
• Professional certification preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Relates throughout the interview process the experience, training and education needed to perform the job.

Skills

• Ability to assess patient physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural and discharge planning needs.
• Ability to review patient history and physical with patient/family and assure completion within appropriate timeframe.
• Ability to review diagnostics and laboratory data and report abnormal results to the physician(s) and other appropriate caregivers.
• Ability to formulate a plan of care, including the discharge plan, utilizing assessment data and patient, family and health team input.
• Ability to initiate a plan of care based on patient-specific needs, assessment data and the medical plan of care.
• Ability to collaborate with members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to evaluate the patient's and family's response to care and teaching, and revise the plan of care as needed.
• Ability to evaluate patient progress towards goals and expected outcomes in collaboration with other health care team members.
• Ability to evaluate patient's response and the effectiveness of patient teaching.
• Ability to document assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation in the patient record.
• Ability to provide care based on the best evidence available and may participate in research activities within clinical practice.
• Ability to participate in unit or facility shared leadership.
• Ability to interact and participate in the education, role development, and orientation of facility personnel, patients, students, families and visitors.
• Ability to promote/support growth of others through precepting and mentoring when appropriate.
• Ability to contribute to society through activities that lead to excellent patient outcomes through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care.

Benefits

Banner Health offers a variety of benefit plans to help you and your family. We provide health and financial security options so you can focus on being the best at what you do and enjoying your life.

Pay

The position offers a flat rate $3/hour weekend shift differential.

Schedule

The hours will be from 7:00am - 7:30pm for 3 shifts per week which will include weekends and holidays on a rotating basis.

Benefits

Banner Health offers a variety of benefit plans to help you and your family. We provide health and financial security options so you can focus on being the best at what you do and enjoying your life.

Recruiter to cover eligibility during interview process

Sign On eligibility requires 12 months of Behavioral Health experience and a 1 year commitment to the position.

Relocation is available for eligible candidates

Relocation is available for eligible candidates.

Additional Related Education And/or Experience Preferred

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Professional certification preferred.

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