RN Outpatient Psych

Lakeland Behavioral Health, Missouri’s leading psychiatric hospital and treatment center, is seeking passionate Registered Nurses (RNs) for our outpatient program in Springfield, MO. Our 208-bed facility offers comprehensive training, dynamic leadership, and personalized support to help you achieve your greatest potential.

Benefits

• Medical plan
• Prescription drug plan
• Dental and vision plan
• Flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401K with company match
• Employee assistance programs and financial support

Responsibilities

• Provide and coordinate care by assessing patients’ physical and behavioral health needs.
• Develop and implement nursing care plans.
• Maintain medical records and educate patients and their families about various physical and behavioral health conditions.
• Provide nursing care and services within the standards and scope of nursing practice as defined within the state Nurse Practice Act regulations, policies, procedures, and protocols, as well as facility and corporate policies and procedures.
• Ensure physicians’ orders are legible if taken verbally and transcribed appropriately per policy and procedure.
• Assess patients’ status on an ongoing basis and gather pertinent information for documentation.
• Notify physicians of significant changes in status, such as difficulties with detox, medical emergencies, or changes in response to medications.
• Complete initial nursing treatment plans upon admission, ensuring they are specific to assessed needs.
• Demonstrate knowledge and utilization of universal precautions in providing direct patient care.
• Accurately administer medications per ordered note and document controlled substance medication administration.
• Complete admission and discharge processing efficiently and accurately as directed.
• Exhibit therapeutic rapport with patients by maintaining professional boundaries, respecting personal space, and maintaining rational detachment.
• Provide direction or coordinate the activities of the unit as directed.
• Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, co-workers, and others involved in patient treatment.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license as required by Missouri or eligibility to practice nursing in accordance with state requirements.
• One year of nursing experience; previous psychiatric, mental, behavioral, or substance abuse nursing experience is a plus.
• CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.
• AHRN certification.

Schedule

Full-time, Monday through Friday, 8-hour shift.