RN - Per Diem - Pond 4 Inpatient Psych

About the role

Works under the supervision of the Nurse Manager/Clinical Coordinator. The Registered Nurse (RN) assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and supervises individual patient care on a nursing unit/departments according to unit policies and procedures. Provides supervision of non-RN personnel on the assigned unit. May be required to work on other nursing units according to distribution of staff and patients.

Responsibilities

• Assesses the patient's physical and psychosocial condition on an ongoing basis throughout the continuum of care.
• Develops, communicates, and documents a plan of care reflecting individualized patient problems and interventions to achieve desired outcomes, involving the patient, family, and healthcare team in this process.
• Implements and coordinates this plan of care in collaboration with the healthcare team.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of the plan of care, patient's response to care, and readiness for discharge. Revise the plan of care as needed and makes referrals where indicated.
• Plans for education after assessing the individual learning needs and readiness of the patient and family. Provides educational opportunities and documents outcomes.
• Functions as a preceptor to new staff.
• Functions as a charge nurse.
• Demonstrates the ability to provide a safe environment for self and patients.
• Maintains performance expectations for customer service, teamwork, resource utilization, and staff and self development as outlined in performance review.
• Performs other duties as assigned or directed to ensure smooth operation of the department/unit.
• Promotes a safe environment for the protection of the patient and others from injury, and effectively manages crisis situations and treatment interactions with due respect for patient rights, legal/ethical obligations, and the therapeutic goals of any interventions used.
• Captures the function of the therapeutic milieu, and encourages participation in the community, promoting a caring atmosphere.
• Demonstrates the ability to establish a meaningful therapeutic relationship and gain patient's trust and cooperation.
• Promotes a therapeutic environment with opportunities to learn to identify psychodynamic and alternative coping mechanisms to problems.
• Demonstrates the ability to set clear and realistic expectations with the patient.
• Demonstrates an understanding of group dynamics and effectively leads designated treatment groups.
• Provides opportunities for patient to make decisions and assume responsibility for self, feeling and goals, and work through transference and counter-transference issues.
• Demonstrates the ability to give and receive constructive feedback.
• Provides ongoing psychiatric nursing assessment and stabilization by maintaining honest and non-judgmental role by accepting the patient as an individual.
• Provides psychoeducation to patients and families.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing; BSN preferred.
• Proficient in use of computer software to include electronic patient records.
• Must have ability to use internet for literature searches regarding care for patients.

Qualifications

• BLS required.

Skills

• None specified

Benefits

• None specified

Pay

• Not specified

Schedule

• Not specified