RN - Psychiatric Unit

Join us at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital where we have been providing world-class care to our community for over 100 years. Here, we strive for patient-centered care and comfort with our collaborative team of healthcare professionals. We are committed to serving the community and treat our patients as family.

6400 is a 26-bed behavioral health unit dedicated to providing compassionate, patient-centered care to individuals experiencing behavioral health crises. The unit includes three medical beds, and patients are medically cleared prior to admission. Caregivers have the opportunity to develop valuable skills in crisis intervention, de-escalation, therapeutic communication, and building therapeutic relationships while collaborating with psychiatrists, social workers, therapists, nurses, and other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Participate in shift huddles
• Provide patient-centered care
• Monitor patient behaviors and needs
• Assist with daily activities
• Support crisis intervention and de-escalation
• Communicate changes or concerns to the care team
• Conduct patient safety rounds (Senior Behavioral Health Technicians every 15 minutes, RNs hourly)
• Provide direct nursing care
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for a given patient population
• Complete ongoing assessments, recognize changes in patient condition, and respond appropriately
• Develop and update goals, involve patients and families in developing plans of care
• Coordinate the interdisciplinary plan of care and serve as a patient advocate
• Administer treatments and medication
• Participate in the ongoing interdisciplinary evaluation of patient/family outcomes, improvement of care, and quality improvement process
• Delegate tasks/assignments and serve as a resource person
• Complete psychiatric core curriculum and Managing Disruptive Behavior Training within six months of hire
• Provide individualized and timely interventions, establish priorities for delivering patient care
• Document nursing interventions and patient responses
• Participate in QI data collection
• Communicate information to oncoming nurses
• Perform unit coordinator responsibilities
• Participate in clinical instruction programs
• Triage psychiatric patients that present to the ED
• Complete medical screening examination forms
• Initiate admission paperwork, assist with insurance/pre-certification, obtain physician orders
• Give reports to the floor and document all pertinent information
• Assist with transporting patients and the assessment and treatment of psychiatric nursing issues in the ED
• Consult on managing disruptive behavior and restraint issues
• Assess patients for suicide and elopement risk
• Recommend proper levels of patient observation
• Provide discharge information

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited School of Professional Nursing (Diploma, ADN, or BSN program)
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross
• If assigned to ED Triage primarily, five years of nursing experience and three years of inpatient psych experience

Qualifications

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Physical Requirements

• Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination
• Requires standing and walking for extended periods of time
• Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range
• Requires working under stressful conditions and irregular hours
• Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids
• Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects
• Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work

Personal Protective Equipment

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required

Schedule

• Night shift: 7:00 PM – 7:30 AM
• Every other weekend