RN Supervisor - PRN

Rockford Center is a 138-bed mental health facility located in Newark, DE, providing easy access to a full complement of inpatient and partial behavioral health programs for children and adolescents, adults, and older adults. Rockford is the only child inpatient behavioral health facility in DE, offers an experienced and tenured senior management team, and serves New Castle County and northern Maryland.

About the role

The Registered Nurse provides direct nursing care to patients as prescribed by the physician and is under the direction and supervision of the appropriate facility nursing leadership. The RN provides nursing care specific to the age population served. Nursing activities are limited to those in compliance with the State Nurse Practice Act and facility policies and procedures.

This is a PRN position requiring a 2-week orientation (Mon–Fri, 8:30 AM–5:00 PM).

Responsibilities

• Conducts ongoing and individualized nursing care duties as assigned and as dictated by the patient’s condition in accordance with physician orders and facility protocols.
• When administering PRN medications, assesses for confirmed med for PRN, documents need (rationale) and its effectiveness in the medical record.
• Reports change in patient physical or mental status or episodes of seclusion or restraint to nurse manager or supervisor during each shift.
• Ensures family and physician notification is completed and documented if a patient is transported to Emergency Room, injured, falls, or is placed in seclusion or restraints.
• Collaborates with other team members in the development, implementation, and evaluation of an individualized plan of care.
• Performs treatments and therapies as ordered by physician in an appropriate and timely fashion.
• Documents patient care, findings, and psychosocial responses to nursing interventions.
• Documents PRN medications given, reason, and effect.
• Initiates emergency measures according to age-appropriate CPR and client resuscitation protocols.
• Participates in emergency crisis interventions according to age-appropriate techniques.
• Maintains confidentiality related to patient, family, client facility, and staff in accordance with HIPAA.
• Provides patient care in a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory manner that considers cultural diversity and age appropriateness so that autonomy, rights, and dignity are preserved.

Requirements

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree with an emphasis in Nursing.
• Current license to practice nursing in DE (or eligible to receive or renew).
• Current CPR certification.
• Strong communication skills, excellent customer service and organization skills, highly effective listening skills, and strong clinical skills.
• Two years of related supervisory experience, with knowledge of psychiatric patient care techniques and understanding of mental illness, preferred.