Staff Nurse - Relief

Brief Description

Join The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD as a Staff Nurse, RN- Relief (PRN) and unleash your innovative spirit! As part of our interdisciplinary team, you'll provide nursing care to individuals with mental and developmental disabilities in various settings. Embrace creativity, utilize the nursing process, and contribute to transforming care within the standards of practice.

Inspiring Impact

In this role, you will:

• Utilize the nursing process to plan, implement, document and evaluate nursing care provided under the requirements of the Texas Nurse Practice Act within the Standards of Nursing Practice.
• Demonstrate decision-making that is clinically sound, systematic, timely, well-researched, and governed by state and Agency practices.
• Perform technical nursing skills within the scope of practice for a RN and in accordance with Agency policies and procedures for individual and/or multiple consumer assignments.
• Administer medications, set up equipment, apply therapeutic treatments, and document relevant information in consumer records, charts, and reports.
• Inform, explain, and educate consumers and family members regarding medications, relevant treatment information, and disease processes.
• Provide nursing care focusing on consumer, environmental, and technical safety.
• Assign tasks, activities, and functions and maintain appropriate supervision of other RNs, LVN’s, and unlicensed personnel in Agency settings for consumers with a variety of health care needs.
• Employ a problem-solving approach as the basis for decision-making in practice, including reporting relevant information to other members of the health care team or supervising Registered Nurse/Physician.
• Provide health education and information on disease processes and medications to address consumer health care needs.

Qualifications

• Education: Associate's Degree Nurse (ADN) from two-year College, Diploma Nurse (RN) from three-year College, or Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN) from four-year College or university.
• Experience: Minimum 1 year at entry level to 2 years nursing experience (not including clinical hours required for education), preferred. For RNs with at least 2 years of experience, a minimum of at least 1 year of mental health/behavioral health/intellectual/disability nursing experience is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of Texas Board of Nurse Examiners Nurse Practice Act and Standards of Nursing Practice.
• Knowledge of applicable pharmacy rules and regulations.
• Basic knowledge of Pharmacology.
• Knowledge of therapeutic communication.
• Understanding of Standard Precautions and infection control procedures for dealing with sharp instruments, needles, blood and body fluids exposure.
• Understanding of good body mechanics to avoid injury.
• Effective communication skills (verbal and written).
• Effective data collection skills.
• Positive interpersonal skills.
• Good organizational skills with the ability to prioritize.
• Demonstrates initiative and self-direction.
• Able to coordinate well with others and work effectively as a team member.
• Able to use all related medical equipment, machines and monitors.
• Able to execute standard word processing on computer.
• Demonstrates strong time management skills.
• Able to complete task and assignments independently.
• Able to establish therapeutic relationships with chronically mentally ill patients and/or developmentally disabled consumers.
• Demonstrates clinically sound decision making.

What We Have To Offer

• A competitive salary.
• A suite of excellent benefits designed to enrich your life both professionally and personally.
• A robust retirement plan with company matching.
• Prior service credit for accelerated Paid Time Off accrual.
• Cell Phone Discounts and exclusive entertainment deals through Tickets at Work.
• A free Headspace subscription for mental wellness.
• An Employee Assistance Program for overall well-being.
• Student loan forgiveness as a valued member of The Harris Center team.

About Us

The Harris Center is the state-designated Local Mental Health Authority and Local Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Authority serving Harris County, Texas. As the largest behavioral and developmental disability care center in Texas, The Harris Center provides care to over 90,000 people and has an annual budget of over $300 million. As part of its mission to transform the lives of people with behavioral health and IDD needs in the third largest county in the United States, The Harris Center provides a full continuum of services at 80 different sites across Harris County. Services are provided in more than 40 different languages and sign language to better serve what is one of the largest communities in the nation. By utilizing the unique expertise of its more than 2,500 employees, The Harris Center is committed to meeting the behavioral health and IDD needs of Harris County residents and giving them hope to live to their fullest potential.