Staff RN - Mental Health Inpatient - FT - Day

Position Overview

Delivers quality care to patients through a team effort in working with others through the nursing process of assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation.

Affirms patient safety by executing appropriate policies & procedures.

Provides appropriate support for pain management, pharmacological and non-pharmacological measures.

Assists patient/family in identifying individualized comfort measures.

Follows up on internal resources to determine the outcome of interventions completed by other departments.

Mobilizes resources in complex cases to maximize patients control and participation over his/her own recovery.

Provides information and interpretation of the patient's condition and offers coping mechanisms.

Provides these to both patient and family.

Affirms how much information a patient wants and needs while utilizing a vocabulary and approach that enables the patient to successfully process the care and course of treatment.

Formulates and documents a discharge plan that maximizes the patient's ability to continue with meaningful life activities.

Integrates assessment and diagnostic information with intuition to foresee potential age-specific healthcare needs.

Anticipates patients needs.

Ensures handoff communication and includes a report in terms of the situations most likely to develop and the problems awaiting patient.

Identifies proactively issues to be resolved related to patient education for medication management.

Provides discharge planning which includes instructions on discharge medications.

Uses discretionary judgment to appropriately modify patient care regimens.

Facilitates appropriate response from other health care team members to provide quality and safe care.

Explores multiple aspects of care regimen with case manager and health care providers to promote appropriate resolution.

Displays ability to see the entire unit and is self motivated to develop a plan for adjusting staffing patterns as needed.

Attends educational sessions when offered in areas that will improve one's ability to assess the needs on one's respective department.

These would include, but, not limited to: charge nurse workshops, leadership training, critical decision making, prioritization of workload, etc.

Qualifications

Partnership with Capital Health Medical Group.

Experience in a clinical setting preferred.

Current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS).

Current certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).

Current certification in Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Effective interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Knowledge of medical terminology and patient care protocols.
• Proficiency in computer systems and software applications.

Benefits

• Medical Plan
• Prescription drug coverage & In-House Employee Pharmacy
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Healthcare FSA
• Dependent Care FSA
• Retail Savings and Investment Plan
• Basic Group Term Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Supplemental Group Term Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Disability Benefits – Long Term Disability (LTD)
• Disability Benefits – Short Term Disability (STD)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Commuter Transit
• Commuter Parking
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Voluntary Life Spouse Voluntary Life
• Employee Voluntary Life
• Child Voluntary Life
• Voluntary Legal Services
• Voluntary Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Voluntary Identity Theft Insurance
• Voluntary Pet Insurance
• Paid Time-Off Program