Job Description
About the position
Utilizing the nursing process, responsibility for providing for immediate and long-term nursing care needs of patients within the standards of the department, hospital and regulatory agencies.
- Responsibilities
- Accurately assesses patients' needs.
- Utilizes multiple data sources to determine actual/potential health problems and functional status.
- Utilizes Recovery Oriented Framework to identify patient strengths.
- Performs point of care testing.
- Communicates findings effectively to members of the healthcare team.
- Documentation reflects response to intervention, demonstrates an understanding of patients' response to treatment interventions.
- Identifies patient behaviors that contribute to the development of a crisis; utilizes non-verbal and verbal techniques to de-escalate crisis situation.
- Accurately plans nursing interventions for assigned patients.
- Modifies and individualizes Nursing Plan of Care and protocols.
- Participates in the development of the multidisciplinary treatment plan.
- Demonstrates ability to prioritize patient care needs.
- Partners with patients/families to support recovery goals.
- Provides and implements nursing care interventions.
- Establishes a therapeutic alliance with assigned patients.
- Demonstrates safe, accurate and timely medication administration using BMV scanning.
- Reviews physician orders in a timely manner.
- Promotes interventions that provide the least-restrictive alternatives and recovery oriented goals.
- Participates in leading patient groups.
- Accurately evaluates the effectiveness of nursing care interventions.
- Documentation on the Nursing Plan of Care, protocols, and Assessment Flowsheet reflects response to intervention, demonstrates an understanding of patients' response to treatment interventions.
- Accurately communicates patients' clinical status at clinical team rounds and change of shift reports.
- Utilizes evidence based nursing knowledge to guide practice decisions.
- Provides a leadership role in organizing and providing patient care.
- Provides direction and supervision of MHSs.
- Delegates care interventions.
- Assumes a leadership role in medical and psychiatric emergencies.
- Promotes/provides for critical incident de-briefing following emergency event.
- Anticipates acute milieu problems and delegates staff appropriately.
- Participates in the training and education of RNs, MHSs, and other healthcare providers.
- Provides for teaching needs of patient and significant others.
- Provides health teaching related to patient needs and recovery goals.
- Documents teaching in the patient's record.
- Informs treatment team of patient and significant others' learning needs.
- Maintains a commitment to professional growth and competency.
- Completes mandatory in-service requirements.
- Maintains competency for treating patient population.
- Seeks constructive feedback regarding work performance from peers and professional colleagues.
- Identifies strengths and areas for professional/practice development with supervisor.
- Demonstrates effective interpersonal communication.
- Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality.
- Communicates positively, supportively, and with courtesy to the patients and staff.
- Presents self in a positive and professional manner.
- Contributes to the productivity and cost-effectiveness of the hospital, department, and unit.
- Demonstrates effective time management.
- Demonstrates economical management of services and supplies.
- Notifies shift coordinator/charge nurse of availability for additional assignments.
- Requirements
- Other Certificate/Diploma Nursing required or Bachelor's Degree Nursing preferred.
- Registered Nurse [RN - State License] - Generic - HR Only required.
- No experience required; one year medical/psychiatric experience preferred.
- Nice-to-haves
- Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to utilize the nursing process and to work collaboratively.
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