Behavioral Health

Rn - Inpatient Psychiatric

Provide professional nursing care for assigned patients in a mental health/psychiatric environment. Design nursing care plans and assist in the development of overall care plans for psychiatric patients ensure administration of appropriate overall care in a manner conducive to recovery. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include pediatric adolescent adult and geriatric age groups.

Detailed responsibilities:

• Patient care - Interview examine and assess the health status of psychiatric patients with various cognitive emotional developmental social and behavioral disorders
• Patient care - Observe patient behavior activities and mental status perform triage and crisis intervention
• Patient care - Write treatment plans coordinate patient drug and procedure activities administer medication and treatment provide and coordinate nursing care of assigned patients may facilitate group therapy and/or education sessions
• Patient care - Chart and report observed symptoms reactions treatments and changes in the patients' conditions collect and document data and information may perform computerized data entry
• Patient care - Perform nursing intakes draw blood and other patient specimens may perform or coordinate laboratory tests
• Patient care - Educate patients and families on treatment regimens management of side effects and compliance with the treatment plans provide emotional support and acts as advocate for patients and families
• Patient care - Provide information and facilitate communication between physicians medical students staff patients families and community coordinate and consult with a milieu of service providers
• Policy & procedure - Follow established departmental policies procedures and objectives continuous quality improvement objectives and safety environmental and/or infection control standards
• Development - Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs reading current literature attending in-services meetings and workshops
• Administration - Perform various administrative functions such as monitoring expenditures and preparing reports and correspondence may participate in a variety of research projects to develop service plans may propose changes to program policies and procedures
• Preceptor - Participate in orientation and having successfully completed preceptor training assume precepting and evaluation responsibilities of new personnel
• Tests and procedures - Assist with special tests and procedures ensure proper consent has been obtained
• Emergency measures - Assist with or institute emergency measures for sudden adverse developments in patients
• Medication - Administer medication including IV medication via the Seven Rights document and communicate clinical findings
• Environment - Maintain a safe comfortable and therapeutic environment for patients/families in accordance with Hospitals standards
• Patient safety 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies procedures and protocols
• Patient safety 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
• Patient safety 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
• Patient safety 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
• Patient safety 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"

Qualifications:

Education: Essential: Program Graduate Nonessential: Bachelor's Degree

Education specialization: Essential: Nationally Accredited Nursing Graduate

Experience: Essential: Nonessential: Bilingual English Spanish Keres Tewa Tiwa Towa Zuni or Navajo 1 year directly related experience

Credentials: Essential: CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days RN in NM or as allowed by reciprocal agreement by NM

Physical Conditions: Heavy Work: Exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally and/or 25 to 50 pounds of force frequently and/or 10 to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects or people. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Medium Work.

Working conditions: Essential: Sig Haz: Physical risk/injuries due to combative patients Sig Hazard: Chemicals Bio Hazardous Materials req PPE