RN - Psych ER

Registered Nurse

The Registered Nurse (RN) is accountable for providing a restorative healing experience for the patient and the patient's support systems in transformational partnership with the Clinical Manager and the interdisciplinary team. As an accountable professional, the Registered Nurse exercises autonomy, authority, and control in order to ensure excellent patient outcomes. Professional accountability is expressed in five areas: practice, quality assurance, competence, research, and resource management.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Patient Assessment - Demonstrates autonomy in practice by performing a thorough and ongoing holistic nursing assessment, including assessment of patient and patient support systems, mental status, psychiatric and social history, and patients' support system. Assessment includes identifying risk for imminent threat of harm to self or others, and/or severity of disability, in order to make recommendations regarding appropriate care.
• Patient Care/Discharge Planning - Nurses are accountable for their own practice in the coordination of care. The RN will collaborate with patient, patient support systems, and appropriate health care team members, to meet the patient's present needs, discharge needs and outcomes identified for key problems.
• Teaching - The RN is empowered to exercise independent judgment and critical thinking skills to process information on the plan of care to provide individualized, ongoing teaching to patient and patient support systems throughout the continuum of care.
• Communication - As a professional, the RN demonstrates mutual respect and collaboration when communicating with the interdisciplinary health care team.
• Treatment/Procedures - As the essential provider of healthcare, the RN performs all treatments and procedures in accordance with established evidence-based policies, procedures and patient care Standards.
• Documentation – The RN accurately, efficiently, and in a timely fashion, documents pertinent patient information Utilizing the nursing process on all required forms or fields/screens to ensure that patient information is collected and communicated effectively to ensure excellent patient outcomes.
• Medication Administration – The RN provides all aspects of the medication process including assessment, administration, monitoring, and evaluation of the patient's response to the medication.
• Quality Performance and Improvement (QPI) - Actively participates in the QPI process to achieve excellent patient outcomes and improved processes.
• Delegation to and Development of Co-workers - The RN accurately delegates aspects of patient care to the LPN, CNA, and other ancillary personnel according to their Scope of Practice, job description, individual competence and patient needs.
• Safety- The RN conducts hourly rounds and observations on patients to monitor for progress and intervenes appropriately to remove barriers to progress and to facilitate positive patient outcomes.
• Cross training - The RN may be called upon to cross train and/or float to other departments in MHS. With appropriate certifications, the RN may be asked to cross train and/or float to the ED.
• Participates in interdisciplinary shift change meetings.
• Unit Specific Competencies.

Essential Job Qualifications:

• Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing, currently licensed in the State of New York, or permittee. Membership in a professional organization suggested.
• Experience: Basic knowledge of nursing theory and practice. Knowledge of appropriate technology and practice standards for area of responsibility. Demonstrates sound clinical skills; knowledge of Hospital structure, objectives and standards of practice, positive communication skills.
• Training/License: New York State Registered Nurse license required, or permittee.
• Other: None specified.