Registered Nurse (RN) - Contract at Mental Health Facility- Competitive Pay

WSi Healthcare Personnel is seeking a  compassionate and dependable Registered Nurse (RN) for 13- or 26-week contract assignment at Fort Logan Mental Health Hospital in Denver. 

This role supports patients in a behavioral health setting , assisting with daily care and helping maintain a safe and supportive environment.

Ability to work days, evenings, nights, and weekends in a secure psychiatric facility

Minimum qualification: 1 year of experience in an inpatient psychiatric hospital. 

Benefits: 

• Opportunities for Contract Extensions.
• Daily Pay offered

If you are a dedicated RN looking for meaningful work and competitive pay,  apply to this RN position today!

Responsibilities: 

• Assesses plans, coordinates, provides, and evaluates nursing care of patients with psychiatric and medical conditions, documenting all pertinent data 
• Utilizes nursing theory and concepts to develop nursing plans of care and therapeutic interventions to support patients’ recovery, such as individual counseling, psychoeducational and teaching groups, and milieu management
• Communicates the nursing plan of care to the interdisciplinary team
• Assures that appropriate documentation is completed and that essential information is shared from shift to shift and makes rounds to assess patients’ psychiatric and medical statuses
• Notifies medical staff (physicians and licensed independent practitioners) of changes in patient condition and need for evaluations and orders
• Reports patient care concerns to supervisor and physicians, as indicated
• Directs, coordinates, and implements medical and psychiatric crisis intervention in clinical emergencies, assuring compliance with nursing standards and policies/procedures (e.g., de-escalation, seclusion/restraint, cardiopulmonary resuscitation)
• May escort patients to activities and appointments on grounds and in the community, including driving patients to appointments
• Assumes responsibility for paperwork, assuring confidentiality
• Determines whether the needs of a patient returning from a general hospital can be safely met by the nursing staff in terms of staff competency, appropriate equipment and level of staffing during own shift and proximal shifts
• Collaborate with the Nurse Manager and treatment team; recommend a change in program scheduling to benefit patients

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