Registered Nurse - Behavioral Health

Job Purpose

• This position provides nursing care through direct and indirect patient care that meets the psychosocial, physical and general aspects of patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provides nursing care through observation, assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning intervention and evaluation of care and therapeutic treatments.
• Provide health teaching and counseling, promote wellness, health maintenance and illness prevention.
• Meets the communication needs of patient and family.
• Knowledgeable of a wide range of disorders, cognitive, emotional, developmental, social and behavioral.
• Provides care that reflects initiative and responsibility indicative of professional expectations.
• Performs crisis intervention.
• Participates in the unit's performance improvement and continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities.
• Provides and defines standards for quality patient care.
• Expected to maintain confidentiality of protected patient information (PHI).

Requirements

• Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of operation.
• One-year experience in a psychiatric setting.
• Current CPR required.
• HWC training will be provided.
• Basic computer knowledge.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

Working conditions

Employee may work in high stress direct patient care areas. Stress levels may be high due to frequent dealings with life and death situations, physicians, families and other healthcare

providers. Demands high level of concentration and the ability to work in emotionally charged situations.

Physical requirements

Ability to handle heavy materials or patients. Physical demands greater than moderate may require knowledge of use of appropriate equipment. Frequent bending, lifting and pulling require proper use of good body mechanics. Must be able to communicate effectively with patients, staff physicians and visitors displaying a smile and maintaining a pleasant attitude. This job includes close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Also, the ability to communicate by phone is important.

Direct reports

This position manages the staff.