Registered Nurse RN

Registered Nurse RN

Windsor Laurelwood is seeking a compassionate and dedicated Psychiatric Nurse to join our healthcare team. The ideal candidate will provide high-quality care to patients with mental health conditions, ensuring their physical and emotional well-being. This role involves working closely with patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement effective treatment plans tailored to individual needs.

The Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse provides comprehensive, patient-centered nursing care to individuals across the lifespan experiencing acute and chronic mental health and substance use disorders. This role integrates psychiatric nursing theory, evidence-based practice, and regulatory standards to assess patient needs, develop and implement individualized treatment plans, and evaluate patient progress. The nurse functions as a clinical caregiver, patient advocate, educator, and interdisciplinary team member while maintaining a safe, therapeutic milieu.

Duties include maintaining and applying standards of care for patients with medical, surgical, and psychiatric comorbidities. Implementing psychiatric and physician orders in a timely, clinically effective manner. Observing and reporting changes in mental/physical status, behavior, appearance, and functioning. Assessing risk factors for violence and documenting appropriately. Managing and monitoring suicidal patients with appropriate observation, reassessment, and documentation. Managing, monitoring, and providing care for patients at risk for elopement. Providing therapeutic 1:1 interactions to support stabilization and treatment goals. Facilitating psychoeducational and therapeutic groups. Providing structured counseling and ensuring required out of cell time (e.g., 2 hours/day for Level II patients). Using early intervention strategies to prevent escalation. Demonstrating skill in verbal de-escalation and crisis stabilization. Responding to Behavioral Codes and applying restraints safely and in policy alignment. Documenting incidents, assessments, interventions, and clinical outcomes in the medical record. Coordinating psychiatric services and communicating medication compliance, status changes, and lab results to psychiatrists. Collaborating with Health Services, emergency medical teams, and administrative staff. Providing patient/family education and supports discharge planning.

Windsor-Laurelwood Center for Behavioral Medicine offers comprehensive benefits for the Registered Nurse (RN) position, such as: Tuition Reimbursement, Challenging and rewarding work environment, Competitive Compensation, Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Plan, Generous Paid Time Off, 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan, Career development opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries.

Qualifications: Must be available for rotating holiday & weekend shifts. Current RN license in good standing in Ohio or in another state that participates in the Nurse Licensure multi-state license required. Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred. Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association preferred.

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