Admissions Nurse - RN
About The Position
The Admissions Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care on a designated unit consistent with Lakeside Behavioral Health’s philosophy and objectives and the ANA Standards of Practice for Psychiatric Mental Health Care. The nurse prescribes, coordinates, and delegates nursing care using the nursing process, integrated into the multidisciplinary treatment team’s plan of care. The nurse is accountable for assigned nursing care activities on a shift basis and promotes and enhances professional nursing practice on the unit. The Registered Nurse may also assume Charge Nurse responsibilities as required.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
- Licensed and registered as a registered nurse by the Tennessee Board of Nurse Examiners.
- Knowledge of general and psychiatric nursing processes, therapeutic relationships and processes, age-specific growth and development, limit setting, crisis and behavior management, and CPR.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
- One year of prior psychiatric experience in mental health nursing.
Responsibilities
- Provide professional nursing care on a designated unit in accordance with Lakeside Behavioral Health’s philosophy and objectives and ANA standards.
- Prescribe, coordinate, and delegate nursing care using the nursing process as part of the multidisciplinary treatment team’s plan of care.
- Be accountable for assigned nursing care activities on a shift basis.
- Promote and enhance professional nursing practice on the unit.
- Assume Charge Nurse responsibilities as required.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits
- Opportunities for advancement
- Tuition assistance
- Paid time off
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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