ECT Registered Nurse (RN) - Days
About The Position
Tower Behavioral Health in Reading, Pennsylvania, is hiring a Registered Nurse to join its nursing team. The facility provides services to adults, adolescents, and seniors through inpatient and outpatient programs, counseling, substance use disorder treatment, and other services. Its setting includes outdoor courtyards, indoor gymnasiums, an herb garden, and a bird sanctuary. The ECT Registered Nurse is responsible for patients’ pre- and post-treatment care and assists medical staff during electroconvulsive therapy. The nurse provides care with a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude, prioritizing patient safety. This is a part-time day-shift role scheduled Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 7:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m., with no weekends.
Requirements
- Current RN license as required by the state.
- Current ACLS certification.
- Current IV certification.
- CPR certification.
- De-escalation and restraint certification; training is available upon hire and offered by the facility.
Nice To Haves
- First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.
Responsibilities
- Educate patients and families about the ECT procedure and confirm their level of understanding.
- Work with the treatment team to provide pre-treatment assessment, treatment monitoring, and post-anesthesia recovery management, supporting the smooth flow of patients through the ECT process.
- Participate in the development and evaluation of nursing practices in the clinical setting and the overall function of the clinical area, including the ECT Suite.
- Use multiple data sources to identify actual or potential health issues, functional status, and safety concerns.
- Communicate patients’ conditions and needs for altered care to the treatment team.
- Establish a therapeutic alliance with assigned patients and initiate and continue pulse oximetry, oxygen saturation, and EKG monitoring throughout treatment and recovery.
- Safely, accurately, and promptly monitor cardiac and respiratory status and promote interventions that provide the least-restrictive and safest recovery.
Benefits
- Competitive pay rates with shift differentials for all shifts.
- Career advancement opportunities.
- Employee referral bonus.
- Shift incentives.
- Monthly in-person and online nursing trainings, including CIWA and COWS assessments, facilitating groups, suture removal, phlebotomy, and EKGs.
- Monthly Healthstream modules.
- On-site Crisis Prevention Institute Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training.
- In-house CPR.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
