Universal Health Services - Chicago, IL
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About the position
Located in Chicago, Hartgrove Behavioral Health System consists of a 160-bed acute care, crisis stabilization, for-profit psychiatric hospital, treating children as young as 3 through older adults, within 8 different inpatient programs. We have one of the largest pediatric psychiatric programs in the state of Illinois and are most proud to be the first and currently only hospital in the country to have received the Joint Commission's Disease Specific Certification designations for Neuropsychiatry and Trauma Services. We also received our second award as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures from The Joint Commission. Hartgrove offers inpatient services for patients needing Acute Stabilization Programs (externalizing behaviors/disorders) and Recovery Programs (internalizing behaviors/disorders), along with a continuum of care which includes stand-alone Partial Hospitalization Programs for children and adolescents, Intensive Outpatient Programs for adolescents and adults, traditional OP clinics, extensive School-based Services, and Telehealth Services. You can access our virtual tour and photo gallery at www.HartgroveHospital.com. Our system is proud to be a premier partner with medical and nursing schools for medical students as a teaching hospital. We are both proud and excited to work with the University of Illinois Chicago Medical School and Rush University Medical School psychiatric and addiction medical students, residents and fellows, as well as select foreign medical schools. We also serve as a teaching hospital for multiple other disciplines including Nursing, Social Work, Expressive Therapy, Occupational Therapy and others.
Responsibilities
- Provides administrative and clinical supervision to all nursing staff.
- Assumes 24 Hour responsibility for his/her unit to ensure quality care of services are provided to patients.
- Ensures provision of a safe and therapeutic milieu.
- Evaluates the effectiveness of the program to meet patient needs.
- Actively participates in the multidisciplinary treatment plan meetings for patients to coordinate plan of care for each patient.
Requirements
- Graduate of a nursing program. BSN/MSN preferred.
- Three years clinical experience in psychiatric nursing and 2 years in management preferred.
- Minimum of 1 year experience or special training in the treatment of the special age/population served by the specific units or programs for which he/she is hired.
- Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois.
- Knowledge of general and psychiatric nursing principles, working concepts and theory, leadership skills, age specific growth and development, limit setting, crisis and behavior management.
