Psychiatric Nurse

CommonSpirit Health•Omaha, NE

About The Position

At Lasting Hope Recovery Center, a 64-bed adult psychiatric facility with private rooms, patients receive care from a team of professionals. CHI Health Lasting Hope Recovery Center provides treatment and prevention services for people experiencing mental illness, substance abuse, or both. Treatment builds on patients’ personal strengths and support systems. As a Registered Nurse, you deliver compassionate, high-quality, individualized care to support patients’ well-being and recovery. You make assessments, perform skilled procedures, implement care plans, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes. The role requires strong assessment and critical-thinking skills, a patient-first mindset, urgency, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment. You follow the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, documenting each phase in the patient’s record. This ongoing process includes collecting and analyzing patient information; setting measurable short- and long-term goals with the patient and multidisciplinary team; implementing or modifying care using assessment data, clinical reasoning, standards of care, and evidence-based practice; coordinating care, providing education, and planning discharge; and evaluating progress and revising the plan as needed. The nurse is accountable for care provided directly, indirectly, or through delegation, in accordance with professional and legal delegation standards. A $3,000 sign-on bonus is offered to new hires who meet eligibility requirements.

Requirements

Graduate of an RN nursing program, upon hire.
Registered Nurse license for Nebraska, upon hire.
Basic Life Support (CPR), upon hire.

Responsibilities

Collect and analyze psychological, physiological, sociocultural, spiritual, economic, and lifestyle information about healthcare consumers.
Set measurable, achievable short- and long-term goals based on assessment and standards of care, in collaboration with the healthcare consumer and multidisciplinary team.
Implement or modify plans of care using assessment data, clinical reasoning, standards of care, and evidence-based practice.
Coordinate care, provide education, and participate in discharge planning.
Remain accountable for care provided directly, indirectly, or through delegation, following professional and legal delegation standards.
Evaluate progress toward healthcare consumer goals and revise plans of care with the healthcare consumer and multidisciplinary team when needed.
Document all phases of the nursing process in the healthcare consumer’s record.
Perform skilled procedures and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to support patient outcomes.