Psych Registered Nurse - $10k SIGN ON

Acadia•Murfreesboro, TN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

TrustPoint Hospital is seeking a Psychiatric Registered Nurse (RN) to provide high-quality care to patients and support their comfort, safety, and well-being. The RN collaborates with a multidisciplinary healthcare team, contributes to treatment plans, administers medications, monitors patient progress, and provides care to adolescents and adults. Available units include Adolescent, Adult Thought & Mood Disorders, Child, Geriatric, IDD, Physical Rehab & Medicine, ECT, and PHP. Day-to-day work includes interacting with patients and families, treatment planning, completing shift reports, rounding and monitoring in the milieu, administering medications, checking in with behavioral health assistants, following up on incidents, completing nursing assessments, and ensuring regulatory compliance. The role also includes coordinating patient care, developing and implementing nursing care plans, maintaining medical records, educating patients and families, communicating with physicians and other care team members, and completing admission and discharge processes. TrustPoint is an inpatient psychiatric and physical rehabilitation hospital in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, providing rehabilitation services, medical psychiatry, and inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services. Full-time schedules are three 12-hour shifts per week (36 hours); part-time schedules are two 12-hour shifts per week (24 hours). PRN mid-tier and high-tier commitment levels are also available. Day and night shifts are available, with rotating weekends.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Current Registered Nurse (RN) license as required by the state of employment, or eligibility to practice nursing in accordance with state requirements.
One year of nursing experience.
CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification; training is available upon hire and offered by the facility.

Nice To Haves

Previous psychiatric, mental, behavioral, or substance use nursing experience.
First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical and behavioral health needs and provide and coordinate care.
Develop and implement nursing care plans tailored to assessed needs.
Maintain medical records and educate patients and their families about physical and behavioral health conditions.
Provide nursing care in accordance with the state Nurse Practice Act, applicable standards and scope of practice, and facility and corporate policies and procedures.
Ensure verbal physicians’ orders are legible and transcribed appropriately according to policy.
Continuously assess patients’ status, gather pertinent information, and document findings.
Notify physicians of significant changes in patient status, including detox difficulties, medical emergencies, medication responses, and related challenges.
Complete initial nursing treatment plans upon admission and ensure plans address assessed needs.
Use universal precautions when providing direct patient care.
Administer medications accurately according to orders and document controlled-substance counts as required.
Complete admission and discharge processing efficiently and accurately.
Maintain therapeutic rapport and professional boundaries with patients.
Provide direction or coordinate unit activities as directed.
Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, coworkers, and others involved in inpatient treatment.
Interact with patients and families, complete shift reports, conduct rounds and milieu monitoring, check in with behavioral health assistants, and follow up on incidents.