Registered Nurse 1-3 Clinic
About The Position
Central Louisiana State Hospital, located in Pineville, Louisiana, is seeking applicants for a vacant position in our Clinic as a Registered Nurse 1-3 who provides basic professional nursing care to patients and/or clients. The Registered Nurse 1-3 (Clinic) plays a vital role for the Louisiana Department of Health in the Behavioral Health community by utilizing CLSH’s values and mission to deliver quality and effective care to our patients. The hospital is highly committed to cooperative work with other state agencies and with the state and regional mental health program to ensure the integration and coordination of hospital-community services into a comprehensive system of mental health care. CLSH MISSION: Strive to provide quality, person-centered care with a focus on recovery and resiliency in a safe and secure environment. CLSH VISION: Strive to be the best public psychiatric hospital possible CLSH VALUES “I CARE”: I ntegrity, C ompassion, A ccountability, R espect, and E xcellence
Requirements
- Possession of a current Louisiana Registered Nurse license or a temporary permit or multi-state license issued by a Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC/eNLC) state to practice as a registered nurse.
Responsibilities
- Provides professional nursing for adult patients with psychiatric and coexisting medical/physical problems.
- Assists LIP with newly admitted patients, medication reconciliation, review of documents, etc.
- Performs/assists LIP with physical exams, visual acuity, hearing screen, EKG, lab requisitions, X-ray requisition, pelvic and Pap smear.
- Document procedures done on patient records and log books.
- Maintains Medicare sheets for hearing screenings and EKGs.
- Prepares patients for exams and explains any procedures done.
- Assists with collection of specimens, sutures, wound care and other treatments.
- Takes vital signs, weights and other measurements as needed.
- Schedules daily sick call for patients.
- Performs venipuncture on all inpatients.
- Informs clients of procedures for drawing labs.
- Identifies clients before venipunctures.
- Maintains proper collections of urine specimens and other body fluids, and proper infection control of the laboratory.
- Communicates with territory manager of contracted labs to oversee the smooth running of the laboratory. (Delivery of equipment, changes requirements for laboratory tests, etc.)
- Communicates with contracted lab that performs “stat” results for any changes in lab performance of problems.
- Collects adequate and correct blood specimens by venipunctures.
- Follow department policies to correctly identify patients before blood specimens are drawn.
- Initiates glucose tolerance procedures and collects remaining specimens.
- Draws other timed specimens as indicated.
- Performs coagulation studies as requested.
- Centrifuges and processes blood specimens and prepare other body fluids to be sent to contracted labs.
- Available to draw “stat” or emergency lab work during regular working hours.
- Maintains accurate and orderly database on any specimens collected.
- Maintains communication with LIP’s, nursing staff, and direct supervisor.
- Serves as an information source regarding status of test.
- Obtains reports via printer and logs in return of report.
- Calls in abnormal results to unit nurses, pharmacy and other necessary personnel.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
