Registered Nurse Adult Psych Acute Care

St. Joseph Medical Center • Kansas City, MO

43d • Onsite

About The Position

The Behavioral Health Registered Nurse provides compassionate, hands-on care to patients with acute mental health needs in an inpatient behavioral health setting. Working with an interdisciplinary care team, the nurse helps promote patient safety, stabilization, and recovery. This full-time position is based at St Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri, and works day shifts consisting of 12-hour shifts from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Requirements

• Current and valid state license as a Registered Nurse.
• Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintenance of current certification.
• Working knowledge of mental health laws and practice standards.
• Working knowledge of the interdisciplinary treatment team process, behavioral health programming, and daily nursing functions for inpatient and outpatient behavioral health units.
• Working knowledge of the continuum of care for behavioral health care.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct nursing care to patients with acute mental and behavioral health needs in an inpatient setting.
• Observe, monitor, and document patient behavior, mental status, and safety risks.
• Assist with crisis intervention and de-escalation to promote unit safety.
• Collaborate with RNs, providers, and the interdisciplinary care team.
• Treat and educate patients about mental and medical conditions, and provide advice and emotional support to patients and/or family members.
• Help manage therapeutic groups, psychiatric crisis intervention, and patient seclusion and restraint.
• Record patients' medical histories and symptoms, help perform diagnostic tests, and analyze results.
• Administer treatments and medications, and assist with patient follow-up and rehabilitation.
• Consult with patients and their families about managing illness or injury, diet and exercise programs, and self-administration of medication and physical therapy.

Benefits

• Full benefits are available through Prime Healthcare; specific benefit details are not provided.
• Sign-on bonus of $20,000 is available for qualified candidates; eligibility and payout terms apply and are discussed during the interview process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed