Registered Nurse Adult Psych Acute Care

St. Joseph Medical Center • Kansas City, MO

56d • Onsite

About The Position

The Behavioral Health Registered Nurse provides compassionate, hands-on nursing 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. The position is full-time, on the night shift, with 12-hour shifts from 7:00 pm to 7:00 am at St Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

Requirements

• Current and valid state license as a Registered Nurse.
• Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain 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, and help perform diagnostic tests and analyze results.
• Administer treatments and medications, and help with patient follow-up and rehabilitation.
• Consult with patients and their families about managing illness or injury, diet and exercise programs, self-administration of medication, and physical therapy.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus of $20,000 available to qualified candidates; eligibility and payout terms apply, with details discussed during the interview process.
• Full benefits are available through Prime Healthcare.

What This Job Offers

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