Registered Nurse – Behavioral Health

Psychiatric Medical Care • Ripley, TN

4d • Onsite

About The Position

This position provides nursing care through direct and indirect patient care that meets the psychosocial, physical and general aspects of patient care.

Requirements

• Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of operation.
• One-year experience in a psychiatric setting.
• Current CPR required.
• HWC training will be provided.
• Basic computer knowledge.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Provides nursing care through observation, assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning intervention and evaluation of care and therapeutic treatments.
• Provide health teaching and counseling, promote wellness, health maintenance and illness prevention.
• Meets the communication needs of patient and family.
• Knowledgeable of a wide range of disorders, cognitive, emotional, developmental, social and behavioral.
• Provides care that reflects initiative and responsibility indicative of professional expectations.
• Performs crisis intervention.
• Participates in the unit’s performance improvement and continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities.
• Provides and defines standards for quality patient care.
• Expected to maintain confidentiality of protected patient information (PHI).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level