Registered Nurse II (Evening shift)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts • Boston, MA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Mental Health at the Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Center is seeking highly motivated and experienced Registered Nurse to work with resilient patients navigating their journey on the road to recovery.
The Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller Mental health Center is a 60-bed inpatient psychiatric facility provides comprehensive, information and timely forensic evaluations for individuals to determine pre-trial competency and or criminal responsibility. We also provide quality, integrated care to support an individual’s recovery process through ongoing psychiatric treatment and care.
Prepares, administers and documents patient medications and treatment. Functions as a member of multidisciplinary treatment team, assume responsibility for nursing care on the inpatient unit. Maintains patient and nursing records. Follows all the standards and practices of nursing including all DMH facility and nursing policies. Accepts responsibilities and assures patient safety and supervises MHW I, MHW II, MHW III, MHW IV.

Requirements

• One-year full-time or equivalent part-time experience as an R.N. in a recognized hospital, general and/or psychiatric setting.
• Current and valid registration as a professional nurse under the Massachusetts Board of Registry in Nursing.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of nursing.
• Knowledge of the problems in providing nursing services to special client groups such as the mentally, physically, and/or emotionally handicapped.
• Knowledge of standard nursing policies, procedures, methods and techniques.
• Awareness of the principles of physiological, psychological and emotional growth and development.
• Knowledge of the types and characteristics of drugs used in diagnosing, treating and controlling physical, mental and/or emotional disorders.
• Knowledge of interviewing techniques.
• Familiarity with problem-solving techniques.
• Ability to understand and apply the laws, rules and regulations governing agency operations and assigned unit activities.
• Ability to explain the laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, specifications, standards and guidelines governing agency operations and assigned unit activities.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to interact with people who are under physical and/or emotional stress and in stressful settings.
• Given the population served, bilingual or multilingual fluency.

Responsibilities

• Transcribes all physicians’ orders and administers medications and treatments to help in the rehabilitation of the patients.
• Completes admission assessment and initial nursing care plan based on health and safety issues by the end of the shift.
• Provides primary nursing care to an assigned group of patients utilizing nursing process and following current standards of care.
• Functions as a member of the multidisciplinary treatment team serving as a resource person regarding patient’s health issues.
• Manages and supervises the nursing staff in the absence of a registered nurse of a higher grade.
• Meets patient nursing care needs as charge nurse or primary nurse by communicating key patient information to appropriate nursing staff in order to insure integration coordination and continuity of patient care.
• Participates in the admission, discharge and transfer of patients to facilitate a smooth transition.
• Acts as leader or co-leader of patient treatment groups.
• Oversees and instructs paraprofessional staff in the care giving of their assigned patients.
• Investigate patient and employee incidents completing written reports.
• Participates in staff development, infection control, quality improvement, pharmacy, lab, dietary, safety, risk management, restraint review, orientation and other committees.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide case appropriate to the age related spiritual and cultural needs of the clients served.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age-related needs of the clients served.
• Acts as a role model to other staff, participates in ongoing supervision, attends conferences, mandatory trainings and other education requirements.
• Participates in MHIS training and performs MHIS functions as required.
• Participates in performance improvement teams assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits
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What This Job Offers

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