Registered Nurse III (Charge Nurse) - Overnight Shift

Commonwealth of Massachusetts•Taunton, MA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Taunton State Hospital is seeking a candidate for the Nursing Services department to function as a Charge Nurse (Registered Nurse III). This role involves providing nursing care, custody, and instruction to adult psychiatric patients on locked units. The candidate will establish a nursing plan of care utilizing the Person-Centered Approach within the Recovery Model, and assess the health care needs of patients and their families. The position also includes participation in admissions, discharges, and related duties. This is a 40-hour per week position, working on unit Cain 4 West on the 3rd shift from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Days off are: Week 1: Monday/Saturday, Week 2: Sunday/Thursday. Employees in this position will be required to perform mandatory overtime.

Requirements

Current and valid registration as a professional nurse under the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing.
Recent graduates from an approved school of nursing must have applied for the first available registered nurse examination.
One year of full-time or equivalent part-time, experience as a registered nurse in a recognized hospital, clinic or medical facility.
Six months of which must have been in a supervisory, administrative or managerial capacity.
Knowledge of the principles and practices of nursing.
Knowledge of the terminology and standard abbreviations used in nursing.
Knowledge of the problems in providing nursing services to special client groups such as the mentally, physically, and/or emotionally handicapped.
Knowledge of the custodial care problems (personal hygiene, feeding) of special client groups such as the blind, the auditorily impaired, and the physically and/or mentally handicapped.
Knowledge of the types and application of emergency medical procedures such as cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and tourniquets.
Knowledge of the types and uses of monitoring equipment used in providing nursing care, such as telemetry units, electrocardiograms, etc.
Knowledge of human anatomy and physiology as applied to nursing.
Knowledge of standard nursing policies, procedures, methods and techniques.
Knowledge 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.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as physicians' orders and treatment plans.
Ability to participate in a multi-disciplinary health care team.
Knowledge of the principles and practices of supervision, including planning and assigning work according to the nature of the job to be accomplished, the capabilities of subordinates and available resources; controlling work through periodic reviews and/or evaluations; determining subordinates' training needs and providing or arranging for such training; and either recommending or initiating disciplinary action.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual or multilingual fluency, given the population served.

Responsibilities

Provides nursing care, custody and instruction to adult psychiatric patients on locked units within DMH.
Acts as the Charge Nurse and delegates and oversees the completion of tasks of licensed and non-licensed nursing staff assigned to the unit for their shift.
Ensures that optimum quality care is provided by serving as patient advocate, ensuring that patient confidentiality and maintaining the rights of all patients.
Gains the knowledge required to provide Patient Centered Care to all patients within the Recovery Model.
Identifies and addresses patient needs by performing nursing assessments, developing nursing interventions and providing nursing care by following professional, hospital, departmental standards.
Acts as a role model for providing Recovery and Trauma informed care.
Provides quality psychiatric care to the patients with respect to their needs as defined by the age specific population served.
Participate in admissions, discharges, and related duties.