Registered Nurse, Institutional (RN) (Harris Hospital)
About The Position
The Registered Nurse, Institutional works under general supervision at Patrick B. Harris Psychiatric Hospital in Anderson, South Carolina. The role plans and provides nursing care for adult psychiatric patients, assesses nursing needs, and delegates selected care assignments to non-licensed nursing personnel. It requires applying age-specific knowledge and interventions to support effective, therapeutic interactions with patients across the lifespan, including people with diverse backgrounds, disabilities, and co-occurring disorders. The nurse may relieve Nurse Managers as appropriate and may serve as Charge Nurse when a permanent Charge Nurse is unavailable. The position also contributes to treatment planning, patient education, discharge planning, staff support, clinical record audits, and maintaining clinical competency through required training.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
- Related nursing experience.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to see and hear at normal volumes and to stand, walk, reach, pull, stoop, bend, and climb at least two flights of stairs.
- Ability to tolerate noise and circulate in patient areas for long periods.
- Ability to work with repetitive patient behaviors.
- Ability to provide emergency care, such as CPR.
- Ability to plan and manage nursing care for a group of patients in a hospital setting.
- Ability to work well with other disciplines.
Nice To Haves
- Bilingual ability in English and Spanish or another language.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct care to adult psychiatric patients, including patients who are deaf or have co-occurring disorders, using age-specific interventions.
- Identify apparent physical and emotional illness symptoms through observation and review of records.
- Conduct ongoing nursing assessments and participate in Treatment Team planning, interventions, and outcome evaluation.
- Provide patient education and participate in discharge planning.
- Document assessments, interventions, and education accurately and in real time in patient medical records.
- Communicate findings as appropriate with the interdisciplinary team.
- Administer medication using a closed-loop approach and monitor compliance, deviations from normal conditions, effectiveness, and completion of medication education.
- Precept newly licensed staff and serve as a resource to other disciplines and subordinate nursing staff on medical issues.
- Assist in auditing clinical records to evaluate professional practice standards and quality of care.
- Report adverse events, unusual occurrences, and medication variances accurately and promptly.
- Relieve Nurse Manager II and Nurse Manager I as appropriate, and serve as Charge Nurse when a permanent Charge Nurse is unavailable.
- Maintain clinical competency by attending and qualifying in required training classes, including MAPS/MANDT, CPR, SCEIS, cross-training, and age-specific criteria.
Benefits
- Health insurance for employees, spouses, and children.
- Dental insurance for employees, spouses, and children.
- Vision insurance for employees, spouses, and children.
- Long-term disability insurance.
- Life insurance for employees, spouses, and children.
- 15 days of annual (vacation) leave per year.
- 15 days of sick leave per year.
- 13 paid holidays.
- Paid Parental Leave.
- S.C. Deferred Compensation Program.
- Retirement benefit choices through the State Retirement Plan (SCRS) or State Optional Retirement Program (State ORP).
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
