Registered Nurse (RN) Behavioral Health

Lifepoint Health • Danville, VA

9h • Onsite

About The Position

Registered Nurse (RN) – Behavioral Health - Days

$20,000 Sign on bonus eligibility

Schedule: 12 hours shift for full-time requiring 36 hours/week with every other
weekend

7A-7P

Job Location Type: In Person

Your experience matters

Sovah Danville is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery
network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment
to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As
a Registered Nurse (RN)
joining our team, you are embracing a vital mission
dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey
where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference
in the lives of those we serve.

More about our team

The Behavioral Health unit is a 24 bed unit.  What sets us apart from other
units is the teamwork with all of us having the same goal: provide safe,
quality, and compassionate care close to home!

How you’ll contribute

A Registered Nurse who excels in this role:

Performs plan-of-care interventions, including medication administration,
specimen collection, clinical treatments, and other medical care activities.

Documents patient care provided in a timely and accurate manner.

Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition to the care team,
physicians, patients, and families.

Assists patients with activities of daily living (hygiene, elimination,
nutrition, ambulation).

Collaborates across disciplines to coordinate care (transfers, discharges,
referrals, and psychosocial/spiritual support needs).

Assesses learning needs and delivers age-/culture-appropriate patient and
family education.

Advocates for the physical and emotional well-being of the patient.

Participates in unit and organizational performance improvement and required
continuing education.

Provides quality patient care and works other shifts/units as needed; may be
assigned on-call.

Why join us

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing
excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position
also offers:

Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision
coverage, tailored benefit options for part-time and PRN employees, and more.
Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital
indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and
paid time off.
Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition
assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
 Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free
gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and
discount programs).
Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement
opportunities.

More about Sovah Danville

Sovah Health - Danville (“Danville”) is a 250-bed academic community hospital
with the region's only designated Chest Pain Center & Certified Advanced Primary
Stroke Center. The second largest employer in the City of Danville, the facility
has served the community and region for more than 120 years and was formerly
known as The Memorial Hospital and Danville Regional Medical Center.

Danville has comprehensive surgical services, 24-hour emergency services, a home
health & hospice agency, an advanced wound healing center, cardiac
rehabilitation center, two cardiac catheterization labs, a one-day surgery
center, and medical & radiation oncology services.

The hospital is accredited by American College of Cardiology (ACC) Accreditation
Services for Chest Pain Center and Heart Failure, accredited by the American
College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer and is a member of the Duke Heart
Network and Duke Telestroke Network.

What we’re looking for 

The right person who will provide direct patient care to patients using the
nursing process in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice.

Applicants must be a graduate of a professional school of nursing. Additional
requirements include:

Current licensure as a Registered Nurse from the Virginia State Board of
Nursing or a Compact State.

AHA BLS certification required.

Previous experience in acute care hospital setting preferred. 

EEOC Statement

Sovah Health - Danville is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Sovah Health -
Danville is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and
employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and
harassment in employment.

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of
Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans
29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and
behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across
the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers
and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through
talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with
opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a
difference in communities across the country.
We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to
promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with
an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and
reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.

Requirements

• Applicants must be a graduate of a professional school of nursing.
• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse from the Virginia State Board of Nursing or a Compact State.
• AHA BLS certification required.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in acute care hospital setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs plan-of-care interventions, including medication administration, specimen collection, clinical treatments, and other medical care activities.
• Documents patient care provided in a timely and accurate manner.
• Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition to the care team, physicians, patients, and families.
• Assists patients with activities of daily living (hygiene, elimination, nutrition, ambulation).
• Collaborates across disciplines to coordinate care (transfers, discharges, referrals, and psychosocial/spiritual support needs).
• Assesses learning needs and delivers age-/culture-appropriate patient and family education.
• Advocates for the physical and emotional well-being of the patient.
• Participates in unit and organizational performance improvement and required continuing education.
• Provides quality patient care and works other shifts/units as needed; may be assigned on-call.

Benefits

• Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage, tailored benefit options for part-time and PRN employees, and more.
• Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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