REGISTERED NURSE, RN- MEDICATION MANAGEMENT / EDUCATION PROGRAM

Independence Health System•Greensburg, PA

5d•Remote

About The Position

Provides mobile professional psychiatric nursing care to behavioral health consumers residing in the community, as well as consultation and support to their families and care providers.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program required.
One (1) year experience in an acute care setting.
Strong leadership ability, good organizational skills, independent and critical thinking skills, sound judgment, and knowledge of legal aspects and liability of nursing practice.
Strong ability to communicate complex and/or controversial topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience.
Current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Pennsylvania required.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) approved curriculum of the American Heart Association (CPR and AED) program required.
Act 33 with renewal.
Act 34 with renewal.
Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal.
Valid Pennsylvania Driver’s License (if out of state hire current Department of Motor Vehicle record report required and obtain PA Current Driver License within 30 days of hire).

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred.
Home Care Nursing Experience
ANA Psychiatric Nursing Certification
Experience in Dialectical Behavior Therapy and addictions treatment.
Minimum of 2 years’ experience in psychiatric nursing specialty.
A Nursing refresher course may be required if employee hasn’t worked in an acute care setting for his / her most recent three consecutive years of professional employment.

Responsibilities

Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending education workshops, review professional publications, establish personal networks, and participate in professional societies.
Assure quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards, making or recommending necessary adjustments, and following system/hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
Document patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
Maintain continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs using Nurse Knowledge Exchange techniques.
Maintain patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
Identify patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients, and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
Establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
Promote patient's independence by establishing patient care goals, teaching patient/family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills, and answering questions.
Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
Resolve patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
Maintain a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information, responding to requests, building rapport, and participating in team continuous quality improvement and problem-solving methods.
Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
Ensure operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements by following manufacturer's instructions, troubleshooting malfunctions, calling for repairs, maintaining equipment inventories, and evaluating new equipment and techniques.
Maintain nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed supplies, placing and expediting orders for supplies, verifying receipt of supplies, and using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
Promotes and maintains consumer's health through teaching, coaching, and role modeling
Achieves and maintains continuity of care by planning and exchanging information with other community agencies
Assists consumer in participating positively in treatment
Updates supervisor weekly and as needed on complicated cases
Avoids transporting impaired consumers
Demonstrates prudence in tenuous situations
Utilizes community resources appropriately
Implements Mental Health Procedures Act effectively
Complies with departmental safety policies
Acts as co-leader in skills training groups
Utilizes group dynamics effectively
Maintains reliable transportation
Obtains directions and finds locations to visit consumers in Westmoreland County
Demonstrates safe driving practices including discretion in transporting consumers in inclement weather
Avoids providing care in unsafe environments
Other related duties as assigned.