Registered Nurse RN - Psych Acute Geriatric

Prime Healthcare • Chicago, IL

2d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time Registered Nurse position in the Behavioral Health department, specifically focusing on Geriatric Acute care. The role involves treating patients, educating them and their families on mental and medical conditions, providing emotional support, running therapeutic groups, psychiatric crisis intervention, and managing seclusion and restraint. Responsibilities also include recording medical histories, operating medical machinery, administering treatments and medications, and assisting with patient follow-up and rehabilitation.

Requirements

• Current and valid State license as a Registered Nurse
• Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain current
• Working knowledge of Mental Health Laws and practice standards
• Working knowledge of interdisciplinary treatment team process, behavioral health programming and daily nursing functions for inpatient and outpatient behavioral health units
• Working knowledge of the continuum of care for behavioral health care

Responsibilities

• Treating patients
• Educating patients about mental and medical conditions
• Providing advice and emotional support to patients’ and/or family members
• Running therapeutic groups
• Psychiatric crisis intervention
• Seclusion and restraint of patients
• Recording patients’ medical histories and symptoms
• Helping to perform diagnostic tests and analyze results
• Operating medical machinery
• Administering treatment and medications
• Helping with patient follow-up and rehabilitation
• Teaching patients and their families how to manage their illness or injury, diet and exercise programs, and self-administration of medication and physical therapy
• Other related duties

Benefits

• Paid time off
• 401K retirement plan
• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level