Registered Nurse, RN - Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit (0.9 FTE, Nights)

Seattle Children's Hospital•Seattle, WA

12h•Onsite

About The Position

The Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit (PBMU) is seeking Registered Nurses (RNs) for a 0.9 FTE Night Shift position. This unit, with 41 beds, provides 24/7 care for children and adolescents (ages 4-17) experiencing emotional, behavioral, and neuropsychiatric disorders. Common diagnoses include depression, developmental delays, attention deficits, anxiety, pervasive developmental disorders, conduct disorders, oppositional-defiant disorders, anorexia/bulimia, and psychosis. The unit also treats children with co-occurring conditions such as hearing impairments, chronic medical illnesses, or physical developmental disabilities. The PBMU employs an interdisciplinary model of care involving registered nurses, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychologists, mental health therapists, social workers, pediatric mental health specialists, special education teachers, and various therapists (occupational, recreational, art, music, speech). Care includes behavior management in a milieu setting, family/caregiver and patient education, group activities, supportive counseling, psychotropic medication management, and limited medical nursing services. The RN will function within the State's Scope of Practice and ANA Scope and Standards for Pediatric Nursing Practice, adhering to Seattle Children's policies. The role involves providing safe, family-centered patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, in collaboration with patients, families, and the healthcare team. The RN may also supervise and delegate tasks to other healthcare personnel. The position supports Seattle Children's strategic goals, including Continuous Performance Improvement, Value Based Behaviors, Error Prevention, Patient Safety, and Workforce Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA).

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Current Washington State RN License, or other current state license that the RN is required to work in.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers is required for all positions at time of hire unless the incumbent possesses a current appropriate Life Support Education required for their practice area.
BLS must be maintained in current status until the incumbent obtains the appropriate Life Support Education required for their practice area.
Nurses working in the following areas are required to successfully obtain PEARS within 6 months of employment, and subsequently maintain at all times: Psychiatric Unit
Nurses working in the Psychiatric Unit and Child Psych Consultation Behavior Support Team are required to obtain Safety Care Certification (internal training) within 3 months of hire and maintain current certification (annual) thereafter, i.e., annual training is to be completed prior to the certification's expiration date.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in a pediatric related health care setting, or a specific area of nursing, may be required for specific departments.
Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition and Stabilization (PEARS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) will be accepted in lieu of BLS for Healthcare Providers.
If you have experience working with adult populations, we will provide training on working with pediatric patients and their families while leveraging the adult RN experience you already have.

Responsibilities

Providing safe, family centered patient care.
Using the Nursing Care Process, the RN is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care in a collaborative method with the patient and patient's family, significant others, and members of the health care team.
May be required to provide supervision and delegation of tasks to Nurse Technicians, Licensed Practical Nurses, Certified Medical Assistants, Certified Nursing Assistants, and others as defined by the State Administrative Code.
Assists in meeting Seattle Children's strategic goals by incorporating the initiatives to support the strategic plans into the daily work, i.e., Continuous Performance Improvement (CPI), Value Based Behaviors, Error Prevention, Patient Safety, Workforce Inclusion Diversity Equity and Access (IDEA) etc.