Registered Nurse (RN) Behavioral Health

Advocate Health•Milwaukee, WI

20d•$38 - $57•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides and coordinates comprehensive patient care through the nursing process, delivering safe, therapeutic care in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures. The nurse uses evidence-based practice, clinical decision-making, compassionate communication, and clinical skills to help create the safest patient environment and the best patient experience across the continuum. The position is based in the Adult Inpatient unit at Aurora Psychiatric Hospital in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, which provides behavioral health care for adults and other age groups in a healing, patient-focused setting.

Requirements

Completion of an accredited or approved nursing program.
Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the teammate practices.
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association.
Ability to perform the physical and functional tasks described, including patient handling and responding to changing patient conditions.

Responsibilities

Provide and coordinate comprehensive patient care through the nursing process.
Deliver safe, therapeutic care in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures.
Use evidence-based practice and clinical decision-making in patient care.
Communicate compassionately and use clinical skills to promote a safe patient environment and the best patient experience across the continuum.
Respond to changing patient conditions and perform patient safety interventions, including verbal de-escalation and restraints when necessary.