Registered Nurse (RN)
About The Position
Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital is seeking full-time night-shift Registered Nurses. The hospital is a 144-bed behavioral health facility in Malden, Massachusetts, created through a partnership between Tufts Medicine and Acadia Healthcare. The RN is a clinical professional responsible for facilitating admissions, conducting clinical intake assessments, and supporting utilization review to promote continuity of care at the most appropriate level and effective use of patient benefits and resources. The RN assesses patients’ physical and behavioral health needs, develops and implements nursing care plans, provides nursing services within applicable professional and facility standards, maintains medical records, administers medications, and educates patients and families. The role also includes monitoring patient status, communicating changes to physicians, supporting admission and discharge processes, coordinating unit activities as directed, and maintaining therapeutic, professional relationships with patients and others involved in treatment.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
- A current Registered Nurse (RN) license required by the state of employment, or eligibility to practice nursing in accordance with state requirements.
- One year of nursing experience.
- CPR certification and de-escalation and restraint certification; training is available upon hire and offered by the facility.
- First aid may be required depending on state or facility requirements.
Nice To Haves
- Previous psychiatric, mental, behavioral, or substance use nursing experience.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients’ physical and behavioral health needs and coordinate care.
- Develop and implement nursing care plans, including completing initial plans upon admission and tailoring plans to assessed needs.
- Maintain medical records and educate patients and families about physical and behavioral health conditions.
- Provide nursing care within the scope and standards of practice established by state regulations and applicable facility and corporate policies, procedures, and protocols.
- Ensure verbally received physician orders are legible and transcribed according to policy and procedure.
- Assess patients’ status on an ongoing basis and gather and document pertinent information.
- Notify physicians of significant changes in patient status, including detox difficulties, medical emergencies, medication-response concerns, and other related challenges.
- Use universal precautions when providing direct patient care.
- Administer medications accurately according to orders.
- Document controlled-substance medication counts accurately on required documents.
- Complete admission and discharge processing efficiently and accurately as directed.
- Maintain therapeutic rapport and professional boundaries with patients, respect personal space, give patients direct attention, and maintain rational detachment.
- Provide direction or coordinate unit activities as directed.
- Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, coworkers, and others involved in inpatient treatment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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