Registered Nurse - Part Time

Tower Behavioral Health • Muhlenberg Township, PA

6d • $41 - $50 • Onsite

About The Position

Tower Behavioral Health in Reading, PA is EXPANDING and seeking passionate Registered Nurses (RN) to join their nursing team. This is a part-time, night shift position with a 2x12hr schedule (24hrs per week) and every 3rd weekend rotation. The facility is a state-of-the-art Psych-Safe facility with spacious outdoor courtyards, indoor gymnasiums, an herb garden, and bird sanctuary, located on a serene, partially wooded parcel on the west side of Route 183 in Reading, PA. TBH provides services to adults, adolescents, and seniors, offering inpatient and outpatient programs, counseling, and treatment for substance use disorders. New Registered Nurse (RN) Grads are welcome to apply. The purpose of the role is to provide professional nursing care to patients with a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude to foster a supportive and therapeutic environment, recognizing that patient safety is a top priority.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing required.
• Current RN license as required by state.
• CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.

Nice To Haves

• One or more years’ nursing experience within clinical area of service provided by facility preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide and coordinate care by assessing physical and behavioral health needs of patient, develop and implement nursing care plans, maintain medical records and educate patients and their families about various physical and behavioral health conditions.
• Provide nursing care and services within the standards and scope of nursing practice as defined within the state Nurse Practice Act regulations, policies, procedures and protocols, as well as facility and corporate policies and procedures.
• Ensure physician’s orders are legible if taken verbally and transcribed appropriately per policy and procedure.
• Ensure patient’s status is assessed on an ongoing basis and pertinent information gathered is documented.
• Collaborate with others to ensure that all patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental and cultural needs are met and when they are not met, acknowledges and works to resolve customer complaints.
• Notify physician of significant changes in status such as difficulties with detox, medical emergency or change in medical status regarding response to medications, etc.
• Ensure nursing treatment plans are specific to assessed needs and initial treatment plan is completed upon admission.
• Demonstrate knowledge and utilization of universal precautions in providing direct patient care.
• Accurately administer medications per ordered note and document accurate count of controlled substance medication administration on required documents.
• Responsible for completing admission and discharge processed efficiently and accurately as directed.
• Exhibit therapeutic rapport with patients by maintaining professional boundaries, being respectful to personal space, giving patient direct attention and maintaining rational detachment.
• Provide direction or coordinate the activities of the unit as directed.
• Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, coworkers and others involved in patient treatment in an effective manner.
• Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Benefits

• Flexible scheduling
• Competitive pay rates with shift differentials for ALL shifts
• Career advancement opportunities
• Employee referral bonus
• Shift incentives
• Monthly in-person and online trainings to increase skills of nursing staff, including CIWA and COWS assessments, facilitating groups, suture removal, phlebotomy, and EKGs.
• Healthstream modules monthly, Crisis Prevention Institute’s Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training on-site, CPR in house

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree