Registered Nurse (RN) - Part Time
About The Position
Shorewood Behavioral Health is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide behavioral health nursing care at its new 120-bed hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. The facility specializes in acute and outpatient psychiatric care for adolescents, adults, and seniors experiencing mental health and substance use disorders. Services include Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP), Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP), and Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), as well as specialized programs developed to meet community needs. The RN assesses patients’ physical and behavioral health needs, develops and implements nursing care plans, administers medications, maintains medical records, and educates patients and families. The nurse provides care according to applicable nursing practice standards, state regulations, and facility and corporate policies. The role also involves monitoring and documenting patient status, communicating significant changes to physicians, completing admission and discharge processes, and working therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, coworkers, and others involved in treatment. Day and night shifts are available, each consisting of 12 hours.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
- A current Registered Nurse (RN) license as required by the state of employment, or eligibility to practice nursing in accordance with state requirements.
- One year of nursing experience.
- CPR certification.
- De-escalation and restraint certification; training is available upon hire and offered by the facility.
Nice To Haves
- Previous psychiatric, mental, behavioral, or substance use nursing experience.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients’ physical and behavioral health needs and provide and coordinate care.
- Develop and implement nursing care plans, including completing initial nursing treatment plans upon admission and tailoring plans to assessed needs.
- Maintain medical records and educate patients and their families about physical and behavioral health conditions.
- Provide nursing care within the standards and scope of practice established by the state Nurse Practice Act, regulations, and applicable facility and corporate policies, procedures, and protocols.
- Ensure verbally received physicians’ orders are legible and transcribed appropriately according to policy and procedure.
- Assess patient status on an ongoing basis and gather and document pertinent information.
- Notify physicians of significant changes in patient status, including detox difficulties, medical emergencies, changes in medical status or medication response, and related challenges.
- Use universal precautions when providing direct patient care.
- Administer medications accurately according to orders.
- Accurately document controlled-substance medication counts 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 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
Part-time
Education Level
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