Registered Nurse - Outpatient Clinic

Acadia • Springfield, MO

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Lakeland Behavioral Health is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide care at its children and adolescent facility in Springfield, Missouri. The 208-bed psychiatric hospital and treatment center offers comprehensive training, dynamic leadership, and personalized support.

The Registered Nurse assesses patients’ physical and behavioral health needs, coordinates care, develops and implements nursing care plans, maintains medical records, and educates patients and families. The role includes administering medications, monitoring and documenting patient status, communicating with physicians and treatment team members, and completing admission and discharge processes. Nurses provide care within applicable nursing practice standards, state regulations, and facility and corporate policies.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license as required by Missouri, 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 health, behavioral health, or substance abuse nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ physical and behavioral health needs and coordinate their care.
• Develop and implement nursing care plans specific 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 nursing practice, state regulations, and facility and corporate policies and procedures.
• Ensure verbal physicians’ orders are legible and transcribed appropriately according to policy.
• 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 responses, and related challenges.
• Complete initial nursing treatment plans upon admission and tailor them to assessed needs.
• 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 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.

Benefits

• Medical plan
• Prescription drug plan
• Dental and vision plan
• Flexible spending accounts
• Health savings accounts
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401(k) with company match
• Employee assistance programs
• Financial support

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree