Registered Nurse Sign On

Acadia • Fayetteville, AR

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About The Position

Vantage Point Behavioral Health is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) to provide and coordinate patient care focused on physical and behavioral health needs. The role includes assessing patients, developing and implementing nursing care plans, maintaining medical records, educating patients and families, administering medications, and supporting patients through admission, treatment, and discharge. RNs work within applicable nursing standards, state regulations, and facility and corporate policies and procedures, while communicating with physicians and the treatment team and maintaining professional, therapeutic relationships with patients.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license as required by the state of employment, or eligibility to practice nursing under state requirements.
• One year of nursing experience.
• CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification; training is available upon hire and offered by the facility.

Nice To Haves

• Previous psychiatric, mental, behavioral, or substance abuse nursing experience.
• First aid, if required by state or facility requirements.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ physical and behavioral health needs and provide and coordinate care.
• Develop and implement nursing care plans tailored to assessed needs.
• Maintain medical records and educate patients and families about physical and behavioral health conditions.
• Provide nursing care within state nursing regulations, applicable standards, and facility and corporate policies and procedures.
• Ensure verbal physicians’ orders are legible and transcribed appropriately according to policy.
• Continuously assess patient status and gather and document pertinent information.
• Notify physicians of significant status changes, including detox difficulties, medical emergencies, medication-response changes, and related challenges.
• Complete initial nursing treatment plans upon admission and ensure plans address assessed needs.
• Use universal precautions when providing direct patient care.
• Administer medications accurately according to ordered notes.
• 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.

Benefits

• $10,000 sign-on bonus.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Career growth opportunities.
• Personal panic alarm provided for staff safety.

What This Job Offers

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