RN - PT Weekend Track Days MHU Unit - Samaritan Hospital

Trinity Health • Troy, NY

3d

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works in the Behavioral Health Unit at Samaritan Hospital, caring for patients experiencing severe psychiatric crises who need inpatient safety, care, and treatment to stabilize their immediate crisis. Care is individualized, with an emphasis on maintaining safety, medication stabilization, and developing coping skills. The RN supports a main unit and is cross-trained in all four Behavioral Health units: Adult Psych, Senior/Geriatric Psych, MICA, and Crisis ER. These units serve patients across adolescence through geriatrics and address psychiatric and substance-use needs, with medical care and discharge planning tailored to the patient. The RN assesses each patient's needs, plans and delivers nursing care, evaluates and modifies care as appropriate, and may perform clinical and leadership functions when serving in the charge role. The RN is directly accountable to the Nurse Manager for the quality of patient care delivered.

Requirements

• NYS license.
• BLS certification.
• Ability to assess, plan, direct, intervene in, and evaluate patient care.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• One year of RN experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Address the medical and psychiatric needs of patients experiencing mental health and substance abuse problems.
• Provide patients and families with a professional, caring, and safe environment.
• Apply clinical and safety standards to ensure high-quality patient care.
• Assess the needs of each assigned patient.
• Plan nursing care that addresses spiritual, emotional, and physiological needs.
• Carry out and evaluate the plan of care through personal performance and/or leadership of supervised personnel.
• Modify and deliver care according to patients' age, growth, and development and the unit's scope of services.
• When serving in the charge role, perform clinical and leadership functions, assess patient needs, and plan nursing care to meet those needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed