RN - Registered Nurse - Electroconvulsive Therapy - PRN

UAB St. Vincent's•Birmingham, AL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides direct care to behavioral health patients receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) at UAB St. Vincent's East. The nurse performs initial and ongoing biopsychosocial assessments, develops and implements a nursing plan of care aligned with the master treatment plan, and evaluates patients’ responses to interventions. The nurse participates in treatment team conferences and collaborates with the team to adjust care goals and interventions as patient needs or status change. The role may also involve conducting or co-leading group therapy sessions. This PRN dayshift role provides coverage as a recovery nurse when the regular recovery nurse is off or calls in. The nurse monitors patients as they wake after ECT, obtains three sets of vital signs for each patient, prints a cardiac monitor strip, and may start IVs, draw blood, and perform COVID swabs. Shifts are generally 7:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, as needed; shifts may be shorter than eight hours when necessary.

Requirements

Licensed Associate Professional Registered Nurse credential from the Alabama Board of Nursing, obtained before the hire or job transfer date.
Diploma from an accredited school or college of nursing.
One year of RN experience.
BLS Provider certification obtained within 30 days of the hire or job transfer date; American Heart Association or American Red Cross certifications are accepted.

Responsibilities

Provide direct patient care to behavioral health patients in accordance with facility policies and procedures.
Perform initial and ongoing biopsychosocial assessments according to accepted nursing practice standards.
Develop a nursing plan of care consistent with the master treatment plan.
Participate in treatment team conferences to plan and revise goals, objectives, and interventions suited to each patient's age-related and problem-specific needs.
Implement nursing plans of care for assigned patients.
Conduct and/or co-lead group therapy sessions for patients.
Evaluate patients’ responses to interventions and revise nursing plans of care as needed.
Collaborate with the treatment team to revise goals, objectives, and interventions when patient status changes.
Provide recovery-nurse coverage when the regular recovery nurse is off or calls in.
Monitor patients as they wake after ECT, obtain three sets of vital signs for each patient, and print a cardiac monitor strip.
Start IVs, draw blood, and swab patients for COVID as needed.