Registered Nurse - Adolescent Psych (PRN)

UNC Health•Hendersonville, NC

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse coordinates and delivers patient care in a hospital setting using the nursing process and is accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director. The role is with the Pardee Adolescent Behavior Health Unit, providing adolescent behavioral health care onsite on a night schedule. This is a per diem position with 8 standard hours per week. The nurse administers care under physician direction, works with the interdisciplinary team to identify patient outcomes, documents care and patient responses, and organizes care around patient and family needs. The role includes assessing physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and discharge-planning needs; communicating with patients and families using cultural competency and active listening; and promoting their ability to advocate for their needs. The nurse also supports clinical and operational excellence through education and training, maintains a safe and clean environment, follows infection-control practices and organizational policies, and completes required annual competency assessments.

Requirements

Must be licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina or a compact state by the day of clinical care.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Some units may require Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification before performing clinical care; training and certification opportunities will be provided.

Nice To Haves

One year of experience working as a registered nurse in an acute-care or inpatient hospital setting.

Responsibilities

Administer patient care under the direction of a physician.
Identify and pursue expected patient outcomes in collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team.
Report and record the plan of care, nursing care provided, and the patient’s response.
Provide competent clinical nursing care consistent with healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies, and procedures.
Organize and prioritize care according to patient and family needs.
Consult appropriate resources promptly regarding complex care issues, unusual teaching needs, or patients at high risk for discharge-planning needs.
Collaborate with peers in a clinical operations environment and foster intra- and interdepartmental communication.
Synthesize data from complex situations to determine care priorities, including physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs.
Assess and anticipate discharge needs of individual patients and families.
Communicate with patients and families to prepare or update the plan of care using cultural competency and active listening.
Develop relationships with patients and families that support their ability to advocate for patient and family needs.
Develop clinical and operational excellence in self and peers through education and training.
Promote a safe, clean, and secure hospital environment, including applying standard precautions and infection-control principles.
Maintain competency in required skills and complete the annual competency assessment using the documented competency checklist.
Follow documented policies and processes and perform other related duties as assigned.