RN | APU - Full Time Nights

Bay Area Hospital•Fort Bridger, WY

3d•$48 - $71

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works within the scope of practice defined by the Oregon State Board of Nursing to provide patient care using the nursing process. The RN teaches patients and significant others, documents care in the medical record, and collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to coordinate overall patient care. The role is in the Acute Psychiatric Unit and is scheduled for full-time night shifts, with 72 hours per pay period. The RN assesses patients’ physical and psychosocial status, learning needs and barriers, age- and culture-related needs, and discharge-planning needs. The RN establishes nursing diagnoses, develops and updates care plans, delivers individualized care, evaluates outcomes, and communicates patient status to the interdisciplinary team. The position also involves creating a safe therapeutic milieu, participating in group activities and treatment-team meetings, and responding effectively to crises and emergencies. If appropriately credentialed, the RN may perform duties of a Qualified Mental Health Professional as assigned.

Requirements

Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Oregon.
American Heart Association Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
Complete organization-approved workplace violence training, or obtain it by the last day of the month following the 90-day grace period.
Read, write legibly, and converse effectively in English.
Demonstrate critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.
Be flexible, prioritize effectively, and adapt to rapidly changing patient and unit needs.
Demonstrate effective teaching skills.
Be proficient with computers, including internet access, word processing, and electronic medical record documentation.
Communicate effectively through reading, writing, and speaking in person or by telephone.
Demonstrate manual dexterity.
Frequently sit, stand, walk, bend, squat, reach, and stretch; may be required to lift up to 50 pounds.
Use standard precautions due to potential exposure to blood and body fluids.
Use a personal computer frequently.

Nice To Haves

National certification in behavioral health nursing.
Bachelor’s degree.
Recent acute-care hospital experience within the past five years.

Responsibilities

Assess patients, including physical and psychosocial status, learning needs and barriers, age- and culture-related needs, and discharge-planning needs.
Establish nursing diagnoses based on assessments and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
Plan and update care according to identified diagnoses and patient needs.
Provide individualized care, including assistance with activities of daily living, fall-risk management, safe patient handling, medication administration, skin assessment and wound care, and pain management.
Operate and manipulate biomedical and other patient-care and testing equipment.
Assist physicians and other licensed independent practitioners with invasive and non-invasive procedures.
Teach patients and families about illness, medical tests, medications, general healthcare, disease prevention, and wellness promotion.
Assign, supervise, and direct unlicensed assistive personnel as appropriate to support patient care.
Coordinate and facilitate overall care with the interdisciplinary team.
Document patient assessments, interventions, care, and teaching in the electronic medical record and on paper when necessary.
Evaluate care and communicate patient status and results of care to the interdisciplinary team.
Create a safe therapeutic milieu on the unit; attend group activities, observe patient interaction, and participate as requested by the group leader.
Participate in treatment-team meetings.
Perform Qualified Mental Health Professional duties as assigned if appropriately credentialed.
Respond effectively to patient crisis and emergency situations.
Maintain regular, consistent, and punctual attendance at the assigned job location.
Perform other duties as assigned.