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Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Danville•Danville, PA

6d•$42 - $50•Onsite

About The Position

Acadia Healthcare and Geisinger Health have partnered to establish Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Danville, a 96-bed behavioral health hospital in Danville, Pennsylvania. The facility serves pediatric and adult patients and offers inpatient treatment, intensive outpatient programming, and ECT services. It also serves as a teaching hospital for students and residents of Geisinger’s College of Health Sciences. The Registered Nurse provides and coordinates care by assessing patients’ physical and behavioral health needs, developing and implementing nursing care plans, maintaining medical records, and educating patients and families. The nurse delivers care within applicable nursing practice standards, policies, procedures, and protocols; monitors and documents patient status; administers medications; and communicates with physicians and others involved in treatment. This is a full-time night-shift role. New graduates are welcome.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

Previous psychiatric, mental, behavioral, or substance-use nursing experience.
First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical and behavioral health needs and provide and coordinate care.
Develop and implement nursing care plans, including completing initial nursing treatment plans upon admission and tailoring them to assessed needs.
Maintain medical records and educate patients and families about physical and behavioral health conditions.
Provide nursing care within the standards and scope of practice established by state Nurse Practice Act regulations and applicable facility and corporate policies and procedures.
Ensure verbal physicians’ orders are legible and transcribed appropriately according to policy and procedure.
Assess patients’ status on an ongoing basis and gather and document pertinent information.
Notify physicians of significant changes in patient status, including detox difficulties, medical emergencies, medication response changes, and related challenges.
Use universal precautions when providing direct patient care.
Administer medications accurately according to the ordered note.
Document controlled-substance medication administration 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.