PRN Registered Nurse (RN) Weekends Nights

Career Center•Martin, TN

19h

About The Position

Unity Psychiatric Care, a division of American Health Partners Inc., operates psychiatric hospitals in Tennessee and Alabama that provide evaluation and behavioral health treatment to people experiencing mental health crises or behavioral disturbances, including those related to dementia. The Registered Nurse provides clinical oversight for day-to-day hospital operations and works with patients in a therapeutic setting. The role includes carrying out physician orders, completing assessments, initiating and updating treatment plans, directing patient care, providing group and individual therapy or education, supporting referrals and continuity of care, and applying treatment and restraint or seclusion interventions. The nurse also works toward patient goals, completes clinical documentation, administers IVs, educates family members, and teaches and supervises other mental healthcare workers.

Requirements

One year of clinical nursing experience; experience in geriatrics and/or mental health is preferred.
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with a Registered Nursing (RN) degree.
Current state Registered Nursing (RN) license.
Current CPR certification.
Current CPI certification.
Must be willing and able to work flexible hours.
Position may require unscheduled overtime and weekend work.
Travel is required.
Frequent lifting of objects weighing up to 40 pounds is required.

Nice To Haves

Clinical nursing experience in geriatrics and/or mental health.

Responsibilities

Evaluate each patient's care on admission and on an ongoing basis in accordance with accepted nursing practice.
Ensure nursing staff develop and maintain current nursing care plans for each patient.
Make patient care assignments.
Review staffing schedules and adjust nursing staff assignments to meet patient care needs when staff are absent.
Perform IV administration and venipuncture as authorized by state law.
Educate patients and families about medication administration, patient disorders and needs, benefits and side effects, disease prevention, and basic living skills.
Complete comprehensive nursing assessments, treatments, and tests.
Complete psychiatric metric measures.
Provide pharmaceutical services within the scope of license and education.
Develop and reassess discharge plans before discharge, arranging appropriate post-hospital care to avoid unnecessary delays.
Provide emergency care within safe and appropriate timeframes.
Follow physician orders and provide clinical oversight for day-to-day hospital operations.
Direct patient care, provide group and individual therapy or education, and support referrals and continuity of care.
Apply treatment and restraint or seclusion interventions as appropriate.
Complete clinical documentation and work toward patient goals.
Teach and supervise other mental healthcare workers.