Registered Nurse
About The Position
Mount Carmel Behavioral Health Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, provides acute inpatient care for adult men and women age 18 and above experiencing mental or behavioral health challenges. The Registered Nurse provides and coordinates nursing care by assessing patients’ physical and behavioral health needs, developing and implementing care plans, maintaining medical records, and educating patients and families. The nurse practices in accordance with the state Nurse Practice Act and applicable facility and corporate policies, procedures, and protocols. The role includes monitoring and documenting patient status, communicating significant changes to physicians, completing admission and discharge processing, administering medications, and providing therapeutic, professional communication to patients, visitors, coworkers, and others involved in treatment. Full-time day and night schedules are available.
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 and de-escalation and restraint certification; training is available upon hire and offered by the facility.
Nice To Haves
- Previous psychiatric, mental health, behavioral health, or substance abuse nursing experience.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients’ physical and behavioral health needs and provide and coordinate care.
- Develop and implement nursing care plans specific to assessed needs.
- Maintain medical records and educate patients and their families about physical and behavioral health conditions.
- Provide nursing care within the standards and scope of practice defined by state regulations and applicable facility and corporate policies and procedures.
- Ensure verbally received physicians’ orders are legible and transcribed 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 responses, and related challenges.
- Complete initial nursing treatment plans upon admission and ensure plans address assessed needs.
- Use universal precautions when providing direct patient care.
- Administer medications accurately according to orders.
- Document controlled-substance medication counts 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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