Registered Nurse ( RN ) - PT NIGHT
About The Position
Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Danville, established through a partnership between Acadia Healthcare and Geisinger Health, is a 96-bed behavioral health hospital in Danville, Pennsylvania. The facility serves pediatric and adult patients with inpatient treatment, intensive outpatient programming, and ECT services, and also serves as a teaching hospital for students and residents of Geisinger’s College of Health Sciences. The Registered Nurse provides and coordinates patient care by assessing physical and behavioral health needs, developing and implementing nursing care plans, maintaining medical records, and educating patients and families. The role delivers nursing services in accordance with applicable nursing standards, state Nurse Practice Act requirements, and facility and corporate policies. Nurses monitor and document patient status, administer medications, coordinate unit activities as directed, and communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, colleagues, and others involved in treatment. This is a part-time night-shift position.
Requirements
- Graduation 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 use nursing experience.
- First aid, if required by state or facility requirements.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients’ physical and behavioral health needs and provide and coordinate care.
- Develop and implement nursing care plans tailored 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 established by state Nurse Practice Act regulations and applicable policies, procedures, and protocols.
- Ensure verbal physicians’ orders are legible when taken and transcribed according to policy and procedure.
- Assess patients’ status on an ongoing basis and gather and document pertinent information.
- Notify physicians about 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 the ordered note.
- Accurately 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 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
Part-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
