Registered Nurse - Behavioral Health

One Brooklyn Health•New York, NY

About The Position

The Registered Professional Nurse is responsible and accountable for prescribing, delegating, and coordinating nursing care in accordance with standards of care and practice. The role provides comprehensive mental health nursing care to help patients with substance use disorders, mental illness, emotional disturbance, or dual diagnoses achieve their optimum health potential. Care is delivered using the nursing process and in collaboration with other members of the health care team, in response to patient and family needs. The nurse serves acutely ill adult psychiatric and substance-abuse patients ages 16 and older. The nurse assesses patients’ physical, social, and psychological status; develops nursing diagnoses and patient-centered plans of care; implements and evaluates interventions; and documents findings and care. The position also includes prioritizing assignments, responding to psychiatric emergencies, providing education and counseling, participating in interdisciplinary treatment activities, and guiding ancillary nursing personnel.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
Current New York State RN license.
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification.
Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
Involves standing, walking, sitting, talking, hearing, and bending; may include repetitive motions.

Nice To Haves

One year of medical/surgical nursing experience preferred.
Additional languages preferred.
Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

Provide nursing care to patients with substance use disorders, emotional disturbance, mental illness, or dual diagnoses, using the nursing process and professional nursing standards.
Prioritize assignments based on patient activity and complexity, available resources, staffing, and skill mix.
Assess patients’ physical, social, and psychological status through observation, interviews, and medical, physical, and mental assessments.
Assess and document fall, pain, suicide, nutrition, psychosocial, environmental, educational, and discharge-planning needs; review available data and information gathered by other health team members.
Identify nursing care problems, continually reassess patients, communicate findings, and document findings clearly and concisely.
Formulate, prioritize, and document nursing diagnoses consistent with assessment data, including physiological, psychosocial, emotional, and educational needs.
Develop and document measurable, patient-centered goals and written plans of care; identify education, learning, and discharge-planning needs on the day of admission.
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to implement comprehensive plans of care.
Provide nursing care and patient management, including identifying withdrawal symptoms, managing agitated patients, administering medications, and managing dependent or suicidal patients.
Respond appropriately to psychiatric emergencies using nonviolent crisis intervention.
Maintain infection control standards and address patients’ psychosocial and educational needs.
Provide individual and group health teaching and counseling sessions on the unit.
Participate in treatment planning, medical rounds, interdisciplinary rounds, and scheduled clinical assessments.
Perform procedures in accordance with established mental health nursing standards and demonstrate competency within scope of practice.
Investigate, resolve, communicate, and document information regarding unusual occurrences.
Delegate, guide, and assist ancillary nursing personnel with tasks appropriate to their roles.
Interpret, communicate, and document patient responses to nursing and medical regimens.
Evaluate and revise plans of care in collaboration with the health care team, and evaluate patient or significant-other responses to discharge teaching.