Registered Nurse - Part Time

Tower Behavioral Health•Muhlenberg Township, PA

12d•$41 - $50•Onsite

About The Position

Tower Behavioral Health in Reading, Pennsylvania, is seeking Registered Nurses to provide professional nursing care in a supportive, therapeutic environment. The facility serves adults, adolescents, and seniors through inpatient and outpatient programs, counseling, substance use disorder treatment, and other services. New RN graduates are welcome to apply. This part-time role is scheduled for two 12-hour shifts per week (24 hours weekly), on either day or night shift, with a weekend rotation every third weekend. The nurse assesses patients’ physical and behavioral health needs, develops and implements care plans, administers and documents medications, maintains medical records, educates patients and families, and works with the treatment team to meet patients’ needs. The role emphasizes patient safety, professional communication, therapeutic rapport, and compliance with nursing standards and facility policies. The facility offers monthly in-person and online nursing trainings, including instruction in CIWA and COWS assessments, group facilitation, suture removal, phlebotomy, and EKGs. Additional training includes monthly Healthstream modules, on-site Crisis Prevention Institute Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training, and in-house CPR.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Current RN license as required by the state.
CPR certification and de-escalation and restraint certification; training is available upon hire and offered by the facility.

Nice To Haves

One or more years of nursing experience in the clinical area served by the facility is preferred.
First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical and behavioral health needs; develop and implement nursing care plans; maintain medical records; and educate patients and families about physical and behavioral health conditions.
Provide nursing care within the standards and scope of practice defined by state Nurse Practice Act regulations and applicable facility and corporate policies, procedures, and protocols.
Ensure verbal physician’s orders are legible and transcribed appropriately in accordance with policy and procedure.
Assess patients’ status on an ongoing basis, gather pertinent information, and document findings.
Collaborate with others to meet patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age-related, developmental, and cultural needs, and acknowledge and work to resolve customer complaints.
Notify physicians of significant changes in patient status, including detox difficulties, medical emergencies, or changes in response to medications.
Ensure nursing treatment plans address assessed needs and complete the initial treatment plan upon admission.
Use universal precautions when providing direct patient care.
Administer medications accurately according to orders and document controlled-substance counts on required records.
Complete admission and discharge processes efficiently and accurately as directed.
Maintain therapeutic rapport and professional boundaries with patients, respect personal space, provide 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 patient treatment.
Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.