Temporary Registered Nurse - Behavioral Health

Lower Bucks Hospital • Bristol, PA

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About The Position

Lower Bucks Hospital, a member of Prime Healthcare, is seeking a temporary Registered Nurse for behavioral health. The hospital serves the Lower Bucks County region with medical, surgical, and emergency care and has more than 200 physicians and approximately 700 employees.

Registered nurses provide patient care and education, emotional support, therapeutic groups, and psychiatric crisis intervention. They document patient histories and symptoms, assist with diagnostic testing and results, operate medical equipment, administer treatments and medications, and support follow-up and rehabilitation. Nurses also teach patients and families about managing illness or injury, diet and exercise, medication self-administration, and physical therapy. This position works day shifts.

Requirements

• Current and valid state license as a Registered Nurse.
• Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintained thereafter.
• Working knowledge of Mental Health Laws and practice standards.
• Working knowledge of the interdisciplinary treatment team process, behavioral health programming, and daily nursing functions for inpatient and outpatient behavioral health units.
• Working knowledge of the continuum of care for behavioral health care.

Responsibilities

• Treat patients and provide education about mental and medical conditions, advice, and emotional support to patients and/or family members.
• Run therapeutic groups and provide psychiatric crisis intervention, including seclusion and restraint of patients.
• Record patients’ medical histories and symptoms.
• Help perform diagnostic tests and analyze results.
• Operate medical machinery and administer treatments and medications.
• Help with patient follow-up and rehabilitation.
• Teach patients and families how to manage illness or injury, diet and exercise programs, medication self-administration, and physical therapy.
• Perform other related duties.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: No Education Listed