Registered Nurse (RN) - RTF

Acadia Healthcare • Pittsburgh, PA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Southwood Children’s Behavioral Healthcare is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for its Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) team. The facility provides mental health treatment to children and adolescents ages 3–21. The RN provides compassionate, patient-centered care in a behavioral health setting by assessing patients’ needs, developing and implementing treatment plans, administering medications, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team. Flexibility to work evenings and weekends as needed is required.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license as required by Pennsylvania, 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.
• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Previous psychiatric, mental, behavioral, or substance use nursing experience.
• First aid may be required depending on state or facility requirements.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ physical and behavioral health needs and coordinate their care.
• Develop and implement nursing care plans tailored to assessed needs.
• Maintain medical records and educate patients and families about physical and behavioral health conditions.
• Provide nursing care within the standards and scope of practice established by the state Nurse Practice Act and applicable facility and corporate policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Ensure verbally received physician orders are legible and transcribed appropriately according to policy.
• Assess patients’ status on an ongoing basis and gather and document pertinent information.
• Notify physicians of significant status changes, 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 and document controlled-substance counts on required forms.
• Complete admission and discharge processing accurately and efficiently 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree