Registered Nurse -General Adult Unit
About The Position
The Registered Nurse is accountable for interpreting the plan of medical care, assessing patients and making clinical decisions regarding nursing care, ensuring that nursing care is delivered safely and competently, providing individualized care, and evaluating care for groups of patients. This is a patient-care position on the General Adult Unit at McLean Hospital. The unit focuses on depression, anxiety, suicidality, self-injurious behavior, trauma, and personality disorders, and commonly treats patients with co-occurring substance use disorder, OCD, and eating disorders. Patient interactions and interventions are therapeutic, highly interpersonal, and skills-based.
Requirements
- Associate's degree in Nursing required; a Bachelor's degree in Nursing is preferred.
- Registered Nurse (RN) state license required.
- 0–1 year of clinical nursing experience required.
- Familiarity with principles and skills needed for practical nursing care and treatment.
- Knowledge of care required by the age groups for which care is provided.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and secure sensitive information.
- Knowledge of medical terminology.
- Excellent verbal and communication skills.
- Ability to accurately screen and triage acute patients.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing.
Responsibilities
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
- Administer medications and monitor patients for reactions or side effects.
- Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
- Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
- Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
- Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
- Interpret the plan of medical care and make clinical decisions regarding nursing care.
- Provide individualized nursing care and evaluate care for groups of patients.
Benefits
- Career advancement opportunities
- Differentials, premiums, and bonuses as applicable
- Recognition programs
- Professional growth support
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
