Registered Nurse (RN) Behavioral Health Float Pool

Advocate Health•Milwaukee, WI

2d•$38 - $57•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works in Aurora Psychiatric Hospital’s Internal Behavioral Health Float division, providing coverage across Adult Inpatient, Children/Adolescent Inpatient, Child and Adolescent Day Treatment, and HODs. The RN provides and coordinates comprehensive patient care through the nursing process, delivering safe, therapeutic care in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures. The role uses evidence-based practice, clinical decision-making, compassionate and skilled communication, and helps create the safest patient environment and best patient experience across the continuum of care. The position is based at Aurora Psychiatric Hospital in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, on a 30-acre wooded campus serving children, adolescents, and adults with mental health or substance-related concerns. The schedule is Monday through Thursday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with two holidays per year: one in fall/winter and one in spring/summer. The role is full-time, 32 hours per week.

Requirements

Completion of an accredited or approved nursing program.
Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the teammate practices.
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association.
Telemetry and ACLS are required within six months of hire.
Ability to meet the role’s physical requirements, including safely lifting up to 35 pounds, pushing/pulling up to 30 pounds, and assisting with 150-pound sliding transfers.
Ability to perform patient handling and safety interventions and to use the functional speech, vision, hearing, touch, fine motor skills, and foot controls required for clinical duties.

Responsibilities

Provide and coordinate comprehensive patient care through the nursing process.
Deliver safe, therapeutic care in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures.
Use evidence-based practice and clinical decision-making in patient care.
Communicate compassionately and skillfully.
Help create the safest patient environment and the best patient experience across the continuum of care.
Provide float coverage for Adult Inpatient, Children/Adolescent Inpatient, Child and Adolescent Day Treatment, and HODs.
Respond to changing patient conditions and perform patient safety interventions, including verbal de-escalation and restraints when necessary.