Registered Nurse (RN), Geriatric Inpatient Behavioral Health, 7:00 pm-7:00 am

MiraVista Behavioral Health Center•Holyoke, MA

7d•$43 - $60•Onsite

About The Position

Join our dedicated behavioral health team and provide specialized nursing care to geriatric patients in a supportive inpatient behavioral setting. The Registered Nurse (RN) provides comprehensive nursing care to geriatric patients receiving inpatient behavioral health treatment. The Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for assessing patients, developing and implementing individualized plans of care, administering medications and treatments, monitoring patient progress, and collaborating with the interdisciplinary treatment team. As a Registered Nurse (RN): You will be an active participant in the health care team who provides direct and indirect care to geriatric patients in an inpatient behavioral health setting as well as their families, and legal guardians. You’re responsible for assessing the patient’s physical and psychological condition on an ongoing basis throughout the continuum of care. You’ll utilize the components of the nursing process in accordance with the philosophy, objectives, values, mission, and core principles of MiraVista Behavioral Health Center. Provide nursing care to geriatric and adult behavioral health patients, recognizing the unique medical, psychiatric, cognitive, and safety needs of the geriatric population. Provide compassionate support and appropriate redirection to patients experiencing anxiety, confusion, agitation, depression, behavioral changes, or cognitive impairment. You’re responsible for maintaining a safe therapeutic milieu grounded in our core values. You will work collaboratively as a member of the multidisciplinary treatment team and contribute to each patient’s treatment plan by helping develop, implement, and document appropriate goals and interventions, informed by patient strengths and presenting psychiatric problems.

Requirements

Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in Massachusetts required.
Valid CPR certification.
Crisis management and time management skills.
Ability to manage stressful situations in a calm, organized and professional manner.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
Previous experience in psychiatric, or substance use disorders inpatient, restraint reduction, de-escalation, and crisis intervention.
Experience working with patients experiencing dementia, cognitive impairment, depression, anxiety, or behavioral disturbances preferred.
Advanced knowledge of behavioral health and substance use disorders treatment modalities.
Understanding of the Trauma-Informed Recovery model of care.
Flexibility, creativity, ability to multi-task.

Responsibilities

Provide nursing care to geriatric and adult behavioral health patients, recognizing the unique medical, psychiatric, cognitive, and safety needs of the geriatric population.
Provide compassionate support and appropriate redirection to patients experiencing anxiety, confusion, agitation, depression, behavioral changes, or cognitive impairment.
Maintain a safe therapeutic milieu grounded in our core values.
Work collaboratively as a member of the multidisciplinary treatment team and contribute to each patient’s treatment plan by helping develop, implement, and document appropriate goals and interventions, informed by patient strengths and presenting psychiatric problems.
Assess patients, develop and implement individualized plans of care, administer medications and treatments, monitor patient progress, and collaborate with the interdisciplinary treatment team.
Assess the patient’s physical and psychological condition on an ongoing basis throughout the continuum of care.
Utilize the components of the nursing process in accordance with the philosophy, objectives, values, mission, and core principles of MiraVista Behavioral Health Center.