Registered Nurse 12HR, Per Diem, Psychiatric - ICU

Huntington Hospital•Pasadena, CA

59d•$50 - $72•Onsite

About The Position

When you join the Huntington Hospital team, you are aligning yourself with an organization whose values drive our philosophy of compassionate community care. Over the past 129 years, we've grown from a small 16-bed hospital to a nationally recognized healthcare leader with 619 beds. As part of our commitment to providing equitable, high-quality care to all members of our community, we embrace differences and work hard to create a place of belonging for our patients and our employees. When you join the Huntington family, you'll be empowered to enact change that continuously improves our ability to deliver world-class care, with kindness and dignity, to all who need it. Internal Workers - Please log into your Workday account to apply Huntington Hospital Employee Login Department: 634001 Psychiatric - ICU Expectations: Responsible for coordination of care to meet identified needs of the patient/family. Supervises the management of patient care utilizing critical thinking and nursing process, discharge planning, resource identification, linking and scheduling patients with required services, monitoring care delivery, advocating for the patient, care planning and evaluating outcomes. Coordinates patient care across the health care continuum, and assists other team members with meeting individual patient needs. This position may require flexibility of hours.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (BSN) required. Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) will be considered if enrolled in a BSN program with degree completion within 2 years of date of hire or date of transfer to an RN position. Diploma or transcripts on highest degree earned required.
Minimum 1 year of current experience in acute care area of expertise/equivalent service area, 2 years preferred.
Basic computer skills/experience with computerized documentation systems required.
Current unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license issued by California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN)
Current Basic Life Support Provider (BLS) issued by American Heart Association

Nice To Haves

Current unrestricted Registered Nurse-Board Certified (RN-BC)

Responsibilities

Responsible for coordination of care to meet identified needs of the patient/family.
Supervises the management of patient care utilizing critical thinking and nursing process, discharge planning, resource identification, linking and scheduling patients with required services, monitoring care delivery, advocating for the patient, care planning and evaluating outcomes.
Coordinates patient care across the health care continuum, and assists other team members with meeting individual patient needs.
Ensures all patients' rights are intact. Reports all violations and all patient complaints to Psychiatric Unit Shift Supervisor
Provides therapeutic structure and assist staff therapist in group settings.
Provides patient education.
Continually updates knowledge base in terms of the special needs of the various patient populations served.
Assists in planning and providing care to meet the developmental needs of the patient populations.
Provides supervision to every team member on the unit/shift (PCA, LVN, LPT, Sitter)
Enforces all safety policies and procedures carried out by team members.
Follows all applicable guidelines and policies during events such as Code Gray, Seclusion and Restraints, and other Codes.
Cross trained and competent to work on any DMC inpatient unit.