RN - PT Weekend Track Days MHU Unit - Samaritan Hospital
About The Position
The Registered Nurse works in the Behavioral Health Unit at Samaritan Hospital, caring for patients experiencing severe psychiatric crises who need inpatient safety, care, and treatment to stabilize. Care is individualized, with an emphasis on maintaining safety, medication stabilization, and developing coping skills. The RN supports a primary unit and is cross-trained in all four Behavioral Health units: Adult Psych, Senior/Geriatric Psych, MICA (Mentally Ill/Chemically Addicted), and Crisis ER. These units serve patients with psychiatric and substance-use needs, including patients with co-occurring medical conditions and people ranging from adolescence through geriatrics. The RN assesses each patient's needs; plans, delivers, and evaluates nursing care that addresses spiritual, emotional, and physiological needs; and ensures the care plan is carried out directly or through supervised personnel. The RN adapts care to patients' ages, growth, and development, maintains clinical and safety standards, and provides patients and families with a professional, caring, and safe environment. When serving in the charge role, the RN also performs clinical and leadership functions. The RN is directly accountable to the Nurse Manager for the quality of care delivered.
Requirements
- New York State nursing license.
- BLS certification required.
- Ability to assess, plan, direct, intervene in, and evaluate patient care.
- Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing.
Nice To Haves
- One year of RN experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Address the medical and psychiatric needs of patients experiencing mental health and substance abuse problems.
- Provide patients and their families with a professional, caring, and safe environment.
- Maintain clinical and safety standards to support high-quality patient care.
- Assess the needs of each assigned patient.
- Plan nursing care addressing patients' spiritual, emotional, and physiological needs.
- Carry out and evaluate the plan of care through direct performance and/or leadership of supervised personnel.
- Modify and deliver care appropriate to patients' age, growth, and development, in accordance with the unit scope of services.
- When serving in the charge role, perform clinical and leadership functions, assess patient needs, and plan nursing care.
- Support a primary Behavioral Health unit and cross-train in all four units.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
