Registered Nurse -(FT 7p-7a) - Updated Sign-On Amount

UHS•Bartlett, TN

6h•Onsite

About The Position

Lakeside Behavioral Health System is a premier provider of specialized behavioral health and addictive disease services in the Memphis and Mid-South region, operating since 1969. It is a 365-bed facility, one of the largest free-standing psychiatric hospitals in the United States, situated on a serene 37-acre campus in northeast Shelby County. Lakeside provides treatment for children, adolescents, young adults, adults, and seniors for a range of disorders including bipolar disorder, psychological trauma, depression, anxiety, mental illnesses, and addictive disease disorders such as alcoholism, drug addiction, and substance abuse. The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care on a designated unit, adhering to the philosophy and objectives of Lakeside Behavioral Health and the ANA Standards of Practice for Psychiatric Mental Health Care. This role involves prescribing, coordinating, and delegating nursing care through the nursing process, which is integrated into the multidisciplinary treatment team's plan of care. The Registered Nurse is accountable for assigned nursing care activities on a shift basis, is responsible for promoting and enhancing professional nursing practice on the unit, and may also assume Charge Nurse responsibilities as needed. Staff must demonstrate flexibility for reassignment to units providing care to varied populations.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited nursing program
Licensure and registration by the Tennessee Board of Nurse Examiners as a registered nurse
Must possess knowledge of general and psychiatric nursing processes
Must possess knowledge of therapeutic relationships and processes
Must possess knowledge of age specific growth and development
Must possess knowledge of limit setting
Must possess knowledge of crisis and behavior management
Must possess CPR training

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred
One-year prior psychiatric experience in mental health nursing preferred

Responsibilities

Provides professional nursing care on a designated unit in a manner consistent with the philosophy and objectives of Lakeside Behavioral Health and the ANA Standards of Practice for Psychiatric Mental Health Care
Prescribes, coordinates and delegates nursing care utilizing the nursing process that is integrated into the multidisciplinary treatment team plan of care
Is accountable for assigned nursing care activities on a shift basis
Is responsible for promoting and enhancing professional nursing practice on the unit
May also assume Charge Nurse responsibilities as required
Demonstrate flexibility for reassignment to units providing care to varied populations