Registered Nurse (RN) - Behavioral Health - GTU
About The Position
The Registered Nurse provides direct clinical patient care, assessing, planning, and implementing care for assigned patients on a per-shift and unit-level basis. The RN supervises staff to whom care is appropriately delegated and supports the Chief Nursing Officer in ensuring high-quality, safe, and appropriate nursing care, clinical staff competency, and appropriate patient-care resource management. The RN coordinates and integrates patient care using the nursing process, follows established safety, risk-management, quality-improvement, and infection-control standards, and plans care within the prescribed medical regime. The role also includes fulfilling assigned Hospital Incident Command System responsibilities during emergencies or disasters and knowing and following hospital emergency-code procedures.
Requirements
- Graduate from a state-approved or accredited school of nursing.
- Hold the license, certification, or registration required by law, regulation in the state of practice, or policy.
- CPR certification.
Nice To Haves
- Academic degree in nursing, such as a bachelor's or master's degree.
Responsibilities
- Provide high-quality, safe, cost-effective, total nursing care to patients.
- Coordinate and integrate patient care using the nursing process.
- Direct care according to established safety, risk-management, quality-improvement, and infection-control standards, with the goal of discharging patients after providing an optimum level of care.
- Coordinate and plan patient care within the prescribed medical regime.
- Fulfill Hospital Incident Command System responsibilities, assignments, tasks, and roles as directed during emergencies or disasters.
- Know the hospital’s emergency codes, their purposes, and the appropriate actions, and follow related hospital policies and procedures.
- Supervise staff to whom appropriate care is delegated.
- Perform related duties as required.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
- Paid time off
- Career development and continuing education opportunities
- Health savings accounts
- Healthcare and dependent flexible spending accounts
- Employee Assistance program
- Employee discount program
- Voluntary benefits including pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long-term care, elder and childcare, and auto and home insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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