RN Behavioral Health

Montefiore Mount Vernon•St. Charles, IL

23h•Onsite

About The Position

The RN Behavioral Health delivers nursing care by developing nursing diagnoses, establishing care objectives, defining nursing interventions, and providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients and their families and friends. The role monitors changing patient conditions and needs and reevaluates care objectives. The nurse reviews physician prescriptions, communicates care plans and pertinent information to the healthcare team, coordinates with other providers, and confers with physicians. The role develops and modifies care plans based on medical histories, patient examinations, documented physical and psychological condition, and relevant social factors. It also teaches patients and their families about conditions, medications, and self-care; evaluates care against therapeutic standards; and documents services in patient and department records. The position promotes quality and safety by following professional standards, organizational policies, applicable laws and regulations, and JCAHO standards. Responsibilities also include maintaining a safe care environment, protecting confidential information, keeping equipment and supplies ready for use, and continuing professional development. The position is located in Mount Vernon, New York, in the MMV Behavioral Health/2N department. The listed schedule is 7:00 AM–7:30 PM, with days varying.

Requirements

Associate degree required.
New York State Registered RN licensure required.
BLS certification required.
Infection Control certification required.
1–3 years of experience working in a clinical environment.
Knowledge of patient rights and laws relating to those rights, such as HIPAA.
Ability to perform assessments and nursing functions acquired through a basic nursing preparation program.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to prepare comprehensive reports and effectively convey information to others.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
Psychiatric experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

Provide patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions, communicating the nursing care plan and pertinent information to the healthcare team, coordinating with other providers, supporting patients and families, and conferring with physicians.
Develop nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories, examining patients, documenting physical condition, psychological status, and relevant social factors, and establishing nursing diagnoses, objectives, interventions, schedules, and timetables.
Teach patients and their families about healthcare requirements, conditions, medications, and self-care skills; answer questions and provide information and resources.
Evaluate patient care against therapeutic standards, review records, identify changing conditions and needs, reevaluate objectives, and modify nursing care plans.
Assure quality care by following professional standards, organizational policies and procedures, applicable federal, state, and local requirements, and JCAHO standards; maintain cooperative relationships with healthcare team members.
Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy care environment by following infection-control, medication administration and storage, controlled-substance, organizational, and legal requirements, and alert others to potential concerns.
Document patient care services in patient and department records.
Protect confidential information and caution others about potential breaches.
Maintain patient-care equipment by following operating instructions and procedures, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and requesting repairs.
Keep patient-care supplies ready by checking stock, anticipating needs, placing and expediting orders, verifying receipt, and stocking items.
Improve nursing knowledge through educational workshops, professional publications, personal networks, benchmarking, and professional societies.
Support nursing and organizational success by responding to related, different, and new requests and helping others accomplish work results.