RN Psychiatric Acute Adult
About The Position
The Registered Nurse provides compassionate, high-quality, individualized, evidence-based nursing care to support patient well-being and recovery. The role includes completing patient assessments, performing skilled procedures, implementing and evaluating patient care plans, and organizing care activities according to patient needs and comfort. The RN collaborates with an interdisciplinary team to support comprehensive, holistic care and optimal patient outcomes, applies current practice standards and regulations, demonstrates ethical accountability, and advocates for patients. The RN assesses physical, emotional, psychosocial, spiritual, educational, discharge, and cultural needs of the unit-specific patient population. Based on those assessments, the RN develops an individualized plan of care, coordinates with other disciplines when indicated, prioritizes care needs, establishes measurable goals and time frames, and includes patients and families in planning. The RN implements interventions aligned with nursing and medical plans, adapts care to diagnosis- and age-specific needs, uses equipment and supplies appropriately, reassesses patients to evaluate intervention effectiveness, and updates care plans as needs change. The employer is not currently accepting applications from new graduates or nurses new to the specialty. This position is represented by CNA and covered by the applicable collective bargaining agreement. The position is at Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center, a 334-bed acute-care nonprofit hospital in Glendale, California.
Requirements
- At least 6 months of previous acute-care RN experience in medical-surgical nursing.
- Current and active California Registered Nurse license.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), upon hire.
Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive, evidence-based nursing care to achieve desired health outcomes.
- Organize and prioritize patient care activities while considering patient needs and comfort.
- Collaborate with other disciplines to develop and deliver a comprehensive, holistic plan of care.
- Apply current practice standards, guidelines, statutes, rules, and regulations.
- Demonstrate accountability for ethical behavior and address or escalate ethical issues.
- Advocate for patients.
- Complete patient assessments competently and identify physical, emotional, psychosocial, spiritual, educational, discharge, and cultural needs.
- Develop an individualized plan of care based on assessment findings.
- Coordinate with other disciplines when indicated.
- Prioritize care needs and establish measurable goals and time frames.
- Include patients and families in care planning.
- Implement interventions based on nursing and medical plans of care.
- Adapt interventions to patient population, diagnosis, and age-specific needs.
- Use equipment and supplies appropriately, including following policies and protocols for transporting, handling, and storing intravenous fluids.
- Reassess patients after interventions to verify effectiveness.
- Update plans of care to reflect current patient needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
