RN - Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit - PBMU (0.9 FTE, Days)

Seattle Children's•Seattle, WA

2d•$52 - $91•Onsite

About The Position

The Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit (PBMU) consists of 41 beds and provides care on a 24-hour basis, seven days a week. The PBMU is committed to the evaluation and behavioral stabilization of children (ages 4 through 17) with emotional, behavioral, and neuropsychiatric disorders. Common diagnoses include depression, developmental delays, attention deficits, anxiety, pervasive developmental disorders, conduct disorders, oppositional-defiant disorders, anorexia/bulimia, and psychosis. The unit also treats children with unique concomitant problems such as hearing impairments, chronic medical illnesses, or physical developmental disabilities. The PBMU program utilizes a model of care that emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach, involving registered nurses, child and adolescent psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychologists, mental health therapists, social workers, pediatric mental health specialists (PMHS), special education teachers, occupational, recreational, art, music, and speech therapists, and students from these disciplines. Care includes behavior management in a milieu setting, family/caregiver and patient education, group activities, supportive family/caregiver and individual support, psychotropic medication management, and limited medical nursing services.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Current Washington State RN License, or other current state license that the RN is required to work in.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers is required for all positions at time of hire unless the incumbent possesses a current appropriate Life Support Education required for their practice area.
BLS must be maintained in current status until the incumbent obtains the appropriate Life Support Education required for their practice area.
Nurses working in the following areas are required to successfully obtain PEARS within 6 months of employment, and subsequently maintain at all times: Psychiatric Unit - Nurses working in the Psychiatric Unit and Child Psych Consultation Behavior Support Team are required to obtain Safety Care Certification (internal training) within 3 months of hire and maintain current certification (annual) thereafter, i.e., annual training is to be completed prior to the certification's expiration date.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in a pediatric related health care setting, or a specific area of nursing, may be required for specific departments.
Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition and Stabilization (PEARS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) will be accepted in lieu of BLS for Healthcare Providers.
ACLS will not be accepted as a substitute to the requirements listed above.
Employees are responsible for any costs (including time away from work) associated with obtaining PALS or PEARS certification if it is not a requirement of the position.

Responsibilities

As an integral member of the Health Care Team, the RN functions within the Scope of Practice as defined by the State, the ANA Scope and Standards for Pediatric Nursing Practice, and adheres to Seattle Children's policies/procedures and guidelines of care.
Responsible for providing safe, family centered patient care.
Using the Nursing Care Process, the RN is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care in a collaborative method with the patient and patient's family, significant others, and members of the health care team.
May be required to provide supervision and delegation of tasks to Nurse Technicians, Licensed Practical Nurses, Certified Medical Assistants, Certified Nursing Assistants, and others as defined by the State Administrative Code.
Assists in meeting Seattle Children's strategic goals by incorporating the initiatives to support the strategic plans into the daily work, i.e., Continuous Performance Improvement (CPI), Value Based Behaviors, Error Prevention, Patient Safety, Workforce Inclusion Diversity Equity and Access (IDEA) etc.