RN Staff Nurse - Adult Psychiatric Care

Legacy Health • Portland, OR

10h

About The Position

The RN Staff Nurse provides patient care in an assigned department or unit as a member of the health care team, cooperating with and working under the direction of the clinical manager or designee. The nurse assesses, analyzes, plans, implements, and evaluates patient care according to Legacy Health System standards, including standards for patient assessment and transfer.

At Unity, nurses provide trauma-informed, holistic behavioral health care to adult patients ages 18 and older, including voluntary and involuntary patients. Patients are often highly acute and may require varied and intensive interventions to begin stabilization. Nurses use high-level critical thinking, individualized care plans, early interventions, specialized assessments, de-escalation, and motivational interviewing. They also address physical health needs, including assessment, wound care, and phlebotomy.

Nurses are essential members of the interdisciplinary treatment team and collaborate with patients on their recovery. Inpatient services extend beyond medication management and include specialized nursing care, care management, peer support, groups, animal therapy, and garden therapy.

Requirements

• Current applicable state RN license.
• AHA BLS for Healthcare Providers.
• One year of registered nursing experience, or completion of the Legacy Health RN Residency program or a nursing program equivalent in content, curriculum, and duration.
• Positive interpersonal and communication skills with colleagues, patients, families, physicians, and the community.
• Keyboard skills and ability to navigate electronic systems applicable to job functions.

Nice To Haves

• BSN or a degree in progress is strongly preferred.
• A BSN may be required for specific assignments; experienced RNs without a BSN may be hired based on clinical experience with approval of the site CNO.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient care within an assigned department or unit as a member of the health care team.
• Work in cooperation with and under the direction of the clinical manager or designee.
• Assess, analyze, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care according to established Legacy Health System standards.
• Follow patient care standards for patient assessment and transfer.
• Use individualized care plans, early interventions, specialized assessments, de-escalation, and motivational interviewing techniques in behavioral health care.
• Attend to patients’ physical health needs, including assessment, wound care, and phlebotomy.
• Collaborate with patients and the interdisciplinary treatment team to support recovery.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed