RN - Per Diem - Pond 4
About The Position
The Registered Nurse works under the supervision of the Nurse Manager or Clinical Coordinator. The RN assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and supervises individual patient care on a nursing unit or department according to unit policies and procedures, and supervises non-RN personnel on the assigned unit. When serving as charge nurse, the RN delegates and supervises unit activities. The RN may be required to work on other nursing units based on staffing and patient distribution, and performs other duties as assigned to maintain a high level of service. The role includes psychiatric nursing assessment and stabilization, promoting a safe and therapeutic environment, building meaningful therapeutic relationships, leading designated treatment groups, and providing psychoeducation to patients and families. The RN supports patient participation, decision-making, and responsibility for personal goals and care.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- Valid State of Connecticut Registered Nurse license.
- BLS required.
- Proficient in computer software, including electronic patient records.
- Ability to use the internet for literature searches regarding patient care.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients’ physical and psychosocial conditions throughout the continuum of care.
- Develop, communicate, and document individualized plans of care with patients, families, and the healthcare team.
- Implement and coordinate plans of care in collaboration with the healthcare team.
- Evaluate care effectiveness, patient response, and discharge readiness; revise plans and make referrals as needed.
- Assess patient and family learning needs and readiness, provide education, and document outcomes.
- Precept new staff.
- Function as a charge nurse, delegating and supervising unit activities when assuming the charge role.
- Promote a safe environment for patients and staff, manage crisis situations, and respect patient rights and legal and ethical obligations.
- Meet performance expectations for customer service, teamwork, resource utilization, and staff and self-development.
- Coordinate the therapeutic milieu and encourage community participation in a caring atmosphere.
- Establish meaningful therapeutic relationships and gain patients’ trust and cooperation.
- Promote a therapeutic environment that supports learning about psychodynamic and alternative coping mechanisms.
- Set clear and realistic expectations with patients.
- Understand group dynamics and lead designated treatment groups.
- Provide opportunities for patients to make decisions, assume responsibility for themselves, feelings, and goals, and work through transference and counter-transference issues.
- Give and receive constructive feedback.
- Provide ongoing psychiatric nursing assessment and stabilization while maintaining an honest, nonjudgmental role and accepting each patient as an individual.
- Provide psychoeducation to patients and families.
- Perform other duties as assigned or directed to support smooth department or unit operations.
- May work on other nursing units according to staffing and patient distribution.
