Behavioral Health

Behavioral Svcs At Mats Center Nursing Position

Provide professional nursing care for assigned patients in a mental health/psychiatric environment. Design nursing care plans and assist in the development of overall care plans for psychiatric patients ensure administration of appropriate overall care in a manner conducive to recovery. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include pediatric adolescent adult and geriatric age groups.

Detailed responsibilities include:

• Patient care:
  Interview examine and assess the health status of psychiatric patients with various cognitive emotional developmental social and behavioral disorders
• Patient care:
  Observe patient behavior activities and mental status perform triage and crisis intervention
• Patient care:
  Write treatment plans coordinate patient drug and procedure activities administer medication and treatment provide and coordinate nursing care of assigned patients may facilitate group therapy and/or education sessions
• Patient care:
  Chart and report observed symptoms reactions treatments and changes in the patients' conditions collect and document data and information and may perform computerized data entry
• Patient care:
  Perform nursing intakes draw blood and other patient specimens may perform or coordinate laboratory tests
• Patient care:
  Educate patients and families on treatment regimens management of side effects and compliance with the treatment plans provide emotional support and acts as advocate for patients and families
• Policy & procedure:
  Follow established departmental policies procedures and objectives continuous quality improvement objectives and safety environmental and/or infection control standards
• Development:
  Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs reading current literature attending in-services meetings and workshops
• Administration:
  Perform various administrative functions such as monitoring expenditures and preparing reports and correspondence may participate in a variety of research projects to develop service plans may propose changes to program policies and procedures
• Preceptor:
  Participate in orientation and having successfully completed preceptor training assume precepting and evaluation responsibilities of new personnel
• Tests and procedures:
  Assist with special tests and procedures ensure proper consent has been obtained
• Emergency measures:
  Assist with or institute emergency measures for sudden adverse developments in patients
• Medication:
  Administer medication including IV medication via the Seven Rights document and communicate clinical findings
• Environment:
  Maintain a safe comfortable and therapeutic environment for patients/families in accordance with Hospitals standards
• Patient safety 1:
  Follow patient safety-related policies procedures and protocols
• Patient safety 2:
  Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
• Patient safety 3:
  Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
• Patient safety 4:
  Report potential or actual patient safety concerns medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
• Patient safety 5:
  Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"

Qualifications include:

Education:

Essential:
Program Graduate

Education specialization:

Essential:
Nationally Accredited Nursing Graduate

Experience:

Essential:
Non

Credentials:
Essential: CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days RN in NM or as allowed by reciprocal agreement by NM

Physical Conditions:

Heavy Work

Working conditions:

Essential:
Sig Haz:
Physical risk/injuries due to combative patients Sig Hazard:
Physical risk/injuries due to combative patients Sig Hazard:
Chemicals Bio Hazardous Materials req PPE Tuberculosis testing is completed upon hire and additionally as required

Sign-On Bonus Available Relocation Assistance Available