RN, Healthcare Nursing, Mental Health Nurse

Responsibilities

RN
- Day or Night Shift-12 hours

7am-7pm & 7pm-7am

At Laurel Heights Hospital, we are committed to providing the highest quality of psychiatric and behavioral care. Our comprehensive pediatric programs and services are designed to bring hope and healing to children and adolescents who face complex psychiatric, behavioral, and neurodevelopmental disorders. We strive to cater our approach to treatment to the needs of each child who comes into our care.

Treatment programs at Laurel Heights Hospital are structured for youth ages 6-17 who are dealing with general psychiatric difficulties and trauma. We also offer specialty mental health programs for children with co-occurring neurodevelopmental disabilities, including Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Our nursing teams feature a top-of-license approach utilizing a reliable cohort of RNs, LPNs & Unit Coordinators all dedicated to patient safety and quality care.

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Works under the supervision of the ADON and the Director and is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating the total nursing care of assigned patients. The RN utilizes communication, critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making to create a care plan for each patient based on physiological, psychosocial and cultural diversity. Responsible for supervising and delegating non-professional personnel working directly with him/her to ensure optimum patient care.

Must demonstrate competence in dealing with age-related needs of the specific patient populations served in nursing unit. Works under the direction of leadership and a multi-disciplinary team to provide a comprehensive range of services or clinical care associated with and in accordance with standards of excellence established by Laurel Heights and facility goals and strategic plans.

What you will do

* Demonstrates ability to assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs by applying standards of practice as it relates to the specialty or patient population. Demonstrates nursing unit specific competencies and equipment training, see checklists.

* Partners with patients and their family to develop, implement and evaluate a plan of care, treatments and procedures that contribute to physiological and psychosocial outcomes of the patient. Incorporates evidence-based standards of practice and collaborates with interdisciplinary team in care coordination. Facilitates safe patient transition to next level of care as part of plan of care.

* Demonstrates sense of urgency to facilitate patient throughout to ensure patient receives consistent, competent and ethical care. Focuses on quality outcomes of patient when addressing service needs to ensure evidence-based quality care of patient.

* Demonstrates understanding of diverse patient care populations. Modifies education method to ensure patient/family understanding. Assumes responsibility to coordinate and deliver individualized patient education and discharge specific education to family/caregivers. Evaluates for comprehension and documents.

* Accurately completes all required clinical and quality documentation consistently per Laurel Heights standards and regulatory requirements.

* Delegates and prioritizes tasks appropriately to facilitate quality patient care and service excellence to meet the patient's care needs. Recognizes and responds to emergency situations. Evaluates resources and support needed and uses systems to ensure needs are met.

Benefits for our Registered Nurse (RN) include:

* Sign-on Bonus available

* Tuition Assistance

* Loan Forgiveness

* Tuition savings to continue your nursing education with Chamberlain University

* In-house Psychiatric Nurse Residency Transition-to-Practice Orientation (20 CEUs)

* Career development opportunities across UHS and our 300+ locations!

* Diverse programming to expand your experience

* Health Stream online learning catalogue with plenty of free CEU courses

* Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off

* Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans

* 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan

* Pet Insurance

* SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program

What do our current nurses value at Laurel Heights Hospital & UHS?

A safe and supportive environment that puts patient care first and values the nursing profession. One of the most rewarding aspects of working as a Registered Nurse (RN) is providing excellent care, comfort, and security to the patients and families you treat, at their most vulnerable times. You are never alone, as you are part of a large, nationwide network of peer nurses and nursing leaders that educate the field, routinely exchange ideas, and review current topics within the industry.

Having the opportunity to grow, learn, and advance in your career through our Charge, Supervisor and Nurse Manager-in-training programs and nursing executive tract. We are proud of our robust continuing education options and opportunities for skills diversification and…