RN Behavioral Health - FTE

Overview

Shift: Dayshift
Status: 0.9 FTE

Job Summary (overview of job):
The Registered Nurse executes comprehensive nursing care activities and provides nursing staff leadership. The RN assesses patient needs, plans and implements patient care activities, and evaluates the patient’s response to treatment. The RN manages activities within the therapeutic milieu and directs the delivery of nursing care by other members of the nursing treatment team. The BHU RN demonstrates knowledge of the nursing process as a standard, incorporating elements of holistic care through data collection, verification and organization of data about a patient’s health status, planning for care, implementation of the plan and evaluation.

The RN provides direct and indirect patient care in the BHU setting, with initiative, flexibility and responsibility indicative of professional expectation with minimal supervision. The RN acts as a resource and mentor for new and inexperienced nurses as needed. Determines priorities of care based on physical and psychosocial needs. Demonstrates thorough knowledge of mental health medications, method of administration, rate of delivery, drug properties, and safe handling.

Provides ongoing education to patients and their families about medications. Communicates with physician/nurse manager/co-workers about changes in a patient’s condition and is able to respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment.

• Execute comprehensive nursing care activities and provide nursing staff leadership.
• Assess patient needs, plan and implement patient care activities, and evaluate patient responses to treatment.
• Manage activities within the therapeutic milieu and direct the delivery of nursing care by other members of the nursing treatment team.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the nursing process as a standard, incorporating holistic care through data collection, verification and organization of data about a patient’s health status, care planning, plan implementation and evaluation.
• Provide direct and indirect patient care in the BHU setting with initiative, flexibility and responsibility.
• Serve as a resource and mentor for new and inexperienced nurses as needed.
• Determine priorities of care based on physical and psychosocial needs.
• Demonstrate thorough knowledge of mental health medications, method of administration, rate of delivery, drug properties, and safe handling.
• Provide ongoing education to patients and their families about medications.
• Communicate with physician/nurse manager/co-workers about changes in a patient’s condition.
• Respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment.

• KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE
  : 1-3 years of experience to demonstrate ability to accept responsibility as a staff RN.
• EDUCATION
  :
  Graduate of professional school of nursing.
• LICENSE/CERTIFICATION/REGISTRY
  :
  Current Montana License as a Registered Nurse. BLS certification required.

Ability to achieve cognitive, organization and emotional maturity to deal effectively with multiple tasks, stresses, deadlines, difficult situations and/or customers. Possesses interpersonal/communication skills necessary for effective, non-judgmental, and empathetic patient care and customer relations. Open to feedback and open to a changing environment, which requires flexibility in scheduling and department assignments.