Inpatient Medical Psych Nurse - Evening​/Night - Faulkner

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Schedule:

Full-time 40-hours evening/nights
-with every other weekend & holiday rotation. 2 South is our 24-bed locked inpatient psychiatric unit. The inpatient unit provides general psychiatric care to adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients. It is a multidisciplinary, full service, therapeutic environment with an eclectic approach - you will get the chance to collaborate with psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists and licensed alcohol and drug counselors.

It offers intensive individual, group, family, activity, occupational, and somatic therapies. Psychological testing and ECT is available when indicated. The Registered Nurse is a professional nurse registered in Massachusetts who is responsible and accountable for planning and providing patient care for assigned patients in accordance with Nursing Standards of Care as set forth in the Nursing Department's Clinical Practice Manual.

The registered nurse demonstrates initiative, knowledge and clinical skills in caring for the patient with complex needs. The Registered Nurse demonstrates the ability to effectively manage patients by assuming full responsibility for the assessment, plan, implementation and evaluation of patient care and is directly responsible to a designated nurse manager, or supervisor. The Staff Nurse will also assure the practice of the Patient and Family Centered Care Model in an environment that exemplifies best practice.

• Bachelor's in Nursing is required.
• Massachusetts Registered Nurse Licensure required.
• Certification in Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers preferred.
• A minimum of one-year inpatient psychiatry required.
• The RN candidate has demonstrated an ability to work compassionately with persons who experience behavioral health issues on a secure inpatient psychiatric unit.
• Adheres to all I C.A.R.E. standards.
• Must show evidence of the basic analytic thinking necessary to care for a group of patients.
• Demonstrate observational skills and the ability to set priorities.
• Ability to function under stress with good interpersonal and communication skills.

Who we are:

Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, an affiliate of Mass General Brigham, is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching and service to the community. Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital is a non-profit, community teaching hospital located in Jamaica Plain directly across the street from the Arnold Arboretum. Founded in 1900, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital offers comprehensive care in a wide variety of specialties.

Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital is a designated Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, a recognition that fewer than nine percent of all US hospitals receive. At Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, we believe that everyone should have the chance to live a healthy life. From creating breakthroughs that have paved the way for treatments around the globe to training the next generation of providers, our patients, and those we may never meet, are at the center of everything we do.

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