Registered Nurse Behavioral Health

As aRegistered Nurse Behavioral Health, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives.

You'llhelp shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

Do you want to work where you have a voice? Nurses are at the forefront of our commitment to the care and improvement of human life. At HCA Healthcare, there are many ways for nurses to have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi-generational nursing family. We partner with our Nurses at Parkland Medical Center!

The RN performs independent therapeutic measures and dependent prescribed and delegated by the physician, consistent with the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing. Participates in patient education and rehabilitation and provides interpretation of treatment to the patient and the patients family. The RN coordinates unit activities and assures accountability of all assigned tasks.

Essential Functions:

Demonstrates clinical knowledge of psychiatric nursing and maintains the highest quality of comprehensive patient care.

Displays effective communication skills as evidenced by the ability to maintain therapeutic relationships with patients, families, physicians and staff.

Is able to set limits as needed by recognizing potential behavior problems and does so in a caring, consistent, and non-punitive manner.

Utilizes knowledge of growth and development, psychopathology, and psychosocial systems.

Has an accurate knowledge of psycho-dynamics and therapeutic processes as demonstrated by effective intervention and resolution of problems as they occur, and communication of the processes to others.

Displays understanding of family dynamics by responding appropriately to family members when needed.

Has a comprehensive knowledge of existing policies and procedures and utilizes the standards stated as evidenced by independent functioning and carrying out the philosophy of the Nursing Department.

Consistently documents in the medical record all pertinent clinical information on a daily basis and as set forth in policy and procedure manual.

Utilizes the nursing process, which includes assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation.

Consistently completes all nursing assessments accurately with time frames set forth in policy and procedure manual.

Participates in the initiation of master treatment plan along with other key program staff.

Attends treatment planning meetings and conferences to participate in patients treatment process and progress.

Participates in discharge planning and referrals.

Utilizes treatment plan as means to communicate care to entire clinical team.

Demonstrates professional skills and performs the tasks needed to maintain a therapeutic milieu and optimum patient care.

Examines physician orders for completeness, accuracy, clarity and questions when appropriate. Correctly transcribes orders and documents implementation.

Administers prescribed treatment and medications correctly.

Documents administration of medication and treatments completely and accurately on the Medication Administration Record and progress notes in the medical record.

Displays competency in medical aspects of patient care as evidenced by recognizing signs and symptoms of medical conditions, intervening appropriately and documenting adequately in the Treatment Plan and progress notes.

Conducts patient groups as evidenced by documentation in patients medical record.

Demonstrates behavior that is consistent with leadership.

Demonstrates good organizational skills based on the needs of the patients and program as evidenced by following through on assigned tasks in a smooth and effective manner and determining priorities.

Assumes supervision of nursing staff when directed by Nurse Manager.

Demonstrates skills in admission, discharge and transfer of patients.

Acts as a role model, by utilizing…