Clinic Registered Nurse; RN): Behavior Health

Position: Clinic Registered Nurse (RN): Behavior Health
* Employment Type:

* Full time
* Shift:
* Day Shift

* Description:

* At Mercy One, health care is more than just a doctor's visit or a place to go when you're in need of medical attention. Our Mission is based on improving the health of our communities – that means not only when you are sick but keeping you well.
Mercy One Central Iowa sets the standard for personalized and radically convenient care in the Des Moines metro area and surrounding counties. Mercy One Des Moines Medical Center, founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1893, is the longest continually operating hospital in Des Moines and Iowa's largest medical center, with 802 beds available. The hospital is one of the Midwest's largest referral centers.
With more than 7,000 colleagues and a medical staff of almost 1,500 physicians and allied health professionals, Mercy One Central Iowa is one of Iowa's largest employers.
Mercy One Psychiatry Residency Clinic
Outpatient psychiatry clinic offering medication evaluation and management services. All patient evaluations are completed by a Mercy One psychiatry resident in his or her third year of specialty training and overseen directly by a board- certified psychiatrist.
Services are available by referral from a Mercy One primary care provider or specialist, or upon discharge from a Mercy One emergency room or Clive Behavioral Health. Office hours are M-F; 8 a.m.

- 4:30 p.m. No after hours or crisis care available at this location.

Outpatient psychiatry clinic offering medication evaluation and management services. All patient evaluations are completed by a Mercy One psychiatry resident in his or her third year of specialty training and overseen directly by a board- certified psychiatrist.
Services are available by referral from a Mercy One primary care provider or specialist, or upon discharge from a Mercy One emergency room or Clive Behavioral Health. Office hours are M-F; 8 a.m.

- 4:30 p.m. No after hours or crisis care available at this location.
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Join the Mercy One Family! We are looking to hire a Clinic Registered Nurse.
As a Registered Nurse at Mercy One, you will provide patient care in outpatient settings and are responsible for delivering safe, effective, and evidence-based patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. They coordinate care provided by other clinical staff, support patient and family education, and ensure communication across healthcare teams. They are accountable for clinical standards and may operate with minimal supervision

* Schedule:

* * Full time 40 hours a week

* Days

* General Requirements:
* * Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions.

* Plans, assesses, intervenes, and provides direct patient care using critical thinking and nursing processes (assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation).

* Performs comprehensive patient assessments (physical, psychosocial, nutritional, functional, safety, spiritual, cultural, educational). Makes nursing decisions based on patient status and care needs.

* Administers medications and treatments safely via multiple routes (oral, IM, SC, , IV, inhalation, topical, ocular, optic, sublingual, nasal) and documents accordingly.

* Performs nursing care, lab and diagnostic tests, specimen collection, phlebotomy, and limited radiology procedures following policies and universal precautions.

* Assists providers with patient care, phone/mail/fax communications, scheduling, consents, admissions, referrals, and outpatient procedures.

* Communicates and collaborates with physicians, staff, patients, families, and interdisciplinary team members regarding care plans and patient needs.

* Educates patients, families, and clinical staff on treatments, medications, test preparation, discharge, and health maintenance; documents education and evaluates understanding.

* Participates in staff meetings, committees, quality improvement, risk management, and performance improvement projects.

* Maintains documentation accuracy and…