RN, Healthcare Nursing, Mental Health Nurse

Position Summary:

The Registered Nurse works in a dynamic multidisciplinary team providing treatment services according to the Discovery Behavioral Health Clinical Model.

Essential Job Functions:

* Meets with each potential new admission and completes face to face assessment. Screens for medical appropriateness for admission to facility and consults with the medical/psychiatric provider to receive orders for admission. Supports the process by checking belongings, providing searches, etc. as needed.

* Completes initial nursing assessment and full medical admission process upon admission for each patient.

* Ensures all orders from medical/psychiatric providers are carried out.

* Ensure that all patients have signed informed consent for medications prior to the 1st dose.

* Administers medications as prescribed and administers PRN medications and documents effectiveness within timelines.

* Must demonstrate knowledge of Axis I diagnosis and symptoms.

* Develops and initiates the Nursing Care Plan.

* Ensures proper narcotic diversion protocols as per policy are completed each shift

* Meets regularly with medical staff and treatment team to discuss patient care, needs and interventions.

* Provides assessment of medical problems as needed.

* Performs primary first aid and determines need for physician notification.

* Performs vital signs, basic evaluative procedures, and tests.

* Performs blood draws.

* Provides health education to patients and staff.

* Responsible to ensure all the medications needed by the patients are ordered appropriately and available in the facility.

* Manages and orders supplies and keeps a fully stocked and operational nursing station.

* Effectively and professionally communicates with families/loved ones, as appropriate.

* Able to effectively and professionally establish rapport with patients.

* Provides milieu management throughout the treatment experience and communicates with all team members.

* Objectively and accurately documents patient progress as required by policy.

* Assists with discharge process.

* Assesses patient suicidality and possibility of danger to self or others.

* Communicates with referral sources and outpatient providers for continuity of care upon admission, midpoint, and discharge, as needed.

* Makes timely requests for any absences and ensures coverage for any scheduled shift.

* Manages patient's medical needs including schedule appointments, complete referral/ prior authorizations for medical treatments and tests as indicated.

* Oversees the medication management system that includes but not limited to, medication planning, storage, ordering and transcribing, administration, monitoring and evaluation.

* Other duties as assigned.

* Substance Use Disorder Division additional job functions:

* Monitoring of CIWA/COW scores for patients on detoxification protocols.

* Knowledge of detoxification medication, withdrawal symptoms, and medical complications that can occur in detox.

* Eating Disorder Division additional job functions:

* Required to sit at a meal and a snack on every shift.

* Will work during meal periods to provide supervision and support to patient.

* Maintains NG tube and administers bolus feeds when appropriate.

Knowledge, Education, &

Experience:

* Bachelor of Science and Nursing preferred.

* ADN (Associate Degree in Nursing) accepted.

* Holds a current RN license in good standing.

* One year experience preferred working in mental health, substance use, or eating disorders field.

* Ability to draw blood required.

Employment Status:
On-Call PRN

Work Location:

Onsite
- Edmonds, WA

Compensation:
Pay Range: $42-$50 hourly