Travel Adult Behavioral Health RN

Responsibilities

• Handle with Care-Restraint and Seclusion Training
• Registered Nurse performs under direct supervision of Patient Care Coordinator to achieve quality patient care.
• Implements nursing process including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation in collaboration with Patient Care Coordinator, Physicians, and ancillary staff.
• Responsible to Patient Care Coordinator for patient care and accountable to Nurse Manager.
• Performs technical skills including medication administration, IV access, Foley catheter maintenance, venipuncture, blood product administration, restraint application and monitoring, sterile dressing, and complex and routine treatments as ordered by physician.
• Works with and troubleshoots equipment such as traction, wound vacuum systems, sequential compression devices, continuous passive motion machines, telemetry monitoring devices, blood glucose monitoring devices, and specialty beds.
• Positions and assists patients using devices like abduction pillows, splints, slings, braces, neck collars, walkers, crutches, and immobilizers.
• Maintains thorough, concise, and timely documentation and communicates pertinent patient information to healthcare team members.
• Maintains clinical skills, ongoing competencies, equipment, and certifications required in nursing area.
• Implements comprehensive care plans for patients needing cardiac monitoring, stroke care, and medical-surgical care.
• Communicates effectively and promotes organizational values including customer service, safety, and compliance.
• Promotes culture of caring through compassionate care, teamwork, and courtesy.
• Demonstrates financial responsibility by efficient supply use, timely patient discharge, and minimizing overtime.

• Two years experience required.
• Experience as Med Surg Tele RN or Psych RN required.
• Graduate of recognized and accredited Registered Nurse program required.
• Licensed RN able to practice in the State of Mississippi required.
• Handle with Care-Restraint and Seclusion Training required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.