Psychiatric RN

Overview

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Time Type: Full time

Department: Behavioral Health Urgent Care

All Locations: 10 Gove Street – Taylor Building, 1601 Washington Street, 20 Maverick Square – Cradock Building

In general, all registered nurses are prepared by training and experience to hold ultimate responsibility for direct and indirect nursing care, including providing nursing care, health maintenance, teaching, counseling, planning and restoration for optimal functioning and comfort. The scope of practice for the BH Psychiatric Registered Nurse is focused on the indirect assistance of patients and the psychiatric provider team in the management of critically important communication with respect to coordination of the psychiatric care of patients.

In the role, direct care of patients includes psychoeducation and teaching, counseling, especially with respect to medication management, and triage with respect to symptom and crisis management.

Excellence in nursing practice also includes clinical skills and capabilities beyond baseline competence. These include the ability to conduct a comprehensive assessment that incorporates an advanced and sophisticated integration of clinical information, and the ability to translate that assessment into a superior plan of care for the patient/family/care team. The BH Psychiatric Registered Nurse is expected to possess and demonstrate competence in these more advanced clinical skills.

This position is primarily focused on in-basket and care coordination work—triaging messages, managing refills, responding to patient concerns, and supporting psychiatric providers embedded in both standalone psychiatry departments at the South End site and in primary care-integrated settings in East Boston. This position may involve direct patient visits and requires strong clinical judgment, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work efficiently within an EHR system (Epic).

In addition, excellence in this position includes global skills and capabilities beyond baseline competence. These include demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of each BH departmental service line, demonstrated interest in long term growth goals, showing initiative, using critical thinking to problem solve independently, exhibiting leadership qualities, and effectively engaging with the multidisciplinary clinical team in the BHUCS, the Satellite Emergency Facility (SEF), the other clinical departments at EBNHC and affiliated sites, and NSMH.

General Practice Competencies

Assess the health status of individuals and accurately record the related health data:

• Navigate the medical record
• Collect data on medical and behavioral health/symptoms from a patient

Analyze and interpret recorded data, and make informed judgments as to the specific elements of nursing care mandated by a particular situation:

• Correlate new data and symptoms with the existing medical records
• Determine indication for the appropriate response level from the other team members within established guidelines

Plan and implement nursing intervention, including all appropriate elements of nurse care, prescribed medical or other therapeutic regimens mandated by the particular situation, scientific principles, recent advancements and…