Registered Nurse - Nights

Registered Nurse – Nights

Vermilion Behavioral Health Systems

• Must be able to lift/carry up to 100 pounds, push/pull up to 100 pounds, grasp, squeeze, bend, stoop, twist, crouch, squat, kneel, crawl, reach, repetitive arm/wrist/hand use, walk on uneven surfaces, stand, walk in order to ensure safety of patients and staff team efforts.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Time off Accrual
• Professional growth opportunity with defined career paths within a national family of hospitals and facilities
• Competitive salary
• Acadia Healthcare 401(k) plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Sign On Bonus available for FT employees ($12,000)

7pm to 7:15am. All shifts rotate weekends. Full‑time RN’s work every other weekend and are eligible for shift differentials.

• Provide and coordinate care by assessing physical and behavioral health needs of patients, developing and implementing nursing care plans, maintaining medical records and educating patients and their families about various physical and behavioral health conditions.
• Provide nursing care and services within the standards and scope of nursing practice as defined within the state Nurse Practice Act regulations, policies, procedures and protocols, as well as facility and corporate policies and procedures.
• Ensure physician’s orders are legible if taken verbally and transcribed appropriately per policy and procedure.
• Ensure patient’s status is assessed on an ongoing basis and pertinent information gathered is documented.
• Collaborate with others to ensure that all patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental and cultural needs are met and, when they are not met, acknowledge and work to resolve customer complaints.
• Notify physician of significant changes in status such as difficulties with detox, medical emergency or changes in medical status regarding response to medications, etc.
• Ensure nursing treatment plans are specific to assessed needs and initial treatment plan is completed upon admission.
• Demonstrate knowledge and utilization of universal precautions in providing direct patient care.
• Accurately administer medications per ordered note and document accurate count of controlled substance medication administration on required documents.
• Responsible for completing admission and discharge processes efficiently and accurately as directed.
• Exhibit therapeutic rapport with patients by maintaining professional boundaries, being respectful to personal space, giving patients direct attention and maintaining rational detachment.
• Provide direction or coordinate the activities of the unit as directed.
• Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, coworkers and others involved in patient treatment in an effective manner.

Entry level

Full‑time

Health Care Provider

Individual and Family Services

Lafayette, LA