Psychiatric Registered Nurse

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Matrix Providers is hiring a Registered Nurse
- Psychiatric to join our team of talented professionals who provide health care services to our Military Service Members and their families in at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Virginia
.

• Employment Status: PRN Position
• Benefits: Competitive financial package with a comprehensive insurance package including health, dental, vision, and life coverage.
  • Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Paid Holidays (Outlined in Handbook)
  • 401(k) Plan

The Registered Nurse
- Psychiatric must have and meet the following:

• Degree/Education
  :
  Possess and maintain a current unrestricted license to practice as a registered nurse in any one (1) of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  • As an alternative to the education requirements in the basic contract, the HCW may be a graduate of a state accredited professional nursing program OR a program accredited by Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
• Experience
  :
  Registered Nurse (Psychiatry In-Patient Units):
  In addition to the qualifications listed, the following are required:
  Possess a minimum of one (1) year of experience within the last two (2) years working as an inpatient Psychiatric RN.
• Licensure
  :
  Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse.
• Certification
  :
  Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers, American Heart Association, or American Red Cross Healthcare Provider Course.

• Perform a full range of RN duties in accordance with assignment under the task order, including: triage; 15 of 23 patient assessment and monitoring; use of patient monitoring and treatment equipment; appropriate nursing care, procedures, and treatments; execution of physicians’ orders within the guidelines of standard nursing practice; documentation of patient care and observations; and patient education and emotional support.
• Assess each patient and perform triage duties as assigned.
• Provide treatment and discharge instructions upon patient release.
• Perform assessment/data collection in an ongoing and systematic manner, focusing on physiological, psychological, and cognitive status.
• Provide a safe and clean environment for each patient.
• Identify patient/significant other learning needs and implement appropriate measures to meet identified needs.
• Provide clinical guidance and instruction to LPNs/LVNs, nursing assistants and ancillary personnel.
• Demonstrate sound knowledge base and action in the care and decision making for designated patient populations. If weaknesses or deficiencies are identified either by peer reviews, quality control reports (QCRs), or evaluations the HCW will be required to complete refresher training (in‑services, competency reviews, continuing education, etc.) at Contractor expense.
• Perform documentation (manually and/or by use of computer) duties on unit and in‑patient record that are timely, accurate, and concise.
• Implement care in a knowledgeable, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.
• Demonstrate competency in medication and intravenous (IV) administration to include blood products and Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) intramuscular (IM) and subcutaneous (SQ) administration and demonstrate competency in phlebotomy as specific to the position.
• Safely administer prescribed medications to include intravenous drips and intravenous push drugs.
• Identify patient/significant other learning needs and implement appropriate measures to meet identified needs.
• Perform documentation (manually and/or by use of computer) duties on unit and in‑patient record which are timely, accurate, and concise.
• Demonstrate self‑directed learning.
• Demonstrate effective and professional communication methods, and skills, using lines of authority appropriately.
• Formulate and use effective working relationships with all health care team members,…