Registered Nurse - Psych

Psychiatric Nurse

Required credentials include 2023-24 flu documentation, annual core competencies, candidate confirmation form, clinical references, COVID requirement, CPI certificate, CPR certification (BLS), criminal background check report, drug screen, education verification, Hep B titers/vaccine/declination, HIPAA, job description, facility JPEG photo, license verification, medication exam, MMR titers or immunizations, NURSYS photo , physical, resume, skills checklist, TB testing, TDAP, unit competency, varicella titers or immunization.

Additional info:
Simplif Clinical Interview. General information: 915 Mountain View Rd, Rapid City, SD 57702 – 15 minutes away from hospital. Beds: 52.

Minimum experience:

1 year. Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes, only if greater than 2 years of experience. Travelers must live 100 miles away from any facility. Permanent staff must wait 1 full year to return as a traveler. Patient types:
Psychiatric - Child/adolescents ages 5-17 & Adults. Diagnoses include, but are not limited to:
Depression, Anxiety, Schizophrenia, Psychosis, Adjustment Disorder. No dementia, severe autistic or forensic patients, no inmates. Patient ratios: RN: 1:8 with a tech, LPN: 1:8 with a tech. Required certifications: RN & LPN: BLS and CPI (preferred to have prior to start but can obtain on assignment). Required education:
Completion of a nursing education program that is approved by a board of nursing;
Registered Nurse (RN) - South Dakota Board of Nursing.

Skills required:

RN:
Be able to do a take down and physical restraint on an agitated patient if necessary, verbal de-escalation, group didactic skills, good communication skills;
Team Nursing approach – RN will administer their own meds (injectable and PO) pass meds, evaluate care plans and note progress and documentation, admission screens, assessments, minor wound care, EKGS (we train), glucometer, take telephone or verbal orders, acknowledge orders, vital signs, the Columbia suicide risk screen, end of shift report, log in patient belongings, screenings and discharge planning. LPN: they need to be able to pass meds, evaluate care plans and note progress and documentation, admission screens (anything that says assessment on it an RN must do), minor wound care, EKGS (we train), glucometer, take telephone or verbal orders except restraints, acknowledge orders, vital signs, the Columbia suicide risk screen, end of shift report, log in patient belongings, screenings (except discharge planning – RN).

Support on the unit: CNA (Ratio: 1:5-6 Psych techs not CNAs), charge nurse: one RN team-leader on day/eves per unit; working on getting CRN support overnight.

Phlebotomy? Lab comes every day and draws our blood, we do stats. IV/VAT team? No. Resource nurse:
We have 1 on nights , recruiting for a second one. RT:
No. Hospitalist:
No. Charting system/equipment: EPIC – must request approval from CRT if they do not have EPIC experience. Med dispensing:
Omnicell. Floating:
If we are over staffed for census we float usually techs to the ED or towers. We are located off site of main campus, across town about 15 min. away. RN's/LPN's could float between the (3) floors at this off site Behavioral Health facility. Could be floated within scope of practice and below.

Orientation: (facility and unit) (3) 8 hour days here at Behavioral Health. One day I-learn and 2 days Dept. Scheduling:
Blocked scheduling will NOT be accommodated. Most openings will be posted for variable shifts, meaning there will be no guarantee of nights or days throughout contract. Weekend rotation: every other weekend; 12 hours on the weekend and also could be a combo on Fri, Sat or Sun;
Combo shifts are 2 12's and 2 8's in a week; 8 hr Days: , 8 hr Eves: , 8 hr Nights: , 12 hr Days: , 12 hr Nights: . Will they be on call? They could be low census on call depending on acuity. Holiday expectations:
If you work one major holiday of Thanksgiving or Christmas, you get the other one off each year. Other holidays are first request or as the schedule allows. 2/4 holidays are required. Approval of time off? Through supervisors. No RTO during Sturgis Bike Rally (first 3 weeks in August). Other notes:
Scrub color:
Navy. Free parking.