Psych Registered Nurse; RN

$10,000 SIGN ON BONUS

Life is all about choices…Why choose to work at Intensive Specialty Hospital?

• Night and weekend shift differential, overtime pay
• Tuition reimbursement – get paid to become an LPN or RN
• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Retirement Plan (401(k))
• Flexible Benefit Plan (HSA and FSA)
• Long‑Term and Short‑Term Disability Insurance
• Critical Illness coverage
• Life Insurance
• Comfortable staffing ratios
• Flexible scheduling – 12‑hour shifts
• Clean environment and supplies to do your job with excellence
• Employee appreciation events
• A team environment where we treat each other like FAMILY, with respect, dignity and compassion

Intensive Specialty Hospital is a Long‑Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH). We provide cardiopulmonary care, ventilator and respiratory care, complex wound care, rehabilitation therapies, addiction medicine program, geriatric psychiatry program, multidisciplinary pain program, and outpatient counseling program. With four campuses in Shreveport and Bossier City, we are the largest providers of LTACH services in Northwest Louisiana.

Working at a LTACH facility like Intensive Specialty Hospital is a GREAT OPPORTUNITY to encounter a variety of patients and develop exceptional skills to be a part of our committed TEAM
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The Psych Registered Nurse (RN) functions as a health care team member. The RN contributes to the assessment of the health status of individuals and groups, participates in the development and modification of the plans of care, implements care strategies within the RN scope of practice, renders safe care, participates in the evaluation of responses to care interventions, delegates activities within the RN scope of practice, and performs additional functions for which the RN has been trained within the professional scope of practice.

• Utilize nursing knowledge and skills in the safe delivery of patient care through data gathering, planning, and evaluation.
• Provide care based on physical, psycho/social, educational, safety, and related criteria, appropriate to the ages of patients served.
• Maintain and coordinate communication effectively and professionally with all patients/significant others, staff, and physicians to ensure a quality patient experience.
• Maintain patient files, records, and other information in a professional manner following policies and procedures regarding documentation.
• Adapt to rapid change in a positive manner throughout the day as needs of the unit/department change.
• 50 minutes per day of group therapy at 2:00pm.
• Group Notes Documentation.
• Nursing Assessments on new admits.
• Medication / Lab assistance.

• Graduate of an accredited school of practical/vocational nursing.
• Must hold a current state or compact state license and must maintain license renewal in accordance with the standards of the State Board of Nursing.
• Mental health experience preferred.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Good time management skills and self‑directed.
• Demonstrates good judgment, good interpersonal, and delegation skills.