Geriatric Psychiatric Nurse

Job Overview

Registered Nurse (RN) Behavioral Health – Full‑time, rotating day/night (3 × 12‑hour shifts per week). Position located in Sullivan, Missouri. Shift options: 0700‑1930 or 1900‑0730.

Provides direct patient care activities including assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation within the standards of nursing care, particularly in the Senior Behavioral Health Center for patients 55 and older.

• Promotes patient and family‑centered care in a healing environment.
• Educates patients and families about managing illness or injury, post‑treatment home‑care needs, and medication administration.
• Participates in activities that promote patient safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.
• Participates in professional development.
• Develops, implements, and documents individual plans of care with defined goals in collaboration with the interprofessional team, patient, family or caregiver, per established guidelines and standards of nursing care.
• Proactively plans and ensures communication of the plan of care across the continuum of care.
• Uses critical nursing skills to assess and evaluate physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs according to standards of care.
• Assesses patient preferences and barriers to involvement in care, including values, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and population‑specific needs.
• Position is safety‑sensitive; ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is essential.

• Education:
  
  Nursing Diploma or Associate’s Degree in Nursing.
• License:
  Current RN license in Missouri.
• Experience:
  
  No experience required.
• Preferred:
  Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available first day of month after hire date.
• Disability insurance paid for by BJC.
• Annual 4% automatic retirement contribution.
• 401(k) plan with BJC match.
• Tuition assistance available on first day.
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development.
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Paid Time Off combining vacation, sick days, holidays, and personal time.
• Adoption assistance.

Equal Opportunity Employer.

BJC Health Care Job . Posted job title:
Geri Psych-New Hope Nurse - Full Time Rotating.