ECT Nurse

• Work requires ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing and a thorough knowledge of psychiatric nursing and physical assessment skills - acquired through two years of college education in nursing.
• Work requires current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Maryland at the time of appointment and continually throughout tenure in position.
• Work requires a level of knowledge of nursing process and physical assessment - acquired through one to two years' inpatient psychiatric nursing, including regular practice of physical assessment skills and demonstrated teaching skills.
• Work requires a relatively high level of analytical abilities sufficient to identify nursing care problems arising during a prescribed course of ECT, pre-operatively, intra-operatively, and post-operatively.
• Work requires interpersonal skills sufficient to interact effectively with patients, staff, other departments and disciplines, families, and physicians (51-80% of work time).
• Works with severely ill psychiatric patients, frequently producing a high level of stress and mental fatigue (51-80% of work time).
• Work requires talking, hearing, mid-range vision and field of vision.

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