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RN Staff - General Adult/LGBT

Brattleboro Retreat

#Registered Nurse #RN #Medication Administration #Multidisciplinary Team #Healthcare #Crisis Intervention #Patient Safety #Performance Improvement #Night Shift

Quick overview

The Registered Nurse will utilize the nursing process to provide complex clinical care and supervise mental health workers in a therapeutic environment. They are responsible for crisis intervention, medication administration, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to develop patient care plans.

Requirements summary

Candidates must be a licensed Registered Nurse in the state of Vermont. Preferred qualifications include at least one year of psychiatric nursing experience or two years of general nursing experience.

professional certificateDocumentationPatient educationNursing processMedication administrationCrisis interventionPerformance improvementPatient safetyClinical supervisionMultidisciplinary carePsychiatric nursingCharge nurse responsibilitiesToxicology testing

Job description

Job Summary

Works with the multidisciplinary team to identify individual and group needs and interventions. Utilizes the nursing process to meet the needs of patients requiring complex nursing care. Provides clinical supervision of MHW’s to ensure safe and therapeutic delivery of care.

Qualifications

1. State of Vermont licensed registered nurse.

2. Preferred one year psychiatric nursing experience, or two years general nursing experience.

Essential duties and responsibilities

Core Competencies

Assumes Charge Nurse responsibilities for a given shift.

Utilizes the nursing process to assess, implement and evaluate patient/family care.

Provides nursing care (including the administration of medication) to meet patients’ needs.

Demonstrates knowledge of specimen collection, storage and delivery criteria for toxicology testing.

Participates in the development and maintenance of a safe and therapeutic milieu in assigned care area.

Adheres to and implements organizational and departmental policies and procedures as they pertain to work area.

Demonstrates the ability to intervene in crisis situations

 Assess the milieu, targets potential crisis situations and intervenes in a calm, supportive manner.

 Utilizes appropriate degree of verbal intervention, which contributes to crisis resolution.

 Demonstrates ability to physically intervene in crisis utilizing appropriate techniques.

 May lead a show of support, directing others in their roles.

 Appropriately documents the crisis situation

Performs constant observations, intermittent observations, specializing, checks or other forms of patient safety procedures as assigned.

Participates in the development and implementation of the multidisciplinary plan of care for assigned patients.

Shares information appropriately with member of the multidisciplinary team and other hospital department representatives through verbal reports and written documentation.

Identifies the need for and participates in the delivery of education to patients and families.

Participates in Performance Improvement activities within assigned area.

Completes assigned work within the given shift.

30am 36 hours/week