Mount Sinai Medical Center
Location
Miami Beach, Florida
Provides basic psychiatric nursing care, including monitoring vital signs and documenting patient behavior and condition. Facilitates individual and group therapy activities while maintaining a safe, therapeutic environment through safety rounds and crisis intervention.
Requires at least one year of experience caring for mentally ill and emotionally disturbed adult patients. A high school diploma is preferred, along with CPR certification and a Non-Violent Crisis Intervention certificate within 90 days of hire.
Summary: Night shift 7p-7a Position Responsibilities Provides basic level of psychiatric nursing care including taking and documenting vital signs, weight, height, abdominal girth; assists with all aspects of direct patient care including providing personal care and hygiene, blood glucose testing, administering treatments and enemas. Observes and documents patient's condition and behavior and reports significant changes including observed side effects of medications to the appropriate authority ; observes a variety of clinical problems and handles the less complex within the limits of knowledge and authority. Participates actively in interdisciplinary meetings and assists in developing, implementing, evaluating, revising and documenting interdisciplinary treatment plans; provides feedback concerning patient responses, problems, and progress; provides alternative plans for patients who are deemed inappropriate for typical groups offered. Organizes, schedules, and facilitates individual and group therapy, education, training, leisure, and/ or recreational activities to deal constructively with patients' emotional, psychological and behavioral problems. Collaborates with other disciplines in facilitating programming activities. Maintains and updates patients' records and prepares behavioral and assessment summary reports to provide accurate current information on patients' problems and progress on the unit and in specific therapy and programming activities. Confers with the treatment team and patient's family as applicable to provide current direct observation reports and information updates. Meets with the patients to identify treatment needs and orients patients to unit programming groups and activities. Maintains therapeutic communication with patient. Gives re-direction and/or reality re-orientation as needed. Takes admitting psychiatric histories and assists in on-going treatment. Maintains a safe and therapeutic patient environment. Performs and documents patient safety rounds/ room checks following unit policy and procedure. Monitors for suicide/ homicide/elopement behaviors and reports them to RN immediately. Responds to codes calmly and professionally. Adheres to the principles of non-violent crisis intervention when dealing with aggressive patients. Assists in placing patient in seclusion/ restraint and observes suicide/ seclusion precaution. Provides care to patients in seclusion/ restraint including but not limited to: Assists with transport, transfer, and discharge of patient including the care of personal property and labeling. Accompany patients to Baker Act court as necessary. Conducts patient belonging inventory upon admission and documents in the appropriate form. Checks packages brought in by visitors. Advises RN when contraband are found during inventory . Recognizes signs and symptoms of withdrawal from alcohol or other substances and reports to RN. Attends at least 75% of scheduled departmental meetings and in-service programs. Performs other works as assigned. Qualifications License/Registration/Certification Behavioral Health Technician certification- preferred; Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Certificate within 90 days of employment. CPR Certification required. Education High School Diploma or equivalent preferred Experience At least 1year experience caring for mentally ill and emotionally disturbed adult patients.
We believe in the physical and mental well-being of our employees and are committed to offering comprehensive benefits that fit their personal needs: Health benefits Life insurance Long-term disability coverage Healthcare spending accounts Retirement plan Paid time off Pet Insurance Tuition reimbursement Employee assistance program Wellness program On-site housing for select positions and more! Degree Requirements: Certification: More than 4,000 people work at Mount Sinai Medical Center at more than a dozen locations throughout sunny South Florida, including our flagship, 672-bed hospital on Biscayne Bay at the gateway to Miami Beach. We’re the largest, independent, not-for-profit hospital in South Florida, and we’re the only hospital Healthgrades recognized for four years running as one of the top 5% in the nation. Clearly, clinical excellence is at our core.
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