Registered Nurse Psychiatry

Matrix Providers; Cornholme; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive financial package

Comprehensive insurance coverage

401(k) Plan

Paid Holidays

Job summary

A healthcare services provider is seeking a Registered Nurse for Psychiatry In-Patient Units to work at the Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. The role is full-time with a night shift schedule. Candidates must have an Associates Degree in Nursing, a current RN license, and at least one year of experience in psychiatric nursing. Responsibilities include patient assessment, discharge planning, and ensuring a safe therapeutic environment. Competitive benefits are offered, including health insurance and 401(k) plan.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited nursing program.
• Minimum of one year experience as an inpatient Psychiatric RN.
• Current, unrestricted RN license.
• BLS certification from AHA or Red Cross.
• Ability to manage crises and ensure patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Practice effective problem identification and resolution.
• Apply in-depth knowledge of nursing for psychiatric care.
• Participate in discharge planning.
• Assess clinical situations requiring intervention.
• Follow clinic-specific policies in adverse situations.
• Obtain 12 lead Electrocardiograms and take action.
• Liaison with patient's military command as needed.
• Liaise with military command per HIPAA guidelines.

Skills

Effective problem identification and resolution skills

Knowledge of nursing theory and principles

Ability to assess and intervene in clinical situations

Leadership and therapeutic participation skills

Team collaboration

Education

Associates Degree of Nursing

Job description

Matrix Providers is hiring Registered Nurse (Psychiatry In-Patient Units) to join our team of talented professionals who provide health care services to our Military Service Members and their families in at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA

• Employment Status: Full Time- Night Shift
• Schedule: Services shall be provided Sunday through Saturday for three hundred sixty (360) hours per week. Shifts are 18:45 to 07:15. Shifts will normally be scheduled twelve (12.5) hour periods 3 X per week; to include an uncompensated thirty (30) minute. In no instance will the HCW be required to provide services in excess of eighty (80) hours per two-week period.
• Benefits: Competitive financial package with a comprehensive insurance package including health, dental, vision, and life coverage.
• Paid Holidays (Outlined in Handbook)
• 401(k) Plan

The Registered Nurse must have and meet the following:

• Degree: Associates Degree of Nursing.
• Education: Graduate from a college or university accredited by Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), or may be a graduate of a state accredited professional nursing program.
• Experience: Possess a minimum of one (1) year of experience within the last two (2) years working as an inpatient Psychiatric RN.
• Certification: Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers, American Heart Association, or American Red Cross Healthcare Provider Course.
• Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse.

Registered Nurse Core Job Duties:

• Practice effective problem identification and resolution skills as a method of sound decision making.
• Apply in-depth knowledge of nursing theory and principles relative to the care of patients with complex psychiatric conditions, to include substance abuse, milieu therapy, group dynamics, use of psychotropic medications and crisis intervention.
• Participate in discharge planning utilizing available resources, to include rehabilitation as appropriate.
• Assess and intervene in clinical situations (including suicidal, homicidal, or elopement behavior) that may require intervention to maintain a safe and therapeutic environment.
• Follow Command and clinic specific policies for adverse situations (including suicidal, homicidal, assaultive, or elopement behavior) that may require intervention to maintain a safe and therapeutic environment.
• Obtain twelve (12) lead Electrocardiograms (EKGs), determine implications, and take indicated actions.
• Oversee, escort, or act as a therapeutic participant in patient activities outside of the clinic as required.
• Liaison with patient's military command as needed, communicating outpatient needs and discharge plans within current Command policy and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) guidelines for disclosure of information.