Behavioral Health Staff Nurse: Compassionate Patient Care

NYC Health + Hospitals; Hempfield Township (Westmoreland County); On-site; USD 86,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Queens Hospital Center within NYC Health + Hospitals seeks an experienced Registered Professional Nurse to provide professional nursing care on an assigned unit. You will diagnose and treat responses to health problems using nursing methods, health teaching, and supportive care to promote life and well-being.

Under supervision, you will collaborate with an interdisciplinary health team to plan and implement comprehensive patient care, maintain care plans, and participate in standards of nursing

Qualifications

• Valid New York State license and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State.
• Valid and current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA).

Responsibilities

• Identifies and discriminates between physical and psycho-social signs and symptoms. Selects and performs those therapeutic measures which are essential for effective execution of the nursing regimen for assigned patients/clients.
• Develops, implements and continuously evaluates the nursing regimen for assigned patients/clients.
• Records and maintains nursing care plans and progress notes on patients/clients to ensure continuity of care.
• Interprets and reports responses of patients/clients to appropriate members of the health team.
• Participates with interdisciplinary health team members to plan a comprehensive patient care program.
• Determines and assigns those components of the nursing regimen which may be carried out by allied nursing personnel.
• Provides teaching, guidance and direction to allied nursing personnel in rendering patient care.
• Participates in defining, implementing, maintaining and interpreting standards of nursing practice.
• Participates in departmental and interdisciplinary conferences pertaining to policies and procedures affecting nursing practice.
• Participates in determining conditions, resources and policies essential to the delivery of nursing care services.
• Participates in development and maintenance of a system of evaluation of nursing care, practices and procedures, including evaluation of nursing personnel.
• Interprets philosophy and objectives of agency and Nursing Department to patients/clients, families and other groups.
• Maintains professional competence through participation in continuing education and other appropriate learning experiences.
• Performs other professional nursing activities as delegated by nursing service administration.

Skills

Nursing care

Clinical assessment

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Patient teaching

Education

RN License NY

Job description

Queens Hospital Center within NYC Health + Hospitals seeks an experienced Registered Professional Nurse to provide professional nursing care on an assigned unit. You will diagnose and treat responses to health problems using nursing methods, health teaching, and supportive care to promote life and well-being.

Under supervision, you will collaborate with an interdisciplinary health team to plan and implement comprehensive patient care, maintain care plans, and participate in standards of nursing