Geriatric Behavioral Health RN - $32-48 per hour

BJC HealthCare; Sullivan (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Tuition Assistance

Paid Time Off

Job summary

BJC HealthCare is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Psychiatric for the New Hope Senior Behavioral Health Center in Sullivan, Missouri. The role focuses on caring for adults 55+ in a behavioral health setting within a designated hospital environment.

Responsibilities include comprehensive nursing assessments, implementing care plans, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to achieve optimal patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Direct patient care activities including assessment, diagnosis, planning implementation, and evaluation within the guidelines of the standards of nursing care.
• Safety-sensitive position with need for constant alertness and safe practices.
• Collaborates with interprofessional team to implement and adjust patient plans of care.

Responsibilities

• Promotes patient and family centered care in a healing environment.
• Educates patients and families on illness management, post-treatment home care needs and medication administration.
• Participates in patient safety, quality, and regulatory compliance activities.
• Develops, implements, and documents plans of care with defined goals in collaboration with the interprofessional team and patient/family.
• Uses nursing skills to assess physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs and communicates effectively across the continuum of care.

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

BJC HealthCare is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Psychiatric for a nursing job in Sullivan, Missouri.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Psychiatric
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: Ongoing
• Employment Type: Staff

Additional Information About the Role

The New Hope Senior Behavioral Health Center at Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital is growing! We're looking for compassionate RNs to care for adults age 50+ in a supportive behavioral health setting.

• Meaningful patient relationships
• Collaborative team environment
• Specialized geriatric behavioral health experience
• Opportunities to grow your nursing career

• 07:00 - 19:30 or 19:00 - 07:30

Overview

Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital is a designated critical access hospital committed to providing quality health care service to residents in Crawford, Franklin and Washington counties.

The hospital has enhanced and expanded the health care services available to the greater Sullivan community with its state-of-the-art emergency department, modern childbirth center, critical care unit, multiroom surgical suite, expanded cardiac rehab services, and a cancer center. A 22,500 square-foot medical office building provides offices for primary care physicians as well as space for a variety of visiting medical and surgical specialists from the St. Louis area.

Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital operates four rural health clinics providing quality health care to surrounding communities. In addition, the hospital operates a comprehensive Therapy and Rehabilitation department and an award-winning Wound Care Center with two hyperbaric chambers.

The New Hope Senior Behavioral Health Center at Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital provides treatment for people 55 and older who need structured psychiatric care in a warm, supportive environment. The goal of the New Hope Senior Behavioral Health Center is to return every patient to the optimal level of function possible outside the Hospital setting.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Provides direct patient care activities including assessment, diagnosis, planning implementation, and evaluation within the guidelines of the standards of nursing care.

Responsibilities

• Promotes patient and family centered care in a healing environment. Educates patients and their families on how to manage their illness or injury, including post treatment home care needs and medication administration.
• Participates in activities that promote patient safety, quality and regulatory compliance. Participates in professional development.
• Develops, implements, and documents individual plans of care with defined goals in collaboration with other members of the interprofessional team and patient, family or caregiver in accordance with the established guidelines and standards of nursing care. Proactively plans and ensures communication of the plan of care across the continuum of care.
• Uses critical nursing skills to assess and evaluate physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs according to standards of care. Assess patient preferences and barriers to involvement in care, including their values, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and population-specific needs.
• BJC has determined this is a safety-sensitive position. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.

Minimum Requirements

Education

• Nursing Diploma/Associate's

Experience

• No Experience

Supervisor Experience

• No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

• RN

Preferred Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's Degree

Experience

• <2 years

Benefits and Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards

At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer

BJC HealthCare Job ID #112368. Posted job title: Geri Psych (RN) (FT) (ROTATE)

About BJC HealthCare

BJC HealthCare is one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States, delivering services to residents primarily in the greater St. Louis, southern Illinois and southeast Missouri regions. With net revenues of $6.3 billion and more than 30,000 employees, BJC serves patients and their families in urban, suburban and rural communities through its 14 hospitals and multiple community health locations. Services include inpatient and outpatient care, primary care, community health and wellness, workplace health, home health, community mental health, rehabilitation, long-term care and hospice.

BJC is the largest provider of charity care, unreimbursed care and community benefits in the state of Missouri. BJC and its hospitals and health service organizations provide $785.9 million annually in community benefit. That includes $410.6 million in charity care and other financial assistance to patients to ensure medical care regardless of their ability to pay. In addition, BJC provides additional community benefits through commitments to research, emergency preparedness, regional health care safety net services, health literacy, community outreach and community health programs and regional economic development.