Geriatric Psych RN - Meaningful Care & Growth

BJC HealthCare; Missouri; On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan 401(k)

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Adoption assistance

Job summary

The New Hope Senior Behavioral Health Center at Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital is seeking compassionate registered nurses to care for adults 55+ in a supportive behavioral health setting. This role emphasizes meaningful patient relationships, teamwork, and specialized geriatric behavioral health experience.

You will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care, educate patients and families, and collaborate with an interprofessional team to ensure safe, high-quality care.

Qualifications

• Education: Nursing Diploma/Associate's - Nursing
• Experience: No Experience
• Supervisor Experience: No Experience
• Licenses & Certifications: RN
• Preferred Requirements: Education Bachelor's Degree - Nursing

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.

Education

Nursing Diploma/Associate's - Nursing

Bachelor's Degree - Nursing

Job description

The New Hope Senior Behavioral Health Center at Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital is seeking compassionate registered nurses to care for adults 55+ in a supportive behavioral health setting. This role emphasizes meaningful patient relationships, teamwork, and specialized geriatric behavioral health experience.

You will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care, educate patients and families, and collaborate with an interprofessional team to ensure safe, high-quality care.