Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit RN PRN Nights

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Kentucky; On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health LaGrange is expanding its inpatient behavioral health unit with RN PRN night shifts (7p-7a). The role supports adults 18+ in a new 11-bed unit, working with an interdisciplinary team. You will educate patients and families, assist with assessments, and communicate care plans within the team.

Qualified candidates hold an active RN license and BLS, with a passion for community health. Shifts include some weekends/holidays; the hospital emphasizes nursing excellence and patient

Qualifications

• Active RN license in good standing.
• BLS certification required or obtained.
• Experience in behavioral health is preferred but not required.
• Willingness to work night shifts, weekends and holidays as PRN.

Responsibilities

• Implement patient and family education plan.
• Assist the RN with patient assessment.
• Communicate patient status to peers, supervisors, and physician as appropriate.
• Evaluate effectiveness of nursing care.
• Ensure nursing care complies with local, state, and federal regulations.

Skills

RN

BLS Certification

Behavioral Health Experience

Assessment

Education

Registered Nurse license

Job description

Summary Inpatient Behavioral Health. RN PRN Night shift. 7p-7a. some weekends and holidays required.

Job Description:

RN, Behavioral Health Shift: PRN Night Shift (7p-7a)

Where You'll Be:

Baptist Health LaGrange is adding a brand new 11-bed inpatient behavioral health unit. Our focus will be providing care for adults 18 and older who require hospitalization for behavioral health needs in a safe and structured environment. The unit utilizes an interdisciplinary team approach to provide care for patients. Team is made up of registered nurses, mental health technicians, social workers, recreational therapist, and psychiatrist.

What You'll Do:

• Implement Patient and Family education plan
• Assist the RN with patient assessment
• Communicate the patient’s status to peers, supervisors, and patient’s physician as appropriate
• Evaluate effectiveness of implemented nursing care
• Performs job in compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations

Why You're a Great Fit:

• You have experience in behavioral health (not required)
• You have an active Registered Nurse certification
• You have or will obtain BLS certification
• You are positive and passionate about helping those in our community

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet or Pathway to Excellence designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

EEO Statement:

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team.

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