Nurses, Registered/NEW YORK, NY (Onsite)/two years Contract

Suncap Technology; New York (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare staffing provider in New York is seeking Registered Nurses to provide care at the Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center. Responsibilities include assessing patient needs, formulating care plans, and collaborating with the treatment team. Candidates must hold a valid RN license in New York and possess strong communication and assessment skills. This position is a contract role with day and evening shifts available.

Qualifications

• Must be a licensed Registered Nurse in New York State.
• Ability to assess and plan care for patients with psychiatric conditions.
• Experience in case-finding and health counseling.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and treat patient health problems.
• Communicate findings to healthcare professionals.
• Formulate individualized care plans for patients.

Skills

Assessment skills

Communication skills

Nursing diagnosis formulation

Patient education

Education

Registered Nurse License

Job description

Overview

Title: Nurses, Registered

Location: NEW YORK, NY (Onsite)

Duration: Up to two years

Healthcare Facility Name: Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center

Shift Days/Times: Day Shift 7:00 AM–7:30 PM; Evening Shift 7:00 PM–7:30 AM

Responsibilities

As a registered professional nurse, diagnose and treat human responses to actual or potential health problems through such services as case-finding, health teaching, health counseling and provide care, supportive to or restorative of life and wellbeing, and execute medical regimes prescribed by a physician or dentist.

• Assessment: Completes an accurate assessment of individual patient\'s need for treatment. Utilizes the nursing process to identify patient problems and appropriate nursing interventions.
• Communicates assessment findings to nursing staff and other health care professionals via the medical record, the Nursing Care Plan, and the Treatment Plan and verbally through shift to shift hand-off communication.
• Assesses the need for patient and family instruction/teaching regarding the patient\'s medical/psychiatric diagnosis and identified medication/treatment regime.
• Formulates Nursing Diagnosis for each patient based on assessment findings.
• Utilizes the Patient Acuity System to determine patient needs to maintain standards of care.
• Assesses personal learning needs related to delivery of patient care.
• Assess the learning capabilities of individual patients as it relates to delivery of patient care.

• Planning: Formulates an individual written care plan for each patient based upon comprehensive assessment findings, utilizing patient and family input.
• As a member of the treatment team, the RN is involved in the treatment planning process.
• Contributes in the development of patient outcomes that are specific and measurable within a realistic time frame.
• Updates the plan of care based on ongoing assessment.
• Develops a patient education and discharge plan based upon assessment of patient/family needs and learning capabilities.
• Establishes priorities in patient care to utilize time in an efficient manner.
• Collaborates with other health care professionals regarding the patient\'s plan of care.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Health Care Provider

Industries

• Staffing and Recruiting