Psychiatric Charge Nurse - RN, Patient Care Leader

Brattleboro Retreat; Brattleboro (VT); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Paylocity seeks an RN Staff member to join a multidisciplinary team. The RN uses the nursing process to identify needs and interventions for patients requiring complex care and provides clinical supervision of MHWs to ensure safe, therapeutic delivery of care.

Core duties include charge-nurse responsibilities, medication administration, crisis intervention, and participation in the multidisciplinary care plan. Licensed RN with VT credentials is required.

Qualifications

• VT license as RN required.
• Preferred psychiatric nursing experience or general nursing experience.
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Assumes Charge Nurse responsibilities for a given shift.
• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, implement and evaluate patient/family care.
• Provides nursing care (including the administration of medication) to meet patients’ needs.
• Demonstrates knowledge of specimen collection, storage and delivery criteria for toxicology testing.
• Participates in the development and maintenance of a safe and therapeutic milieu in assigned care area.
• Adheres to and implements organizational and departmental policies and procedures as they pertain to work area.
• Demonstrates the ability to intervene in crisis situations and document appropriately.

Skills

Team coordination

Crisis intervention

Care planning

Documentation

Education

Licensed Registered Nurse (VT)

Tools

Toxicology specimen handling

Job description

Description

RN Staff - Job Description

Job Summary: Works with the multidisciplinary team to identify individual and group needs and interventions. Utilizes the nursing process to meet the needs of patients requiring complex nursing care. Provides clinical supervision of MHW’s to ensure safe and therapeutic delivery of care.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Core Competencies

• Assumes Charge Nurse responsibilities for a given shift.
• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, implement and evaluate patient/family care.
• Provides nursing care (including the administration of medication) to meet patients’ needs.
• Demonstrates knowledge of specimen collection, storage and delivery criteria for toxicology testing.
• Participates in the development and maintenance of a safe and therapeutic milieu in assigned care area.
• Adheres to and implements organizational and departmental policies and procedures as they pertain to work area.
• Demonstrates the ability to intervene in crisis situations:
• Assess the milieu, targets potential crisis situations and intervenes in a calm, supportive manner.
• Utilizes appropriate degree of verbal intervention, which contributes to crisis resolution.
• Demonstrates ability to physically intervene in crisis utilizing appropriate techniques.
• May lead a show of support, directing others in their roles. ? Appropriately documents the crisis situation
• Performs constant observations, intermittent observations, specializing, checks or other forms of patient safety procedures as assigned.
• Participates in the development and implementation of the multidisciplinary plan of care for assigned patients.
• Shares information appropriately with member of the multidisciplinary team and other hospital department representatives through verbal reports and written documentation.
• Identifies the need for and participates in the delivery of education to patients and families.
• Participates in Performance Improvement activities within assigned area.
• Completes assigned work within the given shift.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. State of Vermont licensed registered nurse.
2. Preferred one year psychiatric nursing experience, or two years general nursing experience.