Psychiatric Registered Nurse (RN)

Wellpath; Pompano Beach (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

DailyPay

Tuition Assistance

Employee Assistance Program

Life Insurance

Health Savings Account

Wellness program

Home/auto loan discounts

Job summary

Wellpath in Florida seeks a Psychiatric Registered Nurse to deliver high-quality mental health care in a correctional facility setting. You will work under supervision to assess, create care plans, and coordinate treatment in compliance with regulations.

Candidates must have 3+ years in psychiatric nursing, a valid RN license, PMH-C or in process, and BLS, with strong crisis management and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• PMH-C certification or in process of testing.
• Current BLS certification through AHA.

Responsibilities

• Utilize the nursing process to provide quality patient care and administer medication per standards.
• Respond to psychiatric emergencies and assess suicide risk levels.
• Communicate patient mental health status to the team and document findings.
• Coordinate shift activities, manage requests, and maintain a safe environment.
• Initiate lifesaving measures and arrange hospital transport when needed.

Skills

Psychiatric nursing

Crisis intervention

Communication

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Job description

You Matter

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved

• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture

• Excellent career growth opportunities

Join us and find a career that supports:

• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients

• Autonomy in a warm team environment

• Growth and training

Perks and Benefits

In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

• DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!

• Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching

• Company paid life insurance

• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)

• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts

• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How you make a difference

The Psychiatric Registered Nurse will work under the direct supervision of the Health Services Administrator (HSA)/Program Manager (PM) or higher medical professional to develop, initiate and coordinate patient care plans in a psychiatric setting. They will collaborate with the healthcare team to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality psychiatric care to patients.

Key Responsibilities

• Utilize the nursing process to provide quality patient care by completing assessments, analyzing data, and administering medication according to established standards.

• Respond to psychiatric emergencies, assess for suicide ideation, and manage appropriate risk levels.

• Communicate with healthcare staff regarding patient mental health status, document findings in patient health records, and provide crisis intervention and counseling as required.

• Coordinate activities of assigned shift, respond to intake area requests, and maintain a clean, safe, and secure working environment.

• Initiate lifesaving measures, identify medical emergencies, and arrange transportation to hospital as needed. Additionally, may participate in interviewing and training new staff and be responsible for evaluating and training direct reports.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing

Experience

• 3+ years’ working in a psychiatric nurse role

• Previous correctional/detention facility experience

• At least two years’ experience providing treatment to adults with various mental health disabilities

Licenses/Certifications

• Current (and must maintain) unrestricted RN license in state of practice

• Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing Certification, i.e. via ANCC, or has completed required hours and is in process of testing for certification

• Current (and must maintain) lifesaving BLS certification through AHA

This position is available only to those who reside in the United States.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We value the contributions of team members with a broad range of experiences, skills, and perspectives and are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

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