Registered Nurse - Nights - Treatment & Recovery Center

Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center; Kansas; On-site; USD 36,000 - 51,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

KPERS retirement

Life insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Generous PTO

Job summary

Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center is seeking a Registered Nurse for night shifts at the Treatment & Recovery Center. The role is part-time (36 hours/week) and non-exempt, with benefits including medical, dental, vision, KPERS retirement, life insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, and generous PTO.

The RN will provide direct nursing care per established policies and coordinate patient care with the clinical team.

Qualifications

• Associates in Nursing or diploma required.
• Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers; ACLS/PALS may waive BLS depending on department.
• Current Registered Nurse license to practice in Kansas.

Responsibilities

• Develop therapeutic relationships with patients and families to guide care based on assessments and treatments.
• Collaborate with the clinical team to communicate patient needs and care plans effectively.
• Coordinate discharge planning with the healthcare team.
• Lead inter-professional care coordination to ensure patient-centered outcomes and safety.
• Uphold professional standards and participate in ongoing learning and governance.

Education

Associates in Nursing

Diploma in Nursing

Bachelor's in Nursing

Job description

Registered Nurse - Nights - Treatment & Recovery Center

Pay is commensurate with experience beginning at $31.70 per hour.Part time (36 hours/week), non-exempt, benefits eligible. Bert Nash offers excellent benefits which include medical, dental, vision, KPERS retirement, life insurance, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing free counseling and resources, and generous PTO.

Caring. Hope. Giving back. Our mission at the Bert Nash Center as the Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) of Douglas County is to advance the health of the community through comprehensive behavioral health services responsive to evolving needs and changing environments. We accomplish this by believing in our team. Each person that works for the Bert Nash Center contributes directly to the success of our clients, organization, and community. Our values of compassion, integrity, equity and hope reflect in everything we do.

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization, while complying with laws and regulations in maintaining patient information.This position leads the coordination of care for patients by applying effective decision making skills based on patient/family healthcare needs and priorities.

RESPONSIBILITIES include but not limited to:

• Develop therapeutic relationships with patients and families promoting decision making based on the assessment of patient medical histories, symptoms, examinations, diagnosis, conditions and treatments.
• Communicate and collaborate concisely and continuously among clinical team, including physicians, both verbally and in documentation focusing on patients identified problems and needs by implementing and monitoring patient care plans, as well as recording and communicating patient conditions as appropriate, to optimize their health outcomes.
• Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.
• Competently applies collaborative teamwork and leadership as a member of an inter-professional team to coordinate patient centered care for quality patient and unit outcomes of care processes by:
  • Utilizing information, resources and technology
  • Provide Patient Centered Care Nursing processes including Patient/Family, Evidence Based Practices (EBP), safety and process improvement
• Exemplifies professionalism: applies lifelong learning; contributes to the science of nursing; participates in governance; shares knowledge to expand the scale and scope of best practices with others; builds the ethical, moral and regulatory base for best practices and processes of patient and unit care.
• Performs nursing care according to the population served on the unit as referenced in the Administrative, Scope of Services Policy.
• Performs other duties as assigned in line with current basic nursing scope.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• Associates in Nursing or diploma
• Current Basic life Support for Healthcare Providers, however based on department,certification inACLS and PALS then the BLS requirement is waived.
• Current Registered Nurse license to practice in Kansas

Preferred

• Bachelors in Nursing
• ACLS within 6 months of hire (ED, ICU/2East or other units)