Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Department Psych Unit

Dartmouth Health; Lebanon (NH); On-site; USD 58,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

Dartmouth Health in Lebanon, NH is seeking a Clinical Nurse in the Behavioral Health Emergency Department to provide compassionate, evidence-based care to high-risk psychiatric patients during acute events. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary crisis team and ensure safe patient care in a fast-paced setting.

The role requires a nursing program graduate, NH RN eligibility, and BLS certification with a rotating 12-hour shift schedule. AVADE training within one year is also expected.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.
• RN license in NH or eligibility.
• BLS Certification required upon hire.
• AVADE Workplace Violence Prevention Training within one year of hire date.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based nursing care to high-risk psychiatric patients.
• Utilize the nursing process to assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate individualized care.
• Collaborate with crisis team, psychiatric and emergency physicians, care managers and security staff.
• Prioritize patient safety, advocate for patient autonomy and deliver one-on-one support.

Skills

Empathy

Emotional intelligence

Critical care nursing

Education

BSN preferred

Job description

Overview

Our Behavioral Health Emergency Department unit consists of a 6 beds supporting high risk mental health patients during a critical psychiatric event. Our care team’s priority is to provide therapeutic nursing care in a safe and controlled environment to stabilize their illness while developing a healthy care plan. As the primary nurse, you will work with our crisis team, the psychiatric and emergency physician/nursing team, care managers and security staff. An effective candidate will have a passion for critical care psychiatric nursing, empathy, and demonstrate a compassionate approach, high level of emotional intelligence and be diligent in their work environment to provide one on one support for patient needs.

This is a FT (3x12hr shifts) rotating position.

The 12hr shift rotation is between 7a to 7P, 10a to 10p, 11a to 11p, 1p to 1a, and 7p to 7a

Responsibilities

The Clinical Nurse is an engaged and credentialed member of the Professional Nursing Organization and is responsible for autonomous practice directed by the professional tenets of practitioner, leader/decision maker, scientist and transferor. The Clinical Nurse is responsible for utilizing the nursing process to provide evidence-based care and to continuously monitor and evaluate practice to ensure safe passage of patients that is in the best interest of populations served.

1. Practitioner
2. Utilizes the nursing process to assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan, implement and evaluate an individualized plan of care.
3. Utilizes critical thinking and the nursing process to anticipate and recognize changes in patient status, taking action to modify the plan of care or to elevate to the care team as necessary.
4. Practices in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics to advocate for patients, uphold their autonomy in decision-making, ensure informed consent and assist patients in families in expressing self-determination.
5. Actively seeks feedback and acts to improve performance.
6. Engages in the governance of practice.
7. Leader/Decision Maker
8. Manages interpersonal relationships for self and with others.
9. Mentors colleagues for the advancement of nursing practice and the profession.
10. Assumes authority and accountability for the nursing care of patients while appropriately delegating elements of care to others members of the care delivery team in accordance with laws, regulations and policies and procedures.
11. Prioritizes and organizes time to optimize patient outcomes.
12. Scientist
13. Actively seeks out the most current evidence and standards and applies and translates to daily practice.
14. Role models a culture of inquiry, developing new knowledge by contributing to research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice at the local level.
15. Transferor
16. Communicates effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.
17. Actively partners with others to effect change that produces positive outcomes through the exchange of knowledge.
18. Precepts the student nurse, nurse extern, nurse resident, experienced clinical nurse and other members of the healthcare team.
19. Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Required Licensure/Certifications

- Licensed Registered Nurse with New Hampshire eligibility.- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certificate required upon hire- AVADE Workplace Violence Prevention Training within one year of hire date.

• Area of Interest: Nursing
• Pay Range: $42.25/Hr. - $59.50/Hr.
• FTE/Hours per pay period: 0.90 - 36 hrs/per week
• Shift: Rotating
• Job ID: 41514

Dartmouth Health offers a total compensation package that includes a comprehensive selection of benefits. Our Core Benefits include medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short and long term disability, paid time off, and retirement plans. Click here for information on these benefits and more: Benefits | DHMC and Clinics Careers

Dartmouth Health is an Equal Opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Dartmouth Health provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and to applicants and employees with sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. Applicants who require an accommodation during the application or interview process may contact [e-mail] for assistance.