Registered Nurse - Willow Healing Center - FT

Meadows-Behavioral-Healthcare; Wickenburg (AZ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Meadows-Behavioral-Healthcare invites an experienced Registered Nurse to join the Willow House Program in Wickenburg, AZ. The RN will provide comprehensive psychiatric nursing care, assess, plan, intervene and evaluate patient needs, and oversee LPNs and BHTs as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities include implementing care plans, promoting patient safety, educating on medications, and documenting thoroughly.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current AZ or Compact State Registered Nurse License in good standing.
• CPR and CPI Certification.
• Minimum of one year psychiatric experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Promotes patient safety through awareness of the environment of care and in all actions that involve patient care.
• Communicates patient safety issues quickly, clearly and effectively.
• Actively participates as a member of the treatment team, collaborating on the needs of the patients.
• Implements the nursing care plans for patients in accordance with physician orders, policies and procedures of the facility and safe nursing practices.
• Adheres to safe practice if medication administration.
• Provide medication education on all new medications and respond to questions or concerns the patient may have regarding medications.
• Interact with patients, family members, external entities and internal staff professionally and respectfully.
• Documentation for medical records and reports is timely, legible, thorough, and in required format.
• Document as required including assessments, treatment plan, nursing notes, medication administration, education, discharge planning, incident reports and medication variances.
• Intervene appropriately with patients experiencing a behavioral crisis situation, i.e., suicidal, threatening behavior, elopement and/or other situations.
• Exhibit leadership by providing clear direction to the team and communication of the patient's status to the practitioner.

Skills

Assessment

Care planning

Clinical intervention

Team collaboration

Patient safety

Education

Registered Nurse (RN) license

Tools

CPR Certification

CPI Certification

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: MBH Willow House Program - Wickenburg, AZ 85390 Position Type: Full Time Job Category: Health Care

Job Summary

As a Registered Nurse you will provide comprehensive nursing care services utilizing skills of assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation. Promote patient safety and the maintenance of quality physical health. Provide oversight to LPNs and / or BHTs. Function as a contributing member of the multidisciplinary team.

Essential Duties Include:

• Promotes patient safety through awareness of the environment of care and in all actions that involve patient care.
• Communicates patient safety issues quickly, clearly and effectively.
• Actively participates as a member of the treatment team, collaborating on the needs of the patients.
• Implements the nursing care plans for patients in accordance with physician orders, policies and procedures of the facility and safe nursing practices.
• Adheres to safe practice if medication administration.
• Provide medication education on all new medications and respond to additional questions or concerns the patient may have regarding medications.
• Interact with patients, family members, external entities and internal staff professionally and respectfully.
• Documentation for medical records and reports is timely, legible, thorough, and in required format.
• Document as required including assessments, treatment plan, nursing notes, medication administration, education, discharge planning, incident reports and medication variances.
• Intervene appropriately with patients experiencing a behavioral crisis situation, i.e., suicidal, threatening behavior, elopement and/or other situations.
• Exhibit leadership by providing clear direction to the team and communication of the patients status to the practitioner.

QualificationsEducation and Experience:

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing required.
• Current AZ or Compact State Registered Nurse License in good standing.
• CPR and CPI Certification
• Minimum of one year psychiatric experience preferred