RN - Behavioral Health (Full Time), St. Vincent

Allegheny Health Network; Erie (Erie County); On-site; USD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Allegheny Health Network is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide leadership and care within a busy inpatient unit. The RN will be responsible for assessing, planning, and evaluating nursing care for patients, ensuring safety and compliance with best practices.

Qualifications include a current State of PA RN license, multiple clearances, and CPR certification. The role includes participation in quality initiatives and a commitment to patient-centered care and safety.

Qualifications

• Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
• CPR certification.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership in a professional practice setting.
• Maintains a safe environment and evaluates patient conditions.
• Utilizes the nursing process for patient care.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Patient Safety

Time Management

Education

Current State of PA RN licensure

Job description

Behavioral Health Adult Inpatient Unit

Providing treatment to individuals age 18-65 with acute psychiatric illness or exacerbation of severe mental health disorders. Patients may also have comorbid substance abuse disorders and medical comorbidities. Unit comprises 28 beds.

Behavioral Health Geriatric Unit

Providing treatment to individuals age 65 and over with acute psychiatric illness or exacerbation of severe mental health disorders. Patients may have common medical comorbidities associated with chronic illnesses. Unit comprises 10 beds.

General Overview

The Registered Nurse assesses human responses and plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for patients on the unit. The RN is fully responsible for all nursing actions and is accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered.

Essential Responsibilities

• Provides leadership in a professional practice setting.
• Supports team building by mentoring and role modeling.
• Assigns and delegates tasks based on patient needs and staff skill level.
• Maintains a safe environment and evaluates patient condition and complexity of interventions.
• Provides verbal and written feedback to peers regarding clinical practice.
• Shares knowledge and skills with colleagues.
• Accepts mistakes and promotes a culture that views risk taking as safe and expected.
• Participates on interdisciplinary teams to evaluate clinical care or health services.
• Promotes patient safety initiatives such as National Patient Safety Goals.
• Participates in department‑specific quality initiatives and ensures appropriate order sets are used.
• Supervises and evaluates delegated LPN scope of practice as appropriate.
• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, evaluate, and implement patient care plans according to physician, nurse, and hospital policy.
• Derives culturally and age‑appropriate expected outcomes involving patients, families, and other healthcare providers.
• Analyzes health status of patients and families to determine care needs.
• Assesses patient conditions, notifies supervising staff, intervenes, and documents appropriately.
• Accepts assignments outside primary unit and performs duties within competency.
• Demonstrates commitment to continuous lifelong learning for self and others.
• Promotes advancement of the profession through participation in professional organizations.
• Seeks formal and independent learning activities using current research to maintain and develop clinical and professional skills.
• Participates in systematic peer review and obtains informal feedback regarding practice from patients, peers, and professionals.
• Meets time and attendance guidelines per hospital policy.
• Evaluates patient and family satisfaction.
• Participates in department‑specific patient satisfaction initiatives.
• Promotes compassionate, patient‑ and family‑centered communication.
• Assesses and attempts to resolve patient/family concerns.
• Utilizes effective time management skills to complete assigned duties within established shifts.

Qualifications

Minimum

• Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
• Current State of PA RN licensure or Current multi‑state licensure through the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
• CPR certification

Preferred

• Certification in area of specialty

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