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Integrated Resources, Inc

RN-Behavioral Health ED

Integrated Resources, Inc, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27514


Process Level Department Description: client Medical Center---Emergent Department Psychiatric Area---client Hospitals Behavioral Health Emergency Department (BHED) operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. With the new state of the art Emergency Department Transitional Unit, the BHED can accommodate up to 42 beds for patients seeking mental health care in a patient centered environment. Process Level Department Compliance: RN-client Medical Center-Emergent Department Psychiatric Area --- Required: RN License , BLS , CPI

Department of Nursing?: Yes Shift: Nights

Shift Details: 7p-7a FTE: 0.9

On-Call Required?: No Weekends Required?: Yes; EOW

Holidays Required?: Yes; EOH

Interview Type: Auto Offer

Duties:

Job Summary:

Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards. Reporting and accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director, the Clinical Nurse is responsible for coordinating and delivering patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting.

Essential Duties:

-Education: Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self.

-Attends education programs based on identified learning needs.

-With assistance, uses patient education materials relevant to patient population.

-Assesses readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers.

-Assesses developmental level of patient and factors affecting ability to learn.

-Evaluation of Care -Identifies expected patient outcomes.

-Seeks guidance as needed in revision of plan of care.

-Participates in discussion with members of the interdisciplinary team in evaluation of patient care.

-Communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care.

-Implementation: Demonstrates competence in care of patients with complex problems, including population-appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational and safety aspects of care.

-Performs bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan.

-Utilizes healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies and procedures in delivery of care.

-Organizes and prioritizes care according to patient/family needs.

-Consults with appropriate resources in a timely fashion regarding patients with complex care issues, unusual teaching needs and/or those at high risk for discharge planning.

-Leadership: With assistance, develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations.

-Achieves goals and objectives within identified time frame or renegotiates with supervisor.

-Is knowledgeable about activities which facilitate intra/interdepartmental collaboration.

-Participates in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities.

-Effectively uses communication systems.

-Participates in promoting cost-effective care.

-Gives feedback to co-workers.

-Is aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting the health care environment.

-Promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment for all.

-Patient Assessment: Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care.

-Includes appropriate physical, psychosocial, education and safety needs.

-Synthesizes assessment data into meaningful whole prior to communication to others.

-Assesses and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and families.

-Develops relationships with families that promote their ability to advocate for the patient and their own needs.

-Planning: Collaborates with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care.

-Makes use of available multidisciplinary resources in planning care.

-Begins to use full range of communication as a means to convey planning.

-Identifies and addresses cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care.

-Demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.

-Research: Reads journals that contain studies or articles that may be applicable to practice.

-Brings ideas and questions to the staff at large for assessment of applicability.

Skill:

Required Skills & Experience:

-One (1) year of nursing experience.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

-N/A

Education:

Required Education:

-Nursing Diploma.

OR

-ADN or ASN from an accredited school of Nursing.

Preferred Education:

-BSN or MSN from an accredited school of Nursing.

Required Certifications & Licensure:

-Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.

-Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification (AHA or ARC).

-PALS (AHA or ARC).

-CPI.

Preferred Certifications & Licensure:

-N/A

Certifications & Licenses:

Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina

Postal Code: 27514

Start Date: 12/23/2024

Hours Per Week: 36.00

Hours Per Day: 12.00

Days Per Week: 3.00