Pay Rate
$2,053 per week
Weekly Pay Range - $1848 To $2053
Position Summary:
- PSYCHIATRIC/PSYCHE NURSE is a registered nurse (RN) with expertise in mental illness.
- He or she use skills to help those with mental illness live fulfilling and productive lives.
- He or she may help in mental health crisis intervention and therapy; aid in medication management; and even assist the patient in daily activities that are stressful.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Performs head-to-toe assessments, manages/assists group/behavior therapies and other interventions within scope of practice.
- Observes for normal vs. abnormal findings and reporting of abnormal findings to Charge Nurse, M.D., if warranted
- Intervene with appropriate intervention for urgent/emergent care.
- Performs direct care to acute and chronically ill psych patients as well as pediatric, adolescent and geriatric population as related to psychiatric disorders including medication calculation & administration.
- Performs basic medical emergency procedures & care within company & facility's policy's & procedures.
- Identifies and manages life-sustaining physiologic and psychiatric functions in unstable patients
- Communicates therapeutically to patients.
- Able to care and manage patients with eating disorders, drug/ETOH detox, manic depressive, hallucination-delusions, suicidal, organic seizure disorders, and management of patients on seclusion procedures
- Participates in psych emergency response team including rapid tranquilization.
- Applies restraints, including 4-point, wrist and posey net full body.
Minimum Job Requirements:
Qualifications:
- Current registered nurse licensure in the state of practice.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification and ACLS
Education: - Bachelor's Degree in Nursing Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Board Certified preferred, Experience A minimum of two years' psychiatric nursing experience in a healthcare setting
Requirements
Required for Onboarding
- BLS
- CNOR
- Core Competency
- Dietician Nutritionist