RN Psychiatric Acute Adult
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Job Location:
Glendale, WI - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
9 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Where Youll Work
Founded in 1926 Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center is a 334-bed acute care nonprofit community hospital located in Glendale California. The hospital offers a full complement of services including its award winning heart center the colorectal surgery institute a gastrointestinal program and is a Los Angeles County approved primary stroke center. The hospital shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health one of the nations five largest health care systems. Visit here for more information.
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As a Psychiatric Nurse at Glendale Memorial Medical Center now part of CommonSpirit Health formed between Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health youll help our patients and their families feel comfortable and educated when theyre making significant healthcare decisions. Our patient population needs hands-on nursing to be able to identify patient needs when they are not able to articulate what they are experiencing.
Youll build trust in these interactions by advocating supporting and educating your patients and their families. Your success in this role comes from your empathy and patience to help others during a vulnerable time in their lives. Youll get to be involved in patient improvement that can take a patient from disorientation to opening up and sharing their personality.
While youre busy impacting the healthcare industry well take care of you with benefits that include health/dental/vision FSA matching retirement plans paid vacation adoption assistance and more.
Responsibilities
- Youll routinely conduct rounds physical assessments of patients and med pass during your shift to diagnose the medical and emotional status of patients.
- Youre interacting with the patients throughout your shift so youll be the eyes and ears to notice any difference in patient health and behavior. Youll be responsible for alerting the physician of any changes you notice.
- We encourage a communal patient population so you can expect to interact with patients in a group setting and lead therapeutic group meetings with them as scheduled. Youll also coordinate and work with the activities director for our unit.
- We provide an important education component for patients and their caregivers so youll be expected to thoroughly explain diagnosis and plans for ongoing treatment to patients
Position is represented by CNA.
Job Requirements
- Minimum requirement of 6 months of prior acute care experience in same unit
- Current California license as a Registered Nurse.
- AHA BLS
- Excellent communication and patient skills required.
Key Skills
- Academics
- Business Objects
- High School
- Coating
- Java
- Application Management
About Company
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