Registered Nurse PRN Tier IV Nights Behavioral Health
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Job Location:
Moore County, NC - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
15 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Our behavioral health nurses perform a wide range of professional psychiatric nursing services including assessing planning implementing and evaluating patient care and needs in accordance with the Interdisciplinary Treatment Plan (ITP) for a population of acutely ill adult psychiatric patients who range from 18 years of age to geriatric. Registered nurses administer medical treatment as prescribed by the attending psychiatrist or advanced practice provider and are responsible for teaching and providing support to patients including but not limited to disease education medication education supportive engagement facilitation of psychoeducational groups and safety -escalation ability and management of disruptive behaviors are key aspects of the psychiatric registered nurse role. RNs also coordinate with our multidisciplinary team to provide quality care throughout the patients hospital stay.
The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. These are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel so classified.
Clinical Practice/Care Delivery:
- Focus on clinical practice/care delivery and on own learning.
- Uses/applies evidence-based practice accesses appropriate resources.
- Follows unit-based protocols documentation pathways etc.
- Involves patient and family in care; follows model of care delivery guidelines.
- Conducts patient/family needs assessment; initiates and documents patient/family education seeks guidance in advocating the patient/family needs when appropriate.
- Delivers care consistent with unit operations to ensure safe timely effective efficient equitable patient centered care.
Professional Development:
- Responsible for accessing education applicable to own professional development; focus on completion of competencies appropriate for patient care setting.
- Successful completion of orientation.
- Accountable for achieving/maintaining requirements for unit practice.
- Completes CEs on an annual basis based on the facilitys minimum requirements.
Service/Quality:
- Becomes familiar with National Hospital Quality Measures National Patient Safety Goals Quality Indicators Nursing Sensitive Indicators and Facility Annual Operating Plan.
- Aware of patient and team member satisfaction scores and contributes to unit initiatives for improvement.
- Participates in some or all elements of research/EBP/QI.
- Provides high quality safe patient-centered care with a focus on exceeding service expectations.
- Maintains regulatory requirements for overall readiness; participates in tracer activities when requested.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Patient Safety:
- Takes action to correct observed risks to patient safety.
- Reports adverse events and near misses to appropriate management authority.
- Implement policies procedures and guidelines consistently in the performance of assigned duties.
- Develop effective working relationships and maintain good communication with other team members.
- Identifies possible risks in processes procedures devices and communicates the same to those in charge.
- Participates in hospital departmental and/or unit patient safety initiatives.
Operations:
- Supports Charge Nurse role and demonstrates basic understanding of the role.
- Actively contributes to teamwork (cooperates with peers flexible with assignments takes admissions as required etc.).
- Attend briefings/staff meetings regularly.
- Aware of and supports unit nursing division and organizational governance structure.
- Participates in recruitment and retention activities at the unit level.
- Provides feedback in peer review as requested.
Qualifications :
Education & Training:
- Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of Maryland or eligible to practice due to Compact state agreements outlined through the MD Board of Nursing is required.
- Bachelors degree in nursing and/or ANCC licensure as a board-certified psychiatric-mental health nurse appreciated.
- Prior experience in psychiatric nursing preferred.
- More than 12 months of nursing experience solid knowledge and clinical skills.
- Current BLS certification required.
Additional Information :
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Compensation:
- Nights 7pm-7:30am
- 72 hr. per month and three (3) Saturday or Sunday shifts per month
- Pay Range: $50/hr.
- Other Compensation (if applicable): Shift Differential
- Review the 2025-2026 UMMS Benefits Guide
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Part-time
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Hospital Experience
- Acute Care
- ICU Experience
- Hospice Care
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Home Care
- Nursing
- Catheterization
- Critical Care Experience
- Medication Administration
- Tube Feeding
About Company
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