Staff Registered Nurse (Inpatient Behavioral Health)

Quick Facts

• Role: Staff Registered Nurse (Inpatient Behavioral Health Registry)

• Schedule: Rotating 12-hour shifts

Description

The Staff Nurse provides clinically competent, registered professional nursing care to acutely ill patients using assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation. You will coordinate and evaluate individualized care plans, collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and ancillary staff, and document outcomes in the health record—guided by professional nursing standards and evidence-based research.

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze patient data; identify expected outcomes

• Develop, implement, coordinate, and evaluate an individualized plan of care

• Direct appropriate utilization of assistant staff involved in direct patient care

• Create a documented care plan focused on outcomes and care-delivery decisions

• Participate in shared governance, committees, and unit projects

• Evaluate and document patient responses to nursing interventions and individualize the plan of care

• Use best available evidence, including research, to guide practice decisions

Requirements

• Education: BSN required (ADN acceptable with commitment to obtain BSN within 3 years of first day in the clinical nurse role)

• Licensure: Registered Professional Nurse licensure for the state of work

• Certification: American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits supporting physical, emotional, and financial well-being and protection for unexpected life events (see benefits information URL provided in the posting)

• Benefits eligibility depends on employment classification

• Sign-on bonus terms may apply (eligibility rules included in the posting)