Job Details
Psychiatric Nurse
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| Type: | Tribal |
| Salary Range: | $60,000 to $75,000 / Per Year |
| Open Period: | 4/23/2018 to 6/30/2019 |
| Summary: | This position is a direct patient care position. The Registered Nurse (RN) is an integral team member who provides holistic patient-centered care to help achieve the mission and vision of the organization. The nurse works within his or her scope of practice and provides ethical and evidence-based care and leadership. |
| Duties: | Assists patients/family members in accessing the appropriate level of psychiatric care. Collaborates with families, case managers, discharge planning and the multidisciplinary team to ensure appropriate utilization of health care resources. Participates in treatment planning meetings and patient conferences for identified patients to review progress, and assist patients with setting and meeting treatment goals. Acts as a liaison with community agencies/facilities ensuring that requested care is being rendered. Assists in ongoing patient care coordination until planned outcomes are achieved. Performs direct patient care including conducting and documenting psychiatric triage and performing and documenting psychiatric assessments, daily progress notes, weekly discharge planning and health education classes. Assists Treatment Team in determining appropriate patient disposition (admission or outpatient care); educates patients, family members, and significant others about the illness/condition, medication, and available resources. Administers prescribed medications; facilitates groups; and provides patient counseling and incident debriefing for staff and patients. Develops criteria for standards of care and patient outcomes. Develops standard operating procedures for psychiatric Nursing care. Participates in a continuing quality improvement program for ongoing systematic monitoring and evaluation of patient outcomes to include tracking appropriate data. Identifies documents, evaluates, reports, and follows up on issues relating to Quality Improvement, Risk Management, and Utilization Review. Completes data input, creates reports and graphs, and necessary databases. Provides supervision of paraprofessional staff; directs, assigns and monitors the patient care provided by mental health technicians and functions as Charge Nurse when assigned. Performs other duties as assigned |
| Qualifications: | One (1) year experience working in an acute inpatient psychiatric nursing setting. BSN from an accredited nursing program BLS certification by the American Heart Association Ability to complete physical and testing requirements for the Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) training (agency provided) and maintain certification |
| Work Type: | Permanent, Full |
| Announcement #: | ACU- RN |
| Who May Apply? | All Groups of Qualified Individuals |
| Get Details & Apply: | https:www.fdihb.org |
Contact
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| Name: | Beasley, Michelle |
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