Psychiatric Nurse Specialist
1 week ago
Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital
We are a 120-bed inpatient psychiatric hospital located in Tacoma, Washington. Our mission is to provide whole-person centered care that supports wellness and recovery.
Job Summary:
We are seeking a Registered Nurse with experience in psychiatric nursing to join our team. The successful candidate will have strong nursing assessment skills and be able to promote patient independence by establishing patient care goals and teaching patients and families about their condition and medications.
Responsibilities:
- Identify patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
- Manage medication of patients by ensuring physician orders are implemented, evaluated and documented and by assuring proper administration of medication to each patient.
- Complete and document hourly reassessments.
- Establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
- Establish and defines standards which ensure safe and therapeutically effective care.
- Actively participate in Treatment Team Meetings, focusing on the development and review of patient treatment plans.
- Utilizes motivational interviewing to encourage patients/families.
- Demonstrate knowledge of de-escalation training and least restrictive methods to manage aggressive behavior.
- Remains current on evidenced-based practices such as suicide assessment and risk assessment.
- Promote patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions.
- Assure quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division's policies, philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
- Resolve patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
- Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with policies, procedures, rules, and regulation's; calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
- Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
- Document patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
- Maintain continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
- Maintain patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential and medical records complete and accurate.
- Ensure operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
- Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods.
- Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
- Collaborate with the healthcare team, implementing and documenting individualized plans of care incorporating age specific considerations and nursing interventions, including discharge planning and patient/family teaching.
- Participate in the hiring, orientation, precepting, evaluation, and/or retention of co-workers.
- Identify changes in patient conditions and assist with or institutes appropriate actions in a timely manner.
- Always follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols.
- Encourage patients and families to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may not seem right.
What We Offer:
- A competitive salary range of $39.53 - $73.28 per hour based on union scale for experience.
- Shift differentials: $4.25 nights and $3.00 weekends.
- Great benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and Supplemental Life Insurance eligible the first of the month following 30 days of hire.
- Employee Assistance Program available upon hire.
- 403B with discretionary match for those that participate in the plan and meet work requirements.
- Paid Time Off (PTO) accrual based on hours worked and tenure.
- Sign on Bonus: $12,500 payable over one year.
- Relocation assistance is available.
Requirements:
Associate degree in nursing, BSN preferred.Current Washington State license without restrictions.One year psychiatric nursing experience.Candidate should possess strong nursing assessment skills.Basic Life Support (BLS) card through American Heart Association or American Red Cross required.-
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