Psychiatric Nurse

About This Role

This nursing post on a 64-bed adult psychiatric ward focuses on delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts patients' well-being and recovery. You will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. The role suits a nurse with keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others.

Responsibilities

• Follow the nursing process which includes: assess, plan, implement, and evaluate
• Demonstrate a systematic, dynamic way to collect and analyze healthcare consumer data including: psychological, physiological, sociocultural, spiritual, economic and lifestyle factors
• Set measurable and achievable short and long term goals according to standards of care based on the assessment by the nurse in collaboration with the healthcare consumer and multidisciplinary team
• Implement and/or modify the plan of care using assessment data, clinical reasoning based upon standards of care and evidence based practice, including care coordination, education and discharge planning
• Be accountable for the care directly, indirectly or through delegation, following professional and legal standards for delegation
• Use a systematic ongoing process to evaluate progress towards identified healthcare consumer goals
• Revise the plan of care when needed, involving the healthcare consumer and the multidisciplinary team
• Document all phases of the nursing process in the healthcare consumer’s record

Requirements

• Graduate of an RN nursing program, upon hire
• Registered Nurse: NE, upon hire
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire

Benefits

• $3,000 sign on bonus to new hires who meet the eligibility requirements

About the Company

Lasting Hope Recovery Center is a 64-bed adult psychiatric facility where all rooms are private. It offers an entire range of treatment and prevention services to meet the needs of patients experiencing mental illness and substance abuse challenges simultaneously.