RN - Psychiatric Nurse

About This Role

This nursing role involves planning, providing, and monitoring individualized psychiatric and medical nursing care for patients. The nurse will respond to specific patient needs and provide developmentally appropriate psychosocial and clinical care, reporting to the Director of Patient Care Services - Critical Care.

Responsibilities

• Plan, provide, and monitor individualized psychiatric and medical nursing care following established policies, procedures, and regulations
• Perform therapeutic nursing interventions as established by individualized plan of care for preschool, school-age, or adolescent patients and their families
• Provide developmentally appropriate psychosocial and clinical care
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with all members of the healthcare team
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Resolve conflict
• Conduct intake interviewing
• Apply culturally sensitive expertise in crisis intervention techniques
• Use exceptional interpersonal communication
• Demonstrate psychiatric population familiarity
• Possess psychotropic medication knowledge
• Understand and evaluate data related to psychiatric emergency: Vital signs/LOC Glasgow coma scale; Lab tests (routine bloodwork, urine toxicology screen)
• Demonstrate understanding of the Emergency Mental Health Nurse and their role within the ED
• Demonstrate ability to provide a safe environment and interventions to manage alterations in mental/behavioral health and ensure patient and staff safety

Requirements

• Current Virginia state license as a Registered Nurse or Registered Nurse holding a valid Compact State license
• CPR Training required and/or must be obtained within 45 days of hire
• Associates in Nursing/Diploma in Nursing with applicable experience

Nice to have:

• PALS certification
• RN certification
• BSN
• Experience in both pediatric medical and psychiatric settings
• Pediatric experience

Working Conditions

• Expected to work in a patient care environment with minimal exposure to environmental hazards such as, but not limited to, excessive noise, dust, or extremes in temperatures
• Exposure to communicable diseases and moderately adverse working conditions due to the need to perform certain patient care activities can be expected