- Big Stone Gap, VA, USA
- Full Time
- Pierce House
SUMMARY:
Renders professional nursing care to individuals within an assigned unit of the hospital and/or program.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required. Bachelor's in nursing preferred.
Licensure: Registered nurse licensed by Tennessee required and Virginia preferred
Certification: N/A
Experience: Experience as a staff nurse in a psychiatric setting preferred.
Knowledge/Skills: Ability to maintain composure in difficult situations.
CPR training.
Ability to follow written and verbal directions.
Verbal/written communication skills
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Makes staff assignments with regard to patient needs, staff qualification, licensure guidelines, program policy, and infection control issues.
- Interprets assessment data to develop a plan of care.
- Implements and evaluates NCP/ITP and supervises other nursing staffs' involvement in the plan of care.
- Record individual's activities, observations and behavioral symptoms per treatment plan and program procedure, as evidenced by performance improvement findings.
- Attends and participates in staff conferences or interdisciplinary team meetings to ensure input as it relates to patients, as assigned.
- Provides a variety of didactic therapeutic groups as per specific program requirements.
- Assists physicians as needed or requested.
- Evaluates and documents individual's reactions to medications and treatments.
- Administers prescribed medications per MD order.
- Educates individual/family toward an understanding of health/illness.
- Monitors/assesses individual vital signs, observes and records medical needs, and responses to medical treatment.
- Utilize personal protective equipment when performing invasive procedures, collecting urine and transporting lab specimens.
- Utilizes effective and therapeutic Management of Aggressive Patient techniques in emergency psychiatric situations.
- Attend and participate in regularly scheduled staff meetings and inservices and individual program planning staffings as needed.
- All other duties as assigned.
