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Come grow with us here at South County Mental Health Center!
Job Summary: Provides in-patient psychiatric nursing care to all clients in crisis with the goal of stabilization.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
DIRECT NURSING / CLIENT CARE
- Administer medication.
- Educate clients on medication.
- Intervene verbally and/or physically with clients who are out of control.
- Lead Hygiene – HIV/AIDS – Nutrition – Substance Abuse Groups, etc.
- Assist clients with activities of daily living.
- Answering questions from families and involve families in treatment when feasible, and promote wellness within the family unit.
- Complete nursing physical assessment on each client.
- One-to-one care, as indicated.
- Monitor restraints, suicide and homicide precautions, close observations and timeouts, etc., and follow all standards.
- Place client on 24 hour nursing precautions, as needed.
- Monitor special diets.
- Draw blood and/or collect other laboratory specimen samples.
- Minor wound care as indicated.
- Assess clients’ somatic complaints.
- Evaluate medical emergencies
- Team meeting with staff.
- Admit clients to CSU – Administrative admission.
- Develop treatment plans with clients.
- Monitor client charts for doctors’ orders and accuracy reviews.
- Write progress notes on clients’ symptoms, activities, or significant behaviors.
- Initiate and record restraint and seclusion process.
- Record medications and side effects or lack thereof.
Minimum Qualifications:
- RN Licensed in Florida
- Must be knowledgeable in areas of client rights, Baker Act, confidentiality regulations, and abuse regulations.
- Knowledge of medications and side effects; risk of addiction, bloodborne pathogens, OSHA Standards.
- 1 year experience in Psychiatric Nursing
Job Type: PRN
Salary: Up to $45.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Free parking
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Medical specialties:
- Psychiatry
Physical setting:
- Acute care
- Hospital
- Urgent care center
Standard shift:
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Night shift
Weekly schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Rotating weekends
- Weekend availability
Education:
- Associate (Preferred)
Experience:
- Nursing: 1 year (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- BLS Certification (Preferred)
- RN (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
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