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Join VitalCaring as a Registered Nurse - Psychiatric, Bossier City LA
Come Home to VitalCaring where we have a heart for home health care!
If you are searching for a new home for your career, come home to VitalCaring!
Who Is VitalCaring
VitalCaring was established in 2021 and is already one of the nation’s leading home health and hospice providers with over 65 locations across the southeastern and southwestern U.S. VitalCaring’s senior executive team, led by industry veteran, April Anthony, has decades of experience building outstanding home health care companies that have distinctive cultures and deliver exceptional quality. In this time of industry transition, come home to VitalCaring, an organization that knows the true value and impact that home care makes in the lives of our team members and the patients and families we serve.
What Makes Us Special
At VitalCaring our mission is to transform lives and foster hope through genuine caring. We accomplish this goal by assembling a team of like-minded individuals who are truly called to home health care and wake up each day committed to making a difference. As an organization, our promise is to fully support and empower our team members by providing them with all the tools and resources they need to be their very best at work and at home.
For us, home-based care is so much more than business, it is our passion and that is why we are looking for a Psychiatric Registered Nurse who will bring their passion to work with them each and every day.
How You Will Make a Difference
As we expand our services in new and existing markets, we're looking for a Psychiatric Registered Nurse who shares our values of being Trustworthy, Capable, Compassionate, Proactive, and most importantly, called to serve. The Psychiatric Registered Nurse approaches each day with a passionate pursuit of caring for patients by working one-on-one with them; helping them achieve their health goals. In this role, you will administer skilled nursing care for psychiatric patients/clients in their places of residence, coordinate care with the interdisciplinary team and assumes the responsibility for and participate in the coordination of care. Your dedication to your calling is rewarded by the meaningful relationships you develop with patients and the flexible schedule that allows for work/life balance.
As the Psychiatric Registered Nurse, you will:
- Assess home health patients to identify the physical, psychiatric, psychosocial, and environmental health needs
- Provide comprehensive psychiatric care to patients in their homes, delivering high-quality nursing services and support to individuals with mental health needs
- Upon admission will assess and document: mental status, including psychological and behavioral status; sensory and motor function; cranial nerve function; and language function
- collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, assess patients' mental health status, develop care plans, and administer treatments to ensure the well-being and stability of patients within their home environments.
- Provide skilled nursing care and treatment interventions to patients with psychiatric disorders, including medication management, therapeutic interventions, and counseling support.
- Supervises, teaches, and provides clinical direction to other nursing personnel, assigning home health aides to specific patients. Supervises LPNs/LVNs providing services to patients
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date patient records, including assessment data, care plans, progress notes, and discharge summaries, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and best practices.
Skills for Success:
- Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Compassionate in care delivery, focused on results
- Solution-driven, self-motivated, and responds with urgency
- Love learning, motivating, and inspiring patients to reach their goals
- Enthusiastic about working to the highest level of the RN license
- Familiar and comfortable with technology. HCHB experience is a plus
Compensation/Earning Potential:
We offer team members the opportunity to build a positive future and to find the best and last job they will ever have. Our package includes:
- Competitive salary and bonus program
- Comprehensive health, dental, and disability benefits
- 401(k) program with company match
- Generous paid time off
Experience to Deliver on our Mission:
- Current state license as a Registered Nurse or a multi-state license issued by a state member of the National Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)
- Applicable education and experience requirements for the options below:
- Master’s degree with a specialty in psychiatric or mental health nursing AND nursing experience (recommended within the last 3 years) in an acute treatment unit in a psychiatric hospital, psychiatric home care, psychiatric partial hospitalization program or other outpatient psychiatric services; OR
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing AND 1 year of recent nursing experience (recommended within the last 3 years) in an acute treatment unit in a psychiatric hospital, psychiatric home care, psychiatric partial hospitalization program or other outpatient psychiatric services; OR
- Diploma or associate degree in nursing AND 2 years of recent nursing experience (recommended within the last 3 years) in an acute treatment unit in a psychiatric hospital, psychiatric home care, psychiatric partial hospitalization program or other outpatient psychiatric services.
- Current Driver’s License
- Proof of current CPR certification, if required to perform in-home visits
Come home to VitalCaring where you will find your passion, find your people, and find yourself again. Together we can transform lives and foster hope through genuine caring.
Explore your future with VitalCaring today.
