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: Full-time
Salary: Up to $40.00 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:
Physical setting:
- Acute care
- Hospital
- Urgent care center
Standard shift:
Weekly schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Rotating weekends
- Weekend availability
Education:
Experience:
- Nursing: 1 year (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- BLS Certification (Preferred)
- RN (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
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