Staff Nurse, Nights

Schedule/Shift: 7p-7a, rotating days, every other weekend required

Key Functions

Patient care

• Assessment and care planning -
• Sets appropriate goals; including the physical, psychological, social, and continuing care needs of each patient; evaluates nursing actions to meet those goals; and makes recommendations for any changes.
• Demonstrates effective bio-psycho-social assessment skills
• Develops comprehensive nursing care plans based on nursing diagnosis and standards of care, clearly written with expected outcomes
• Effectively utilizes nursing process in directing and providing patient care
• Modifies plan of care based on ongoing patient assessment
• Insures effective health teaching for patients and families
• Insures comprehensive discharge planning relative to nursing care needs
• Effective member of interdisciplinary team
• Observes, documents and communicates patient responses and effectiveness of nursing intervention and medication; documents in patient's medical record according to established policy and procedure
• Insures safety by making patient and safety rounds according to policy, regularly assessing physical environments, and follow-up for identified concerns
• Seeks constructive feedback from co-workers regarding performance, interpersonal relations, nursing skills and abilities; recognizes limitations through self-appraisal and peer review. Effectively utilizes management and clinical supervision
• Supports and encourages constructive working relationship with program and other disciplines / departments while valuing opposing ideas
• Responds to patients, staff and visitors in professional manner
• Demonstrates good judgment and behavior appropriate to the hospital, including such characteristics as grooming and personal appearance, speech, and personal hygiene
• Participates in performance improvement activities
• Relieves charge nurse in his / her absence as assigned
• Provision of nursing interventions
• Demonstrates knowledge of medication action, mode of administration, side effects and contraindications by successfully completing annual medication examination.
• Provides safe and timely administration of medication and prescribed treatments, insuring prompt reporting of all errors
• Effectively engages patients in full participation of treatment program

Hospital operations

• Seeks opportunities to participate in hospital committees, performance improvement initiatives, and activities
• Participates in orientation and training of students and new staff

Education Required: BSN

License/Certification: Current license to practice as RN in state of Texas

Experience: Two years experience in psychiatric nursing