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Registered Professional Nurse – Mental Health / Substance Abuse
Shifts : All shifts available
Position Summary
- Responsible and accountable for prescribing, delegating, and coordinating nursing care in accordance with professional standards.
- Provides comprehensive mental health nursing care to acutely ill adult psychiatric and substance abuse patients (ages 16+).
- Delivers care using the nursing process in collaboration with the interdisciplinary healthcare team.
- Addresses patient and family needs to help patients achieve optimal health and wellness.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Clinical Care
- Provide nursing care to psychiatric, substance abuse, and dual-diagnosis patients.
- Identify and manage:
- Withdrawal symptoms
- Agitated or emotionally disturbed patients
- Dependent and suicidal patients
- Administer medications safely and per physician orders.
- Respond to psychiatric emergencies using non-violent crisis intervention techniques.
- Maintain infection control and safety standards.
- Provide psychosocial support and patient education.
Assessment
- Perform comprehensive physical, psychological, and social assessments.
- Assess patients through observation, interviews, and review of medical records.
Document complete nursing assessments including:
- Fall risk
- Pain
- Suicide risk
- Nutrition
- Psychosocial and environmental factors
Education level and discharge planning needs
- Identify nursing problems related to mental illness, substance abuse, or prolonged neuroleptic use.
- Reassess patients continuously and communicate findings to the healthcare team.
- Nursing Diagnosis & Planning
- Formulate, prioritize, and document nursing diagnoses.
- Develop patient-centered, measurable goals and individualized care plans.
- Identify patient education needs and discharge planning requirements upon admission.
Implementation & Leadership
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to implement care plans.
- Provide individual and group health teaching and counseling sessions.
- Participate in treatment planning, medical rounds, and interdisciplinary rounds.
- Prioritize and manage assignments based on patient acuity, staffing, and resources.
- Delegate, guide, and support ancillary nursing staff.
- Ensure all procedures are performed within scope of practice and mental health nursing standards.
- Investigate, document, and communicate unusual occurrences.
- May have unsupervised patient contact while performing duties.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Evaluation
- Evaluate and document patient responses to nursing and medical interventions.
- Modify care plans based on patient outcomes in collaboration with the healthcare team.
- Evaluate patient and family understanding of health education and discharge instructions.
Position Requirements
- Active New York State RN License
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred
- BCLS certification required
- 1 year of medical-surgical nursing experience preferred
- Knowledge of PMCS preferred
Physical Demands
- Standing, walking, sitting, bending, talking, and hearing required.
- May involve repetitive motions.
- Reasonable accommodations available for qualified individuals with disabilities.
DirectShifts is an Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status,
or any other characteristic protected by law.
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In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility
to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon
hire.
