Registered Nurse

Company: Desert Parkway Behavioral Healthcare Hospital
Location: Las Vegas
Posted on: April 9, 2021

Job Description:

Delivers quality general/psychiatric nursing care to patients who are hospitalized for treatment of psychiatric or emotional disorders; supports the hospital's philosophy of care and ensures the safety and well-being of each patient.

Key Responsibilities

• Assesses/re-assesses patient's by collecting and analyzing data through a systematic process of interaction with patients, patient's significant other, and the appropriate health care providers regarding the patient's physical, psychological, environmental, self-care, educational, spiritual, cultural, and anticipated discharge needs.
• Performs suicide assessments and understands suicide precautions.
• Identifies and incorporates each patient's unique needs into a comprehensive and individualized care plan.
• Identifies and includes into the care plan of each patient the disease, condition, impairment or disability.
• Evaluates each patients' care against the goals and plan of care and revises the care plan periodically, as needed.
• Accurate and litigable documentation that meets current standards and policies.
• Treats and cares for patients competently and as based on current developmental theories and psychiatric nursing knowledge and standards.
• Understands a wide range of psychosocial, cognitive and/or developmental disorders and physical disabilities.
• Rounds on patients, ensuring patient care and an environment that optimizes patient safety.
• Demonstrates knowledge of medication management to ensure patient care and reduce the likelihood of medical/health errors.
  
  Requirements
  
  Education/Licensure
  
  • Current Nevada State RN License
  • ADN / BSN or equivalent
  • Current CPR certification
    
    Skills And Abilities
    
    • Maintains confidentiality of patients at all times.
    • Sensitivity and willingness to interact with persons of various social, cultural, economic and educational backgrounds.
    • Working knowledge with software and/or equipment (Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
    • Strong clinical and interpersonal skills.
    • Ability to stabilize acute psychotic and non-violent crisis by using accepted intervention techniques.
    • Basic knowledge of abnormal psychology as typically found in the adult/adolescent psychiatric population helpful
    • Familiarity of psycho pharmacy and the use of psychotropic medications with child, adolescent or adult psychiatric population preferred.
      
      Benefits
      
      Desert Parkway offers competitive benefits to include
      
      • Health insurance
      • Vision insurance
      • Dental insurance
      • 401K Retirement Plan
      • Healthcare spending account
      • Dependent care spending account
      • PTO Plan with holiday premium pay
      • Discounted cafeteria meal plan
      • Life insurance (Supplemental Life, Term and Universal plans are also available)
      • Short- and long-term disability (with additional buy-in opportunities)

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