Psychiatric Staff Nurse

SUMMARY:

Utilizing the nursing process, is responsible for providing for the acute and long-term nursing care needs of patients, families, and generic Program milieu within the context of Program, Department, and Hospital standards. Provides services to children and adolescents.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provides direct nursing and patient care services through application of nursing process by assessing patient’s immediate and long-term needs.

Initiates biopsychosocial assessment of patients’ acute nursing needs guided by admission procedure; documents such in required patient medical records format.

Assures completion of the nursing assessment form within 8 hours of admission for assigned patient.

Communicates significant changes in assessment findings to the nurse in charge and other appropriate health care providers and summarizes the patient’s status in team meetings and reports.

Provides direct patient care through the application of nursing process by planning treatment interventions with the patient, family, and health care team.

Initiates patient care plan at the time of admission and completes plan within 8 hours according to admission procedure.

Plans for patient/staff safety according to established Hospital procedures.

Develops and updates the patient care plan to reflect the patient status each shift:

- Formulates patient and family treatment goals.

- Identifies nursing interventions based on treatment goals.

- Identifies patient/family strengths.

- Identifies inpatient and aftercare needs of patient and family.

- Formulates measurable short and long-term goals with time.

Other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Licensure as Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island by the Rhode Island Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.

BASIC KNOWLEDGE:

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing 

Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients with consideration of aging processes, human development stages and cultural patterns in each step of the care process.

EXPERIENCE:

One year of psychiatric nursing and/or pediatric nursing preferred

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Work is performed in a psychology-based clinical setting requiring extensive standing, walking and occasional lifting of patients.

Strong background and experience working with students with various emotional and behavioral disorders in addition to a developmental disability, such as intellectual disability of autism spectrum disorders

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:

None

Pay Range:

$35.70-$71.40

EEO Statement:

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

Location:

Bradley Hospital - 1011 Veterans Memorial Pkwy East Providence, Rhode Island 02915

Work Type:

7:00 pm - 7:30 am, x2/week, EOW, EOH

Work Shift:

Night

Daily Hours: 

12 hours

Driving Required:

No