Registered Nurse Psychiatry

Matrix Providers is hiring Registered Nurse (Psychiatry In-Patient Units) to join our team of talented professionals who provide health care services to our Military Service Members and their families in at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA

• Employment Status: Full Time
• Schedule: 3 days a week, Day Shift: 0645-1915
• Compensation: $32.80 - 40.85/hr + H&W $5.09
• Benefits: Competitive financial package with a comprehensive insurance package including health, dental, vision, and life coverage.
  • Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Paid Holidays (Outlined in Handbook)
  • 401(k) Plan

The Registered Nurse must have and meet the following:

• Degree: Associates Degree of Nursing.
• Education: Graduate from a college or university accredited by Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), or may be a graduate of a state accredited professional nursing program.
• Experience: Possess a minimum of one (1) year of experience within the last two (2) years working as an inpatient Psychiatric RN.
• Certification: Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers, American Heart Association, or American Red Cross Healthcare Provider Course.
• Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse.

Registered Nurse Core Job Duties:

• Perform a full range of RN duties in accordance with assignment under the task order, including: triage;15 of 23 patient assessment and monitoring; use of patient monitoring and treatment equipment; appropriate nursing care, procedures, and treatments; execution of physicians’ orders within the guidelines of standard nursing practice; documentation of patient care and observations; and patient education and emotional support.
• Assess each patient and perform triage duties as assigned.
• Provide treatment and discharge instructions upon patient release.
• Perform assessment/data collection in an ongoing and systematic manner, focusing on physiological, psychological, and cognitive status.
• Provide a safe and clean environment for each patient.
• Identify patient/significant other learning needs and implement appropriate measures to meet identified needs.
• Provide clinical guidance and instruction to LPNs/LVNs, nursing assistants and ancillary personnel.
• Demonstrate sound knowledge base and action in the care and decision making for designated patient populations. If weaknesses or deficiencies are identified either by peer reviews, quality control reports (QCRs), or evaluations the HCW will be required to complete refresher training (in-services, competency reviews, continuing education, etc.) at Contractor expense.
• Perform documentation (manually and/or by use of computer) duties on unit and inpatient record that are timely, accurate, and concise.
• Implement care in a knowledgeable, skillful, consistent, and continuous manner.
• Demonstrate competency in medication and intravenous (IV) administration to include blood products and Total Parental Nutrition (TPN) intramuscular (IM) and subcutaneous (SQ) administration and demonstrate competency in phlebotomy as specific to the position.
• Safely administer prescribed medications to include intravenous drips and intravenous push drugs.
• Identify patient/significant other learning needs and implement appropriate measures to meet identified needs.
• Perform documentation (manually and/or by use of computer) duties on unit and inpatient record which are timely, accurate, and concise.
• Demonstrate self-directed learning.
• Demonstrate effective and professional communication methods, and skills, using lines of authority appropriately.
• Formulate and use effective working relationships with all health care team members, patients, and significant others. Refer unsolved complaints or infractions to the Division Head with recommendations for appropriate action
• Practice effective problem identification and resolution skills as a method of sound decision making.
• Provide individual, group, and family/significant other counseling and health teaching in relation to the patient's condition and his/her ability for self-care. Provide for accessibility to various literature resources dealing with subjects related to specific patient health problems. Provide physical and psychological support to patients and significant others, explain procedures and treatments, and promote cooperation among staff, patients, and significant others.16 of 23
• Participate in the orientation and training of newly assigned unit personnel. Participate in cross-training initiatives.
• Provide input into competency assessments of newly assigned unit personnel. Collaborate in the review of clinic standing operating procedures.
• If directed, perform phone triage based on accepted protocols and assist as needed in accessing appropriate ambulatory/emergency care for beneficiaries.
• Practice effective problem identification and resolution skills as a method of sound decision making.
• Apply in-depth knowledge of nursing theory and principles relative to the care of patients with complex psychiatric conditions, to include substance abuse, milieu therapy, group dynamics, use of psychotropic medications and crisis intervention.
• Participate in discharge planning utilizing available resources, to include rehabilitation as appropriate.
• Assess and intervene in clinical situations (including suicidal, homicidal, or elopement behavior) that may require intervention to maintain a safe and therapeutic environment.

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