RN- Behavioral Health Unit
Company: SSM Health
Location: Jefferson City
Posted on: November 20, 2023
Job Description:
It's more than a career, it's a callingMO-SSM Health St. Mary's
Hospital - Jefferson City Worker Type: Regular Job Highlights: As a
RN, you will learn ways to adapt care and adjust to different
treatment plans for patients' evolving needs. As an advocate for
each patient, you may comfort patients and their families,
encourage patients to improve, and fulfill other roles as needed.
The work can be demanding as well as emotionally rewarding. In
return, you can expect a work environment where:RN's feel valued,
respected and free to express themselves; each employee finds
meaning in work, leveraging skills and talents toward a greater
purpose; teamwork and collaboration is encouraged, while management
is supportive. If the needs, wants, and goals of each patient
matter to you then we'd love to learn more! Please fill out your
application today.Join a network of RN's just as kind and powerful
as you.Job Summary:Provides direct nursing care in accordance with
established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare
organization. Job Responsibilities and Requirements: PRIMARY
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Uses standards of medical-surgical nursing practice to increase
the quality of care and quality of life for the patient, family,
and significant other(s) by systematically evaluating the quality
and effectiveness of nursing practice.
- Establishes effective relationships and serves as an advocate
with the patient, family, and significant other(s) to facilitate
the development of the care plan unique to the patient's care
needs.
- Uses the nursing process to develop and implement the plan of
care, collect assessment data for each patient, determine
appropriate nursing diagnoses, identify expected patient outcomes,
determine the plan of care, implement interventions, and evaluate
patient outcomes.
- Develops assessment and management strategies based on a
consideration of the physical, functional, cultural, social,
economic, developmental, spiritual, vocational, and leisure
dimensions of human responses to actual and potential health
problems.
- Demonstrates knowledge of the impact of actual or potential
illness and each patient's physical, functional, cultural, social,
economic, developmental, spiritual, vocational, and leisure
status.
- Utilizes leadership skills by coordinating and collaborating
with the patient, family, significant other(s), communities, and
members of the inter-professional team in assessing needs, setting
goals, planning interventions, providing care, and evaluating
outcomes.
- Utilizes effective communication to participate with the
patient, family, significant other(s), and other health care
providers in collaborative decision making that reflects the
understanding that care should be culturally sensitive, ethical,
legal, holistic, informed, compassionate, and humane, and within
the boundaries of available economic resources.
- Educates the patient, family, and significant other(s) about
measures that promote, maintain, and restore health or promote
comfort.
- Fosters a healthy work environment within the practice setting
and profession by serving as a mentor and role model for nursing
colleagues, students, and others.
- Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and
scientific knowledge in health care to medical-surgical nursing
practice, ensuring that nursing care is delivered based on
patient's age-specific needs and clinical needs as described in the
department's Scope of Service.
- Performs other duties as assigned.EDUCATION
- Graduate of accredited school of nursingEXPERIENCE
- No experience requiredLicenses / Certifications:Basic Life
Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association
(AHA), Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse (CMSRN) -
Medical Surgical Nursing Certification Board (MSNCB), Certified
Medical-Surgical RN (CMSRN) - American Association of Critical-Care
Nurses (AACN), Certified Oncology Nurse (OCN) - American
Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), Certified Oncology
Nurse - Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC),
Medical-Surgical Nurse-Board Certified (RN-BC) - American
Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), Medical-Surgical
Nursing Certification (RN-BC) - American Nurses Credentialing
Center (ANCC), Orthopedic Nurse Certified (ONC) - Orthopaedic
Nurses Certification Board (ONCB), Registered Nurse (RN) - State of
Work Location or Compact Multi-State License, Stroke Certified
Registered Nurse (SCRN) - American Board of Neuroscience Nursing
(ABNN), Vascular Access Certification (VA-BC) - Vascular Access
Certification Corporation (VACC)Work Shift:Day Shift (United States
of America) Job Type: Employee Department: 4 East BHM Scheduled
Weekly Hours: 36 SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM
Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion,
national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic
protected by applicable law. Click here to learn more.
Keywords: SSM Health, Jefferson City , RN- Behavioral Health Unit, Healthcare , Jefferson City, Missouri
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