Registered Nurse III; Evening shift

Overview

The Department of Mental Health at the Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Center is seeking highly motivated and experienced Registered Nurse to work with resilient patients navigating their journey on the road to recovery.

The Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Center is a 60-bed inpatient psychiatric facility that provides comprehensive, information and timely forensic evaluations for individuals to determine pre-trial competency and/or criminal responsibility. We also provide quality, integrated care to support an individual’s recovery process through ongoing psychiatric treatment and care.

• Provides nursing care for patients by following professional, hospital, departmental and certification standards to maintain quality care.
• Identifies and addresses patient needs by performing nursing assessments and developing nursing interventions.
• Assumes charge nurse responsibility on an as-needed basis to provide critical thinking, prioritization, and delegation of patient care needs.
• Supervises employees of a lesser grade by assigning tasks, based on individual competencies, evaluating performance, and making recommendations concerning performance to maintain a high level of quality care.
• Performs duties of medication nurse by administering medication, communicating with physicians, transcribing orders and maintaining controlled counts and documentation to maintain accurate records.
• Works with patients by providing instruction to facilitate the independent management of their personal hygiene and health needs.
• Admits, transfers and discharges patients, coordinating health care services to ensure continuity of care following standards established by hospital policy and certification guidelines.
• Identifies, evaluates, and responds to changes in patient conditions, documenting and reporting such changes to appropriate person to ensure prompt response to patient needs.
• Provides psychosocial support to patients through individual counseling and group work to maintain the therapeutic milieu.
• Performs tasks of assigned staff in their absence to ensure continuity of care.
• Maintains an awareness of DMH regulations and hospital policy and procedure regarding the use of seclusion and restraint, through supervision and instruction, to maintain patient dignity and human rights.
• Maintains professional proficiencies by attending and participating in in-service trainings and educational programs to foster growth and development.
• Practices principles of Safety, Hope and Healing to provide a safe environment.
• Maintains and communicates to nursing staff through knowledge of DMH, CMS, JC and HIPAA standards to maintain standards of care.

• Knowledge of the problems in providing nursing services in a general/psychiatric setting.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of supervision including planning and assigning work according to the nature of the job to be accomplished.
• Ability to participate in a multidisciplinary team.

• Ability to interact with people who are under physical and/or emotional stress and in stressful settings.
• Given the population served, bilingual or multilingual fluency.

Please Note:

This position is 40 hours per week on unit 5 east, 2:45 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. Days off are Week A:
Sunday and Friday and Week B:
Tuesday and Saturday. Employees in this position will be required to perform mandatory overtime.

Agency Mission:
The Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Center, a 60-bed inpatient psychiatric facility, provides comprehensive, information and timely forensic evaluations for individuals to determine pre-trial competency and/or criminal responsibility. We also provide quality, integrated care to support an individual’s recovery process through ongoing psychiatric treatment and care. We envision an environment that is committed to preventing restraint and seclusion in which leadership and staff model compassion, caring, and hope.

An environment where individuals’ strengths are recognized and these strengths are utilized to foster hope, self-determination, and promote physical health and well-being so the individual…