Psychiatric Nurse, Brockton Behavioral Health Nights w​/weekend

Overview

Boston Medical Center seeks a Psychiatric Nurse for its 82‑bed behavioral health hospital in Brockton, MA. The unit operates as a behavioral health accountable care organization providing inpatient treatment and stabilization for patients with complex mental health and substance use needs. Psychiatric Nurses play a critical role in a multidisciplinary, multicultural team delivering high‑quality behavioral health care to acute populations.

• Position: Psychiatric Nurse
• Department: Brockton Behavioral Health Center
• Schedule: 36 hours (nights) with evenings, weekends, holidays

Under the general direction of the Nurse Manager, the Psychiatric Nurse provides direct patient care, including nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and coordination of care for patients and families across the continuum. The role is accountable for clinical, educational, quality, and fiscal patient care outcomes using the unit’s model of care and established agency policies.

Consistently and effectively utilizes all steps of the nursing process in the provision of timely, safe, efficient and appropriate patient‑centered care.

• Assesses the patient and family in a systematic and ongoing manner for both overt and covert signs and symptoms in accordance with the standards of clinical nursing practice.
• Collects pertinent data using appropriate assessment techniques.
• Prioritizes data according to the patient’s immediate condition or needs.
• Involves the patient, family/significant others and appropriate behavioral health care providers in the collection of data when appropriate.
• Uses clear, concise and effective written/oral communication and complies with departmental policies when sharing/documenting relevant patient care data.
• Identifies emergency/crisis situations, communicates such timely to appropriate team members, and responds appropriately when needed.

Analyzes the assessment data to determine appropriate nursing diagnoses.

• Demonstrates use of critical thinking skills, derives and documents appropriate diagnoses from patient and family assessment data.

Identifies expected outcomes individualized to the patient.

• Derives and documents realistic, appropriate clinical and educational patient‑centered outcomes consistent with patient’s diagnoses, capabilities and expectations in accordance with the standards of clinical nursing practice.
• Develops outcomes as measurable goals which include a time estimate for attainment and provides direction for continuity of care.
• Mutually formulates outcomes with the patient, significant others and behavioral health care team when appropriate.

Develops a plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.

• Develops and documents an individualized plan of care that reflects the patient’s condition, prioritizes his/her needs, and provides for continuity of care.
• Develops the plan with the client, significant others and appropriate behavioral health care providers.
• Develops a plan reflective of current nursing practice standards, policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines.
• Plan reflects effective use of available resources and appropriate internal/external referrals in order to provide comprehensive care to patients and families.

Implements interventions identified in the nursing and medical plan of care.

• Prioritizes patient care interventions based on fluctuating patient and unit needs.
• Effectively delegates appropriate patient care activities to co‑workers with appropriate knowledge and skill level and ensures completion of delegated tasks in a timely manner.
• Provides for a safe, clean unit environment through risk‑management practices.
• Demonstrates safe technical competence based on patient needs, including direct care skills such as phlebotomy and IV insertion.
• Implements patient care interventions, administers medications in accordance with established practice standards, policies, and protocols.
• Educates patient and family regarding current illness, procedures, treatments, plan of care as well as health maintenance, promotion, and illness/injury prevention.
• In emergency/crisis situations, demonstrates…