Registered Nurse; RN

Overview

About Unity Psychiatric Care, a division of Franklin, Tennessee-based American Health Partners Inc., operates psychiatric hospitals in Memphis, Clarksville, Columbia, and Martin, Tennessee, as well as in Bridgeport and Huntsville, Alabama. These hospitals specialize in treating geriatrics who are experiencing a mental health crisis or behavioral disturbances, including those caused by dementia. Services include a full range of diagnostic evaluation and behavioral health treatments.

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Position:
Clinical oversight for day-to-day hospital operations, with work in a therapeutic setting, following physician orders, completing assessments, initiating and updating treatment plans, directing patient care, facilitating group and individual therapy/education, arranging intake and continuum of care, applying treatment and restraints or seclusion interventions, meeting patient goals, clinical documentation, IV administration, educating family members, and teaching/supervising other mental health workers.

Work hours:

7:00 am to 7:00 pm

• Evaluates the care for each patient on admission and on an ongoing basis in accordance with accepted nursing practice
• Ensures that the nursing staff develops and keeps current nursing care plans for each patient
• Makes all patient care assignments
• Reviews staffing schedules and adjusts for nursing staff absenteeism to meet patient care needs
• IV administration and venipuncture techniques as authorized by state laws
• Patient/Family education regarding medication administration, patient disorder needs, benefits, side effects, disease prevention and basic living skills
• Complete comprehensive nursing assessments, treatment, and tests
• Complete psychiatric metric measures
• Provide pharmaceutical services within scope of license and education
• Demonstrates the development of discharge plans/reassessments and arrangements for appropriate post-hospital care to avoid unnecessary delays in discharge
• Provide emergency care within safe and appropriate times

• One (1) year of clinical nursing experience preferably in geriatrics and/or mental health

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing with a Registered Nursing (RN) degree
• Current State Registered Nursing (RN) license
• Current CPR Certification
• Current CPI Certification

• Position may require unscheduled overtime, weekend work
• Must be willing and able to work flexible hours
• Travel required

• Job will require frequent lifting of objects up to 40 pounds

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