Registered Nurse - Behavioral Health

It's more than a career, it's a calling

MO-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

Join Our Team y's Hospital! Make a difference every day while enjoying competitive pay, great benefits, and a supportive work environment.

Sign-On Bonus:
Eligible external candidates may qualify for a sign-on bonus—ask your recruiter for details!

Why You’ll Love Working Here

We offer competitive, affordable health insurance and benefits designed to support you and your family:

• Get paid every day!

• Paid maternity & paternity coverage

• Adoption assistance

• Multiple health insurance options & wellness plans

• Retirement benefits with employer matching

• Long & short-term disability coverage

• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)

Job Summary:

Provides direct patient care to behavioral health patients in accordance with the established policies and procedures of the facility.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Completes admitting and shift assessments on assigned patients including behaviors; accurately and within time-frame set in policy and procedures.

• Utilizes critical thinking skills and judgement to analyze patient assessment data and notify physician of changes in condition.

• Participates in the development, review and evaluation of multidisciplinary treatment plans as per policies and procedures.

• Documents all nursing care given and adheres to nursing standards and ministry policies and procedures.

• Consistently and accurately implements and records physicians orders.

• Assesses and monitors patients and environment for safety within the unit.

• Serves as a clinical resource and supervises care delivered by LPN's and techs.

• Educates patients and families based on assessed needs and documents education provided in the Electronic Health Record.

• Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge in health care to 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.

• As an SSM Health nurse, I will demonstrate the professional nursing standards defined in the professional practice model. Uses the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses to guide his/her response to the current and evolving health and nursing needs of our patients and our patient populations.

• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing

EXPERIENCE

• No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.

• Constant standing and walking.

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.

• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.

• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing lbs.

• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.

• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

• Occasional driving.

• Rare crawling and running.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

State of

Work Location:

Illinois

• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)

• And

• Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

State of

Work Location:

Missouri

• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)

• And

• Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration

• Or

• Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State

State of

Work Location:

Oklahoma

• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)

• And

• Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State

• Or

• Registered Nurse (RN) -…