RN, Peace Hospital, L Adolescent Psych PT

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RN, Peace Hospital, 2L Adolescent Psych, 11a-11p, PT

2020 Newburg Rd. Louisville, KY 40205

11a-11p (Part Time), 12 hour shifts, 3 shifts per week

UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with five hospitals, four medical centers, nearly 200 physician practice locations, more than 700 providers, the Frazier Rehab Institute and Brown Cancer Center. With more than 12,000 team members—physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly skilled health care professionals—UofL Health is focused on one mission: delivering patient-centered care to each and every patient each and every day.

We are hiring RNs at Peace Hospital
- Adolescent Psych Unit, 2 Lourdes. Peace Hospital, part of UofL Health, is a private, non‑profit behavioral health hospital. One of the largest behavioral health facilities in the nation, Peace Hospital is known for providing care for children, adolescents, adults and senior adults, age 55 and older. Our Kosair for Kids Children’s Peace Center is the largest and most comprehensive private provider of youth inpatient behavioral health services in the country treating children and adolescents with behavioral health and co‑occurring disorders.

We have a partial hospitalization program for school‑aged children and an inpatient specialty program for children and adolescents who have complex treatment needs, such as intellectual or developmental disabilities accompanied by acute behavioral and psychiatric symptoms.

• Conduct systematic, continuous and comprehensive assessments of patient health status from admission or encounter to discharge across the care continuum to ensure patient safety, collaborating with the healthcare team, patient and family; care addresses all aspects of the individual and family, including age, gender, spiritual, cultural, physical, psychosocial and patient preferences and proactively uses safety surveillance to prevent adverse outcomes
• Independently administer medications per licensure authority, assess and reassess the effects of these medications, and document administration in a timely manner per policies, procedures and regulatory requirements; consistently adheres to patient safety guidelines regarding all aspects of medication administration
• In collaboration with patient and family, plan care using current scientific knowledge, theory, and care standards within the nursing interventions and outcomes framework and national patient safety goals; construct individualized, age‑specific plans for optimal patient and family outcomes, as appropriate to the practice setting; incorporate data from the multi‑disciplinary care team into the plan of care to assure continuity and appropriate patient teaching
• In collaboration with patient and family, identify and prioritise patient problems based on subjective and objective assessment data, patient safety considerations, patient and family goals and preferences, and nursing interventions and the medical plan of care
• Implement nursing care interventions to meet patient and family centre health care needs. Demonstrate competent skills, appropriate clinical judgments and chain of command to promote patient safety and reach planned care goals and outcomes
• Competently and consistently assess, conduct and evaluate the outcomes of patient and family teaching, from admission or episode of care to discharge, teaching reflects sensitivity to age, learning needs and cultural background
• Evaluate care by performing regular and systematic reviews of patient/family responses to interventions; revise the multi‑disciplinary plan of care in collaboration with other care team members to promote desired outcomes; recognise care variances and take steps to prevent or intervene with potential or real adverse events to promote safe care
• Serve as an advocate for the patient and family, demonstrate respect for their rights, responsibilities, and sensitivity to their preferences; prepare the patient and family for discharge; obtain feedback to promote positive patient satisfaction outcomes
• Work collaboratively, with appropriate monitoring and…