Registered Nurse Behavioral Health Services Unit -G

Overview

Join Our Team at New Bridge Medical Center!

We are dedicated to providing high-quality, compassionate care to our diverse community. As a leading healthcare provider, we offer a supportive and inclusive work environment. If you’re passionate about making a difference and thrive in a collaborative setting, New Bridge Medical Center is looking for a Registered Nurse.

• Assessment, treatment and patient care responsibilities are delivered with knowledge of patient growth and development and are appropriate to the ages of the patients served.
• Identify and document initial observation and assessment of the patient s needs for immediate nursing action.
• Systematically and accurately assess nursing needs of the patient in order to detect pertinent changes in the clinical picture.
• Select, plan, evaluate, and document care based on assessment.
• Assess, intervene, and document appropriately to meet patient s educational, psychosocial, and discharge planning needs.
• Initiate appropriate referrals to other departments, services, and/or outside agencies for patient care.
• Direct patient care: give comprehensive patient care; initiate and follow through with patient and family teaching.
• Consult with unit Nursing Leadership regarding significant changes in patient s condition.
• Communicate relevant patient care information on shift-to-shift report.
• Utilize patient care standards in clinical practice.
• Collaborate with all members of the health care team.
• Document pertinent information regarding patient s response to treatment and progression toward discharge goals in the patient s chart.
• Complete Admission, Discharge, and Groups in electronic medical record.
• Seek clarification of physician s orders that are unclear or inappropriate.
• Interpret clinical data and notify the physician promptly if immediate changes in management are indicated.
• Indirect patient care activities: participate in interdisciplinary patient care rounds by presenting findings related to admission/discharge and disease-specific topics.
• Apply principles of infection control and safety.
• Understand and adhere to the Medical Center s Code of Conduct.
• Familiar with the Medical Center s Mission, Vision, and Values Statements.
• Provide customer service that reflects respect, flexibility, knowledge, confidence, professionalism, pleasant attitude, patience, and helpfulness; ensure responses are timely, professional, caring, and respectful according to patient experience expectations.
• Maintain established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental and infection control standards.

• Orient patients to the new environment; develop rapport with patients.
• Assist in data collection and analysis of Quality of groups as they relate to Depression disorders and self-harm reduction.
• Effectively utilize the hospital computer system as it pertains to job responsibilities and in accordance with hospital policy.
• Assist other personnel as needed. Be assigned to patient care in an emergency or other duties as assigned.
• Keep up-to-date with current trends pertinent to area of assignment.
• Participate in continuing education activities; attend mandatory scheduled inservice programs; share information gained at conferences with colleagues.
• Respond to hospital codes (Team 20, Dr. Strong, RRT and Code Blue, within assigned unit assignments).
• Perform other related duties as required.
• Attend monthly unit meetings.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support the overall objectives of the department and organization.

• Current NJ licensure as RN.
• BLS
• One year behavioral health experience preferred with a focus on admissions, discharges, and group management related to Depressive Disorders, and Self Harm behaviors.
• Clinical nursing skills for an experienced behavioral health RN.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Speaks, reads and writes English to the extent required by the position.

Graduation from accredited school of Nursing.

• Behavioral Health Service Units
• Frequently prolonged standing/walking.
• Protective clothing worn: face shield,…