RN; Part Time Behavioral Health Unit, AVH

Company : Allegheny Health Network Job Description :

At AHN, employees trust working together and place patients at the center of all they do. This 9 Hospital system, a part of Highmark Health, is transforming the future of healthcare by providing highly effective services to customers, patients and communities. AHN has commitment and dedication to being inclusive, valuing fresh perspectives, and offering the best growth and educational opportunities to employees.

Allegheny Valley Hospital is a 188-bed community, union hospital serving the surrounding neighborhoods of Natrona Heights.

The BHU is a 16-bed unit; all semi private; locked unit; combined with Geripsych.

• See patients undergoing medication changes and need monitored
• Some withdrawal or psychosis patients
• Alzheimer’s and dementia are possible, but not primary population

Utilizes the nursing process to provide and direct delivery of patient care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols.

• Performs initial and on-going physical and psychosocial assessment according to accepted standards of nursing practice. (30%)
• Participates in treatment team conferences to assist in planning and revising goals, objectives and interventions appropriate to the age-related and problem-specific needs of each patient. (10%)
• Implements the nursing process to delegate, provide and coordinate patient care according to the interdisciplinary plan of care. (30%)
• Facilitates and/or co-leads individual and group therapy sessions for patients. (15%)
• Evaluates patient's response to interventions and revises nursing plan of care as needed. (15%)

• Current PA licensure as an RN
• CPR – American Heart Association
• Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate

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