Registered Nurse

Job Title: Staff Registered Nurse

Summary of Responsibilities: The Staff Nurse is a Registered Nurse who provides nursing care to child, adolescents, adult, geriatric, and long term care patients utilizing the nursing process. The Staff Nurse is directly responsible to the RN Supervisor for quality patient care given to patients on the unit.

Reports to: Center Director/ House Supervisor.

Supervisory Responsibility: Licensed Practical Nurses, Psychiatric Technicians, Mental Health Associates.

Job Duties:

• Admits, discharges and transfers patients based on physician orders and per P&P's.
• Ensures that patients and families are oriented to the hospital, the unit and to the program. .
• Makes discharge plans for each patient in collaboration with the treatment team.
• Collaborates with members of other disciplines.
• Carries out and documents patient/family education and discharge planning per policies and procedures.
• Assists with procedures and physical exams.
• Safely prepares, administers, and monitors results of medications.
• Observes patient behavior for changes in order to intervene therapeutically, guide nonprofessional nursing staff, communicate changes to appropriate staff, and record changes.
• Interviews with patients and family on admission and produces a written nursing assessment and Master Treatment Plan.
• Assists patient with ADLS, completes patient rounds, observes precautions and documents.
• Collects specimens, completes vital signs, obtains height and weight per physician order.
• Supervises nonprofessional staff in, providing quality nursing care.
• Reviews medical records, checks physician orders, and records these orders.
• Acts as charge nurse when so designated by the RN Supervisor or the Unit/ Center Director.
• Participates in the development, interpretation, implementation of the Department's philosophy, objectives, standards, policies and procedures
• Incorporates cost containment into nursing plans and their implementation.
• Participates in staff development.
• Attends unit staff meetings (at least 10 per year.)
• Participates in committee activities as required by Director.
• Demonstrates awareness and follows program policies to include contraband and sharps, search policy, and understands significance of enforcing these policies to promote a safe, drug free environment.

Special Qualifications:

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Bachelor's Degree in nursing (preferred). A diploma graduate and an associate degree in nursing acceptable.
• Current status as a Registered Nurse in the State of Alabama.
• Demonstrates knowledge of normal growth and development of the population served.
• Heavy Lifting up to (70)pounds
• Heavy Carrying (45) pounds and over
• Straight Pulling (3-4 hours per shift)
• Pushing (3-4 hours per shift)
• Reaching above Shoulder (1 hour per shift) Use of fingers, both hands required Walking unassisted (8) hours
• Repeated Squatting (3-4 hours per shift)
• Climbing legs only (1-2 hours per shift)
• Ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously Far vision correctable in both eyes to 20/40 and to 20/100 in other Near vision correctable at 13" to 16" Jeagar#2
• Hearing (one aid permitted with ability to hear conversational voice 15 feet one ear)