Travel Nurse RN - Psychiatric - $1,669 per week at Parkridge Valley Hospital
Chattanooga, TN 37450
About the Job
- Type of equipment: Computer, Welch Allen Vital Sign Machine, Novameter, Pyxis, Imobile.
- Documentation system: Meditech.
- Patient Experience requirements: Prefer behavioral health experience.
- Advanced skills needed: This campus only goes up to first aid, any patient requiring a higher level of care will be transferred out to a medical hospital.
- Procedures performed on unit: Venipuncture, vital signs, suicide screenings, restraint/seclusion (no mechanical or chemical restraints), EKGs.
Certification Details
- Crisis Stabilization for ages 13-17. Usually, 5-7 day stay.
- Mental Health Techs run the groups and are with the patients 100% of the time.
- Each patient has a Physician, Social Service Representative (liaison for physician and family), Recreational Therapist, Nurse, Mental Health Tech.
- Each unit is also staffed with a manager on days and supervisor at night.
- Also 24/7 House Supervisor coverage for hospital.
Job Details
- Assures suicide, elopement, and other precautions are conducted according to need/order identified.
- Maintains therapeutic milieu, locked unit, locked sharps and assesses safety of the unit each shift.
- Conducts or delegates through search of patient for contraband upon admission and when need is indicated.
- Utilize specialized knowledge, judgment, and nursing skills necessary to assess data, plan, provide and evaluate care appropriate to the physical and developmental age of patients.
- Directs and redirects team assignments as needed throughout shift.
- Obtains and records initial assessment and establishes priorities for care according to patient age and needs.
- Performs assessments and reassessments per policy and as needed based on changes in the patient condition.
- Interacts with patient and family to develop and implement an individualized plan of care for the patient.
- Adequately assesses and reassesses pain. Utilizes appropriate pain management techniques.
- Formulates teaching plans based upon patients identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning.
- Provides direct patient care and adjusts nursing care processes as indicated to ensure optimal patient care.
- Monitors hemodynamic status of patient and correctly interprets the results.
- Demonstrates knowledge of monitoring specific to patient population and intervenes as indicated.
- Implements and documents timely interventions appropriate to patient needs.
- Maintains a safe, comfortable and therapeutic environment for patients and families.
- Demonstrates knowledge of medications and medication effects based on age of the patient and their clinical condition.
- Follows the five medication rights to reduce the potential for medication error.
- Reassesses patients systematically to identify outcomes of care and identifies needs that require intervention.
- Demonstrates knowledge of growth and development over the life span and provides age appropriate care to the patient population served.
- Interprets data about the patient’s status in order to identify each patient’s age specific needs and provides care needed by the patient group.
- Evaluates outcomes of care as indicated by the patient’s response to treatment, revises plan of care, and sets priorities for care.
- Works collaboratively with SSRs to assure appropriate utilization of services and to plan for post discharge needs, while keeping Manager informed.
- Treats patients and their families with respect and dignity. Identifies and addresses psychosocial, cultural, ethnic and religious / spiritual needs of patients and their families.
- Acknowledges and implements physician orders in timely manner.
- Assists physicians with procedures specific to department.
- Completes occurrence reports on all incidents or unusual events prior to end of shift, or assist staff in doing so.
- Coordinates assignments and makes adjustments based upon patient and unit needs; follows up on delegated patient care tasks for quality and completeness.
- Staffs / flexes according to Staffing Guidelines.
- Validates all LPN / MHT / staff RN assessments / documentation on shift assigned.
- Functions as a Preceptor or an educational resource in the initial and ongoing orientation of all assigned to the department (staff, students, etc).
- Supports restraint free environment utilizing preventative measures and de-escalation skills/techniques.
Job Requirements
- Scheduling requirements: 3-12hr shifts a week/2 weekends a month (Saturday & Sunday).
- Floating policy: may be floated to another unit or to do admissions.
Schedule Information
- Unit Specifics:
- Number of Beds: 16.
- Patient Ratios: 1:4, 1-2 nurses/3 Mental Health Techs.
- Unit staffing description: Each unit is staffed with a manager on days and supervisor at night. Also 24/7 House Supervisor coverage for hospital.
- Dress Code: Navy scrubs.
- Unit Guidelines/Policies: Must maintain therapeutic psychiatric boundaries with patients.
- Awards/Recognition: Please include anything that you would like prospective candidates to be aware of, such as links to videos that feature the department, outstanding department/team awards.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVoNfMrTQK4
- Any additional information that would entice a worker to select your unit for their assignment: Nurses self-schedule, blank schedule is posted and nurses work together to fill out the schedule, nurse manager reconciles schedule and then post schedule.
Unit Specific Information