Psychiatric RN Opportunity
Location: Wilmington Delaware
Description: Maxim Healthcare Services is presently looking of Psychiatric RN Opportunity right now, this occupation will be placed in Delaware. Further informations about this occupation opportunity please read the description below. Maxim Staffing Solutions in Wilmington, DE is actively seeking RNs to work in a psychiatric facility in New Castle County. This position is up to full-time hours covering! all shifts. The main need is 3p - 11p and all shifts on weekends.
Requirements include:
- +1 years psychiatric specific experience
- Active Delaware or compact RN license
- Positive hardworking attitude
The Registered Nurse, as a professional practitioner employed by Maxim Staffing Solutions, assumes responsibility and accountability for the application of the nursing process and the delivery of patient
care. The nurse demonstrates ability to make clinical judgments in an effective and efficient manner with supervision. The nurse demonstrates critical thinking and performance ability in the coordination of patient care. Consistently performs according to nursing standards and is accountable in managing patient care and assistin! g others in the management of patient care.
Respon! sibilities include:
- Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care in a psychiatric facility setting.
- Performs focused interview to identify specific patients needs.
- Assess signs and symptoms indicating physiologic and psychosocial changes in the patientâs condition.
- Collects, analyzes, and interprets data and information from health care members and documents actual and/or potential nursing diagnoses.
- Documents the patientâs plan of care using identified nursing diagnoses, expected patient outcomes, and selected nursing interventions.
- Identifies and prioritizes actions based upon patient care requirements.
- Monitors consistency between patient plan of care and actions of medical staff.
- Performs interventions according to identified priorities, plan of care, and the hospital policies and patient care outcome standard.
- Provides a safe, comfortable an! d therapeutic patient environment.
- Initiates and evaluates patient and/or family education.
- Revises the plan of care according to evaluation, changes in medical plan of care, and effective/ineffective nursing interventions.
- Documents patientâs response to nursing and other interventions.
- Uses clinical judgment in evaluation activities to meet patient care needs of an assigned unit/floor including establishing priorities.
- Monitors the safety and effectiveness of the environment and equipment.
- Participates in activities to facilitate good interpersonal communications with the chosen facility.
- Supports professional practice by observing the following: Uses knowledge and practices in accordance with 1) the Nurse Practice Act; 2) Standards of Nursing Practice; 3) Standards of Patient Care; 4)JCAHO, state and local laws; 5) Patientâs Bill of Rights; and 6) Maxim Healthcare, nursing and client hospital policies.
- Other duties as assigned
- Current Registered Nurse License for the state in which the nurse practices.
- Full command, verbal and written, of the English language.
- Current Health Certificate (if applicable)
- Current PPD or chest X-Ray.
- One year prior professional nursing experience in a psychiatric acute care hospital or its equivalent preferred.
- Current BLS card.
- Successful completion of screening tests for the clinical specialty area(s) in which the RN practices with a score of 80% or greater.
- Maxim background screening.
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
- 401k Program
- Competitive Pay
- Flexible Scheduling
- Direct Deposit
- Positive Work Environment and Internal Bonuses
- Travel Benefits (as applicable)
- 24 hour on- call service
EOE/AAE
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If you were eligible to this occupation, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Maxim Healthcare Services.
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This occupation starts available on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 22:05:14 GMT