All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

• Benefits from Day One
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Nursing Clinical Ladder Program

Our promise to you:

Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.

Schedule: Full Time

Shift: DAY

The community you’ll be caring for:

AdventHealth Deland

701 W Plymouth AVE, Deland, 32720

The role you’ll contribute:

The Behavioral Health Registered Nurse is responsible for the delivery of coordinated nursing care for a patient or an assigned group of patients within the Behavioral Health Unit and for the day-to-day management and supervision of the related clinical activities. The Nurse is responsible for supervising and responsibly directing the activities of various levels of assigned nursing personnel utilizing both professional and supervisory discretion and independent judgment. Uses the nursing skills of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation in their patient care delivery. Primary function is the delivery of competent, compassionate, and cost effective nursing care. To utilize the nursing process in the direction and administration of the medical, psychiatric, and nursing plan of care. This performance is in compliance with established policies, procedures and protocols under the supervision of the Nurse Manager, Director, Vice President of Clinical Services, and or designee

The value you’ll bring to the team:

• Demonstrates effective assessment skills to ensure quality patient care is provided.

• Performs and documents accurate initial assessment per unit standard which may include: initial observation, obtaining and interpreting information in terms of the patients' needs, safety, discharge planning, psych/social/cultural, family needs, multi-system physical assessment, patient/family level of knowledge and readiness to learn about disease process and care requirements. Reports appropriate information in a timely manner to responsible physician.

• Observes and monitors patient lab work for trends and reports abnormal lab tests to the appropriate physician and obtains appropriate interventions.

• Utilizes clinical data to implement appropriate interventions.

• Performs and documents ongoing patient assessment which accurately reflects patients' physical and mental status ranging from child to geriatric according to unit standards and patient condition.

• Initiates use of restraints per hospital policy and procedures. Demonstrates commitment in the use of safe and appropriate alternatives prior to the application of any patient restraint device. Maintains competency in the application, monitoring and care of the patient in non-violent and violent restraints.

• Consistently develops an appropriate plan of care for patient from admission to discharge.

• Develops, prioritizes, and documents a plan of care that is individualized and involves patient, family, and/or significant other in goal setting per unit standards.

• Demonstrates knowledge and ability in the preparation of patients for tests, procedures and surgeries ordered.

• Establishes appropriate implementation of nursing actions to ensure competent nursing care is delivered.

• Provides individualized goal directed nursing care to patients in the nursing unit, utilizing the nursing process and standards of nursing care.

• Documents physical assessments in the electronic medical record. Assesses patients for desired and undesired changes in their mental/physical condition according to unit standards. Reports appropriate information in a timely manner to responsible physician and obtain appropriate intervention.

• Maintains a professional rapport with physicians, patients, and families. Utilizes communication skills appropriate to age-specific needs.

• Provides the necessary and appropriate education to the patient and family from admission through discharge. This includes, but is not limited to, the patient’s medical and nursing plan of care, medications, tests and procedures, disease process, and discharge instructions. Initiates and documents the education provided including the patient response and outcomes on the patient/family education record. Initiates referrals to health care providers as necessary.

• Provides general supervision and guidance of permanent licensed and non-licensed nursing personnel and temporary nursing personnel i.e. – RN, LPN, PCT U.S, M.T. in the job functions for the delivery of safe, therapeutic and quality patient care outcomes.

• Provides competent and compassionate care to the patient with pain according to policy.

• Maintains a safe patient care environment.

• Demonstrates ability to administer medications as ordered: PO, SQ, IV, IV PUSH, IVPB, IM, SL, PR, topical, and intradermal accurately and appropriately.

• Responds and participates in unit and hospital code situations. Utilizes knowledge and experience to treat the patient according to the standards of BLS and ACLS protocols.

• Demonstrates ability to provide safe, competent nursing care for the patient requiring oxygen supplementation or support.

• Demonstrates ability to administer, adjust and monitor response to IV medication infusions and IV medications in a safe, competent and independent manner.

• Admits, transfers and discharges patients in a professional and competent manner.

• Verifies and signs off physician orders on all assigned patients.

• Obtains lab specimens as ordered and per policy and procedure.

• Accompanies patients as assigned for transport to other facilities, hospitals, or procedures as appropriate.

• Effectively evaluates the nursing plan of care to ensure safe, competent delivery of care is provided.

• Evaluates and communicates patient’s response to medical nursing plan of care to appropriate team members.

• Evaluates effectiveness of care provided by other team members and reports outcomes as necessary.

• Demonstrates the ability to de-escalate an agitated patient in therapeutic manner, acts as a leader during a Code Gray, and directs the Code Gray team in providing appropriate interventions in order to maintain safety of the patients, staff, and environment.

• Conducts therapeutic/educational groups and activities with patients, focused on the needs of the patient population.

• Assess patients for safety needs related to suicidal thoughts and alcohol and substance withdrawal, provides appropriate interventions and administers ordered medications based on individual assessments.

• Demonstrates knowledge and ability to effective care and therapeutically engage and care for patients with diagnoses within the DSM V.

• Effectively assesses patients and environments for safety risks in relation to ligature risk and items of contraband.

The expertise and experiences you’ll need to succeed:

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS PREFERRED:

• Prior hospital/Behavioral Health nursing experience

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Graduate of school of nursing with a minimum of an Associate of Science degree or diploma.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE PREFERRED:

• Bachelors (BSN) degree

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIRED:

• Active Florida RN license required or active multi-state RN license

• Current AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

• Formal De-escalation Training- must be obtained within 90 days of employment

• AHCA Level II Fingerprint Background

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION PREFERRED:

• National certification in areas of practice

• Member of national professional organization