Key Responsibilities / Job Accountabilities:

• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing physical, emotional, and spiritual support to patients and families.

• Assesses and identifies patient care requirements by utilizing evidence-based assessment and screening tools.
• Collaborates with other disciplines to develop a treatment plan that reflects patient assessments, goals of patient and family, and functionality.
• Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills, as appropriate.
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing department philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, The Joint Commission, Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and other governing agency regulations.
• Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Maintains safe and clean environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations, with assistance from unlicensed support personnel.
• Provides effective crisis intervention through clinical leadership, teamwork, and respect for patient to ensure that best outcome.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.