Perks!

• Health Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Life Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Employee Discount
• FSA & HSA
• Professional Development Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program
• and More!

A Brief Overview

Behavioral Health is a specialty within the nursing profession that encompasses the care of individuals across the life span who present with physical, emotional, or psychological alterations of health. Psychiatric nursing is care of acute and chronic illnesses in nature and occurs in a variety of care settings. Psychiatric nursing encompasses care of various psychiatric illnesses at varies stages in the acute setting helping prepare the patient and family for safe discharge and therapeutic continuum of care. It includes the care of patients greater than the age of and multiple psychiatric conditions. Psychiatric nurses have adapted nursing process to include components of de-escalation skills, maintaining safety, assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation of human responses when caring for patients.

Essential Job Duties

- Collects pertinent data and information relative to the patient, situation, or setting.
- Analyzes assessment data to determine actual or potential problems, and issues.
- Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient or situation.
- Develops a collaborative plan encompassing strategies to achieve expected outcomes.
- Implements identified plan through coordination of care and employs strategies to promote health and wellness.
- Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes.
- Complies with all policies, standards, mandatory training and requirements of Stormont Vail Health
- Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

- Bachelor's Degree Bachelors of Science: Nursing (BSN) (Preferred)
- Registered Nurse - KSBN A multistate license with the ability to practice within the State of Kansas is also accepted. (Required)
- Basic Life Support - BLS Must have within 90 days of hire.
- RQI, CPR or ACLS certifications may be required in lieu of or in addition to BLS depending on department.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From $35.33 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Pediatrics
• Psychiatry

Physical setting:

• Acute care

Standard shift:

• Day shift
• Night shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Differential pay
• Overtime pay

Supplemental schedule:

• Holidays
• Overtime

Weekly schedule:

• 3x12

Ability to Commute:

• Topeka, KS 66606 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Topeka, KS 66606: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person