- Professional
- Office in Philadelphia
Mission:
Provides clinical leadership and oversees direct nursing care of patients with psychiatric disorders and co-occurring chemical dependency. Collaborates with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; provides physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families; supervises assigned team members.
Essential Function:
- Completes all required assessments promptly.
- Consistently reflects ongoing assessments in patients' treatment plans and progress notes.
- Notes, logs, and other applicable written information are completed promptly and accurately, and information is shared with leadership promptly.
- Ensures clients can remain safe in the programs and participate to the best of their ability through safety measures, room assignments, and other measures.
- Effectively assesses unusual, complex, or otherwise difficult cases and implements strategies to address client needs.
- Proactively identifies potential problems and educates other unit staff to realize improved patient care.
- Provides patients, families, and visitors with accurate, complete information.
- Ensures optimal use of resources, internal or external, in the patient’s best interest.
- Actions demonstrate a thorough knowledge of patients' diagnoses and treatment interests.
- Treatment plans are complete and done within the required time frames.
- The treatment plan and progress notes clearly reflect the progress of the patient and family toward goals and response to interventions.
- Establishes effective discharge plans, individualized and relevant to the needs of patients and significant others.
- Documentation is thorough and concise and reflects the client’s wishes.
- Demonstrates follow-through with measures outlined in the treatment plan and nursing care plan.
- Communicates unit rules and policies clearly to patients and family members and seeks feedback to ensure a clear understanding.
- Offers constructive feedback and direction to students and interns when working on the unit.
- Conveys accurate information to new unit nursing staff in a supportive and courteous manner.
- Document patient teaching that has taken place, including the patients' response to teaching.
- Independently seeks outside educational opportunities and offers to in-service other staff members on knowledge gained from educational opportunities.
- Reinforces positive behaviors of staff.
- Promptly notifies nursing leadership or Program Administrator of performance or conduct problems.
- Intervenes effectively in staff performance or conducts problem-solving when acting in a supervisory capacity.
- Improves performance of other employees via sound instruction and guidance
- Follows department and hospital communication protocols; follows proper chain-of-command to relay information.
- Communications demonstrate support of department and hospital staff guidelines.
- Formally suggests nursing and program improvements.
- Properly instructs and guides behavioral health technicians and LPNs in patient care responsibilities and assignments.
- Covers work assignments, shifts, and locations as requested.
- Stays thoroughly informed of changes, trends, and developments in medication and nursing management of adult psychiatric patients.
- Proactively identifies at-risk patients so prevention measures may be formulated and implemented in patients' best interest, including preventing unexpected discharges.
Job Requirements:
- Graduate of an accredited Nursing program
- PA RN license
- Demonstrates sound leadership skills and utilizes these skills in organizing the activities and schedules for medical and/or non-medical tasks for a given shift.
Physical and Mental Job Requirements:
