Registered Nurse (RN) Behavioral Health PRN - Fort Pierce

Description

Lawnwood Regional Medical Center & Heart Institute is a 380-bedacute-care hospital offeringa full range of services. Lawnwood is home to the most experienced HeartInstitute on the Treasure Coast providing interventional and therapeutic care,including open-heart surgery. Other hospital services include adult andpediatric emergency services, labor/delivery and birthing, pediatrics,orthopedics, oncology, nuclear medicine, diagnostic services, as well asinpatient and outpatient surgical services.

Lawnwoodis designated by the Joint Commission as a Certified Primary Stroke Center. ThePhysical Rehabilitation Center is CARF accredited and we are designated a LevelII Trauma Center by the Florida Department of Health and verified by theAmerican College of Surgeons. We also offer a freestanding ER in Vero Beachproviding emergency treatment for adults and children closer to home. AdditionallyLawnwood offers the area’s only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) andPediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). At Lawnwood patients come first – nomatter what! We invite you to work in a fast-paced environment with a team oftop healthcare professionals while enjoying a culturally vibrant, yet laid-back quality of life centered onTreasure Coast beaches, boating, fishing, community and the outdoors.

• Performs initial and on-going physical and psychosocial assessment according to accepted standards of nursing practice
• Assesses plans and evaluates patient care needs
• Carries out physician orders
• Administers prescribed medications, changes dressings, cleans wounds, monitors vital signs
• Participates in treatment team conferences to assist in planning and revising goals, objectives and interventions appropriate to the age-related and problem-specific needs of each patient
• Implements nursing plan of care for assigned patients and conducts and/or co-leads group therapy sessions for patients
• Evaluates patient's response to interventions and revises nursing plan of care as needed
• Collaborates with the treatment team to revise goals, objectives and interventions appropriate to the changes in patient status
• Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate utilizing computerized documentation systems
• Instructs and educates patients and families
• Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team

Qualifications

• Licensed Registered Nurse in the state of Florida or Recognized Compact Licensure (subject to Florida State Licensing Requirements, including/not limited to ongoing eligibility and duration provisions)
• Current BLS Certification as a Healthcare Provider (American Heart Association).
• Current certification in CPI, or obtain within 30 days of hire.
• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing preferred.
• Previous work experience on an acute Psychiatric Unit preferred.
• Customer service abilities including effective listening skills.
• Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to perform work that requires frequent standing, bending, reaching, squatting, kneeling, moving, lifting of patients and/or equipment up to 50 pounds.

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