Job Description:
Qualifications:
Minimum Education
AHA CPR required.
Associates degree in nursing required, bachelor s degree preferred
Required Licenses
Registered Nurse, Current MA License
Minimum Work Experience
Experience handling crisis and emergency situations.
One year acute Psychiatric Inpatient experience desired.
Required Skills
Ability and desire to work with Mental Health issues and patients who have identified psychiatric/mental health needs.
Good interpersonal skills, knowledge and skills required for the position.
Experience working with substance abuse population preferred.
Physical Requirements:
Exerts 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Frequently reaches (extending hands and arms in any direction), handles (seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or working with hands), and feels (perceiving attributes of items such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by means of fingertips). Occasionally stoops (bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist), and kneels (bending the legs at knee to come to rest on knee or knees). Rapid physical movements (walking rapidly, running up and down stairs) and lifting and/or holding of patient's extremities may be required in the event of responding to behavioral emergencies (i.e Code100 s).
Position Urgency:
Normal
Shifts:
24, Evenings 3 pm - 11 pm, Floating between MHU/GPU
State License Details:
Must Be Currently Active
Minimum Years of Experience:
Less than 1 year
Minimum Guaranteed Hours:
No Guarantee
Specialty Type:
Nursing
Sub Specialty:
Registered Nurse
General Certifications:
ACLSBLS/BCLSPALSNRPATT
Bilingual:
No
EMR Used:
No Listing
Holiday Coverage Required:
No