Pediatric Mental Health Nurse RN/LPN

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  Competitive 2024 Market Value Salaries.
• 4% 403B Employer "Gifted" Contribution.
• 3% Merit and 4% Bonus Increase Potential.
• 10 Paid Holidays, and 2 Floating Holidays.
• Up to 4 weeks Vacation time.
• Gym Membership Stipend.
• Affordable Medical, Dental & Vision Plans.
• Employer-paid Life Insurance.
• Employer-paid Long Term Disability.
• Continuing Education Stipend up to $500.

Special Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Provides professional nursing services and assumes responsibility for the direct care of assigned consumers, experiencing trauma related adjustment problem(s), emotional disorder(s), psychiatric illness or substance abuse.
• Knowledge of professional nursing theory, practices and techniques; medical supplies, sanitation, personal hygiene and life safety policies, procedures, principles and practices; nutrition and diet therapy; principles and methods of teaching; nursing standards for institutional certification; departmental procedures; pediatric psychiatry and human resources principles and methods.
• Skill in developing, planning and administering an effective nursing care program and consumers and in training subordinate personnel.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assumes responsibility for consumer's ages 10-17 admitted to the CALM Center.
• Upon admission, determines and allocates the type and amount of care required to satisfy the needs of each consumer.
• Ensures the effectiveness of care provided through maintenance and review of clinical charts.
• Observes consumer's symptoms and reports on the conditions of pediatric consumers, notifies physician if condition warrants.
• Intervenes in crisis situations, utilizing verbal intervention effectively and physical interventions as needed, articulating to the consumer the justification for use of limit setting, seclusion or restraint.
• Monitors and evaluates all consumers in seclusion and/or restraint to ensure least restrictive measures and adherence to Center policy.
• Administers medications and treatments per physician's orders.
• May assist or facilitate the admission, discharge or transfer of pediatric consumers; May orient and inform the family and/or the consumer of the general care plan and Center's procedures and routine.
• Audit charts for documentation to be updated.
• Assist physician on daily rounds.

Other Duties: Perform other duties as assigned by the Nursing Supervisor or Unit Director.

Physical Requirements: Must be able to move from location to location, bending, stooping, lifting 25 pounds, communicate clearly, prepare written communications, present information to other employees, process complex information within established procedures/programs, enter data to various programs. Must be able to climb stairs and access non-handicapped equipped residences/facilities.

Drug Free Workplace Policy

This job is classified as a “safety-sensitive” position as defined by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act. Possession of a medical marijuana license does not exclude any applicants; however all employees are subject to the Counseling & Recovery Services of Oklahoma Drug Free Workplace Policy.