Nursing Professional - Behavioral Health Unit

Company Overview
Jackson Purchase Medical Center is a 107 all-private bed, Joint Commission-accredited facility. We offer a wide variety of inpatient and outpatient services, including those at the New Beginnings Birthing Center, the Advanced Healing Wound Care Center, and our accredited chest pain center.

Job Description
The Senior Behavioral Health Unit (SBHU) embodies a culture of teamwork and effective communication, essential for providing specialized care to critically ill patients. This role provides direct patient care using the nursing process in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice.

Responsibilities

• Performs plan of care intervention, including medication administration, specimen collection, clinical treatments, as well as other medical care treatment.
• Documents patient care given.
• Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate to care team, physician, patient, and family.
• Assists patients with performing activities of daily living, including personal hygiene, elimination, nutrition, and ambulation.
• Collaborates as needed across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient transfer, discharge, referral, and spiritual/psychosocial support needs.
• Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances.