Psychiatric Registered Nurse

Job description

Psychiatric Registered Nurse (RN)- PRN

We are currently seeking a qualified individual to join the Lucent Health team. Someone who has experience, knowledge, and leadership skills, who is dedicated and passionate about their career and the communities we serve, and who is looking for growth and advancement.

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for furnishing comprehensive, skilled psychiatric nursing services to psychiatric patients in their place of residence.
• Initial, and ongoing, comprehensive assessments of the patient’s needs, including Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) assessments, at appropriate time points.
• Assess the medical, cognitive, emotional, psychosocial, safety, developmental status, and psychiatric nursing needs of the patient, during the initial nursing evaluation, assess the appropriateness of care, and criteria, for acceptance to psychiatric home healthcare.
• Evaluate the patient’s management, and compliance, with the medical and psychiatric plan of care.
• Maintain awareness of indicators in patient’s behavior that call for changes in the treatment modality (crisis, suicidal ideation).
• Observe, and evaluate, the physical and mental status of the patient for complications and medication side effects and implement appropriate intervention, while working closely with the healthcare provider.
• Implement nursing actions that will promote, maintain, or restore physical and mental health, prevent illnesses, and affect rehabilitation.
• Document visits, including instructions and interventions, in an accurate and timely manner, while complying with the Agency’s policies and procedures, document all telephone calls, and physician contact, for inclusion in the patient’s chart.
• Participate in the patient’s discharge planning process and complete discharge summaries, after discharge.
• Attend patient case conferences and participate in in-service training programs for staff.

Job Conditions

• Must have a driver’s license and be willing, and able, to drive to patients’ residences
• The ability to access patients’ homes, which may not be routinely wheelchair accessible, is required. Hearing, eyesight, and physical dexterity must be sufficient to perform a physical assessment of the patient's condition and to perform and demonstrate patient care.
• Physical activities will include, walking, sitting, stooping, and standing and minimal to maximum lifting of patients and the turning of patients.
• The ability to communicate, both, verbally, and in writing as frequent communication, by telephone in English, is required.

Qualifications

• Must be a graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
• Must be licensed in the state of Florida, as a Registered Nurse.
• Must have a minimum of 1-year Acute psychiatric experience in a psychiatric hospital.
• A Master’s degree in Psychiatric, or Mental Health Nursing, is preferred.
• Having knowledge of Medicare and Medicaid guidelines is preferred.
• Having working knowledge of home healthcare, and the principles and techniques of professional nursing, and required documentation that pertains to it is preferred.
• Should be skillful in organization, and in the principles of time management, and have knowledge of management processes.
• Must be able to contribute to the quality of care being rendered, through constructive communication with nursing managers and staff.
• Must have a criminal background check.
• Must have a current CPR certification. Online certification is not accepted.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation

Schedule

• M - F 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

About LUCENT HEALTH, LLC

Lucent Health is a premier healthcare provider based in Daytona Beach area, providing in-home services in Volusia, Flagler counties. We are locally owned and operated by professional healthcare advocates with many years of caring experience.

Lucent Health is a Licensed Florida Home Health Agency certified by Medicare and nationally accredited by Accreditation Commission for Health Care providing many types of Skilled Home Health services and Rehabilitation Solutions.

Please visit our website at www.lucenthealthcare.com

Lucent Health is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations, and ordinances.

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Medical Specialty:

• Geriatrics
• Home Health
• Psychiatry

Experience:

• Nursing: 1 year (Required)
• Home health: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• BLS Certification (Preferred)
• RN (Required)

Willingness to travel:

• 100% (Required)

Work Location: On the road