What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN (Flex) - Behavioral Health position at One Brooklyn Health?
Job Description
Overview
The Registered Nurse (RN) assists in coordinating, developing, implementing and evaluating nurse care and practice within a specific unit. Maintains standards of nursing care and practice by directing and guiding unit personnel. Collaborates with nurse manager and educator with orientation of professional and ancillary nursing personnel assigned to unit.
Responsibilities
- Maintains and applies standards of care in caring for patients with basic medical and surgical comorbidities.
- Demonstrates knowledge and skills in the assessment of patients with high risk for violence.
- Demonstrates ability to prevent and manage violent behaviors.
- Early intervention; Verbal de-escalation; Behavioral Code Management; Restraints application.
- Demonstrates ability to assess patients for high risk for suicide.
- Knowledge of risk factors; documentation of findings.
- Demonstrates ability and skills to manage, monitor, and provide care for the suicidal patients; Initiating increase level of observation for high risk patients; monitoring and reassessment; documentation.
- Engage patient on 1 : 1 in therapeutic activities.
- Demonstrates ability to assess patients for high risk for elopement; knowledge of risk factors; documentation of findings.
- Demonstrates ability and skills to manage, monitor, and provide care for the patient at risk for elopement.
- Communicates empathy and compassion in all patient relationship.
- Observes and reports any change in patients’ mental / physical status, behavior, and appearance.
- Assists in planning for and maintaining a safe and therapeutic milieu.
- Runs effective Psycho educational and Therapeutic groups.
- Provides patient / family education and assists in discharge planning utilizing resources and considering patient / family readiness barriers and alternatives.
- All other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education / Experience :
Internal & 1199 SEIU
Non 1199 SEIU Candidates
New Graduates
Knowledge And Skills
Licenses, Certifications
Physical Requirements
The salary range and / or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and can be modified in the future. When determining a team member’s base salary and / or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., site, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of One Brooklyn Health (OBH).
OBH is an equal opportunity employer, it is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, marital status, military status, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability or handicap or other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
