Psychiatric Registered Nurse (RN)-Evenings
About the role
"Up to $1,000 Annually in Retention Bonuses"
Seeking Full Time Evenings
BENEFITS AND SALARY:
At Applewood Centers, we prioritize our employees and their wellbeing. We provide competitive benefit options to our employees and their families, including domestic partners and pets.
Our offerings include:
- Salary offer for the position is $36 per hour
- Health & Care: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, low-cost plan options & 24/7 EAP
- Family First: Paid parental leave (birth & adoption), fertility/IVF support & pet insurance
- Career Growth: 50% Case Western MSW tuition discount, 10% undergraduate & 15% graduate tuition scholarship through Ohio University, & free supervision for licensed roles
- Financial Protection: 403(b) with employer match + 100% employer-paid life & LTD insurance
- Time Off: Generous PTO and paid organizational holidays
- Shift- Evenings, 2-12 hour shifts and 2-8 hour shifts
- Weekend and Holiday Rotation
- Must complete TCI training
- Education: Associate Degree in Nursing required. Specialized training in or certification in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing.
- Licensure/ Certification: Active Ohio Nursing license. RN required. BLS certification preferred.
- Competency/Skills:
- Core Expertise: Possess skill, knowledge and abilities to perform the essential duties of their role; keeps knowledge up to date.
- Independent Judgment: Demonstrate ability to perform job responsibilities with a high degree of initiative and independent judgment.
- Cultural Competency: Demonstrate awareness, sensitivity and skills in working professionally with diverse individuals, groups and communities who represent various cultural and personal background and characteristics.
- Interpersonal Communication: Communicate clearly using verbal, nonverbal, and written skills in a professional context; demonstrates clear understanding and use of professional language.
- Professional & Ethical Conduct: Adhere to professional values such as honesty, personal responsibility, and accountability; Applies ethical concepts within scope of work and adheres to Agency policies and procedures.
- Collaboration and Teamwork: Function effectively as a member of a professional team that includes employees, clients and family members.
- Problem Solving & Decision Making: Recognize problems and responds appropriately; gathers information and sorts through it to identify and address root cause issues; makes timely decisions.
- Technical Proficiency: Demonstrate competence in utilizing Agency computer systems and software as required to perform essential job functions
- Experience: One or more years of demonstrated nursing experience in behavioral health or psychiatry preferred.
JOB SUMMARY:
- Collaborating with psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, therapists and case managers both within and outside of the agency
- Collaborating with clients, caregivers, and significant others
- Providing behavioral health education and behavioral management strategies while holding client accountable
- Assessing clients for additional treatment needs and linking them with needed services
- Having knowledge of physical health aspects of client care, including weight, nutrition, medication education, assessing and education of side effects, risks and benefits of medication
- Proving clients with community resources
- Provide leadership in the day to day activities of the department (as a shift charge nurse)
- Meeting with clients independently as referred by Psychiatrists and psychiatric APRN's and for triage
- Communicate and document observations and interventions, while seeking and utilizing guidance from team members