Come grow with us here at South County Mental Health Center!

Job Summary: Provides in-patient psychiatric nursing care to all clients in crisis with the goal of stabilization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

DIRECT NURSING / CLIENT CARE

• Administer medication.
• Educate clients on medication.
• Intervene verbally and/or physically with clients who are out of control.
• Lead Hygiene – HIV/AIDS – Nutrition – Substance Abuse Groups, etc.
• Assist clients with activities of daily living.
• Answering questions from families and involve families in treatment when feasible, and promote wellness within the family unit.
• Complete nursing physical assessment on each client.
• One-to-one care, as indicated.
• Monitor restraints, suicide and homicide precautions, close observations and timeouts, etc., and follow all standards.
• Place client on 24 hour nursing precautions, as needed.
• Monitor special diets.
• Draw blood and/or collect other laboratory specimen samples.
• Minor wound care as indicated.
• Assess clients’ somatic complaints.
• Evaluate medical emergencies
• Team meeting with staff.
• Admit clients to CSU – Administrative admission.
• Develop treatment plans with clients.
• Monitor client charts for doctors’ orders and accuracy reviews.
• Write progress notes on clients’ symptoms, activities, or significant behaviors.
• Initiate and record restraint and seclusion process.
• Record medications and side effects or lack thereof.

Minimum Qualifications:

• RN Licensed in Florida
• Must be knowledgeable in areas of client rights, Baker Act, confidentiality regulations, and abuse regulations.
• Knowledge of medications and side effects; risk of addiction, bloodborne pathogens, OSHA Standards.
• 1 year experience in Psychiatric Nursing

Job Type: Per Diem

Salary: Up to $40.00 per hour

Medical specialties:

• Psychiatry

Physical setting:

• Acute care
• Hospital
• Urgent care center

Standard shift:

• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Night shift

Weekly schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Rotating weekends
• Weekend availability

Education:

• Associate (Preferred)

Experience:

• Nursing: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• BLS Certification (Preferred)
• RN (Preferred)

Work Location: In person