RN, Behavioral Health

Company: Sovah Health - Martinsville
Location: Martinsville
Posted on: October 17, 2024

Job Description:

Registered Nurse (RN) - Behavioral Health - Nights -7p - 7a$20,000 Sign-on Bonus EligiblePosition Summary: -Provides direct patient care to patients using the nursing process -in accordance with -applicable scope and standards -of practice. -Performs plan of care intervention, including medication administration, specimen collection, clinical treatments, as well as other medical care -treatment. -Performs initial physiological needs assessment on patients upon admission and performs shift psychosocial needs assessment during each shift. -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. -Prepares, administers, -assesses -and documents the effectiveness of medication administration. -Evaluates patient response to all procedures and interventions carried out both on a physical and psychological basis. -Assesses patient's psychological response to hospitalization and diagnosis each shift. -Works as an advocate for the physical and emotional well-being of the patient. -Who We Are: -People are our passion and purpose. -Come -work -where you are appreciated for who you are not just what you can do. SOVAH Health - Danville is a -250 bed -hospital with the region's only designated Chest Pain Center & Certified Advanced Primary Stroke Center. We are an academic teaching site for residents, medical students, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and physician assistants. -Where We Are: -From our beautiful rolling countryside to our thriving downtown, Danville offers big city amenities with quaint, -small town -charm. We are home to a thriving arts and entertainment scene, -numerous -local restaurants and shops, diverse educational institutions, and vast recreational opportunities. - -Why Choose Us: -Health (Medical, Dental, Vision) and 401K Benefits for full-time employees -Competitive Paid Time Off / Extended Illness Bank package for full-time employees -Employee Assistance Program - mental, physical, and financial wellness -assistance -Tuition Reimbursement/Assistance -for qualified applicants -Professional development, Growth opportunities, and Mentor-based training -And much more--- -Minimum Qualifications: -Registered Nurse from the Virginia Board of Nursing or compact State -required - -Bachelor's degree preferred -Requires critical thinking skills, decisive -judgment -and the ability to work with minimal supervision. - -Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take -appropriate action. -Requires flexibility in scheduling and ability to work all shift patterns including weekends and holidays to -ensure -continuity of care and appropriateness of nursing coverage to the patients of Sovah Health Danville on all units. -Basic Life Support (BLS) American Heart Association -required -EEOC Statement: -SOVAH Health - Danville is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities for all applicants and employees and -complies with -all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of color, race, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, gender identity, sexual orientation, veterans' -status -or any other basis protected by applicable -federal, -state -or local law.Equal opportunity and affirmative action employers and are looking for diversity in candidates for employment: Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran

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