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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Portsmouth, Virginia

About this job

Harbor Point Behavioral Health Center offers hope and healing for youth ages 5 to 21 with several psychiatric diagnoses and/or developmental disabilities. Located in Portsmouth, Va., Harbor Point provides intensive, residential treatment to youth in a comfortable setting that is conducive to healing. Our facility specializes in treating children and adolescents with depression, bipolar, ADHD, and other mental health issues. We even have specific treatment programs for those with intellectual disabilities or those with self-injurious behavior.

Harbor Point and its programs are fully accredited by The Joint Commission and the Virginia Association of Independent Specialized Educational Facilities. We are licensed by The Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Virginia Department of Education. We are a TRICAREreg-approved and certified facility.

Harbor Point Behavioral Health Center currently has a PRN Registered Nurse position available. The candidate selected will be responsible for the following:

Provides resident assessment, nursing care and evaluation of nursing care.

Ensures consistent use of the nursing process in providing quality resident care and acts as a resource to resident care staff.

Serves as a role model for residents to observe and learn socially effective values, attitudes and behaviors.

Follow medication administration policies and procedures.

Administers medications as ordered.

Instructs residents in use of medication.

The Ideal candidate for Registered Nurse position would possess:

Graduate from an accredited nursing program with licensure and registration by the Virginia Board of Nurse Examiners as a Registered Nurse

A strong customer and patient focus.

One year prior child/adolescent residential treatment or psychiatric experience is preferred.

Must possess knowledge of general and child/adolescent psychiatric nursing, therapeutic relationships, therapeutic processes, growth and development, limit-setting and behavior management, crisis management with aggressive behaviors

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