RN\LPN (PRN) Eagle Creek (Kansas OK) - Full-time / Part-time

The RN and LPN provides nursing interventions and management of acute and residential patients (ages 4-17) as prescribed by the physician. The RN serves as Licensed Independent Practitioner during restraint, seclusion, and behavioral crisis intervention. Both provide supervision and guidance of direct care workers as charge nurse, assures milieu management and quality delivery of treatment to assigned patients. Provides patient specific treatment, adheres to patient safety standards, assures patient rights, prevents and identifies abuse, and oversees quality of behavioral interventions.

Administers medication and medical treatment in accordance with policies and physician's orders. Provides psychiatric nursing interventions and treatment education, provides intervention appropriate to the specific treatment needs of the patient. Coordinates admissions, transfers, and discharges, and assures that relevant nursing documentation is completed in a timely manner. Provides timely, accurate, and thorough documentation of patient behavior, medication administration, medical interventions, treatment planning, and treatment interventions. Documentation reflects professional standards. Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:

Knowledge of psychiatric nursing skills, ability to assess patient physical and emotional status. Knowledge of seclusion and restraint protocols,

national patient safety standards, age specific competencies, pain management, and standards established by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing.

Accurately conveys patient behavior and status verbally and in writing. Professional verbal and written skills for communicating patient status, and

treatment needs to clients, families, professionals, and employees of the facility. Able to verbally adapt spoken communication to meet needs of

patient.

Proficiency in facilitating medication education groups, and training ADL skills. Able to safely de-escalate and manage aggressive patients, to

oversee seclusion and physical restraint of patients per policy. Able to handle multiple projects under deadlines with short notice.

Maintains professional therapeutic relationships with staff, patients, families and visitors. Able to maintain patient confidentiality.

Able to provide leadership and supervision of direct care staff, to delegate responsibilities, make shift assignments, and monitor performance.

Education/Training:

Graduate of an accredited school for Registered Nurse program.

Licensure/Certification:

Current Oklahoma Registered Nurse licensure.

Current Oklahoma Driver's License (requirement for staff on Driver's List)

Experience:

Prefer two years work experience in a psychiatric treatment setting with children and/or adolescents.

Physical/General:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:

Must be at least 21 years of age.

Physical strength necessary to implement patient behavioral crisis intervention.

Sitting, standing, walking, reaching, bending, stooping as required to assist in patient care. Able to sustain physical activity eight hours a day and remain on feet eight hours per day.

Hearing, vision, sensory, and emotional stability sufficient to perform essential job functions.

Able to deal with stressful situations and changing priorities.

Able to lift, carry, and lower up to 35 pounds using appropriate body mechanics.

Able to push patients in wheel chairs up and down hills and pursue running patients.

Access to reliable transportation maintains reliable attendance record and arrives in a timely manner.

Conditions of Employment:

Satisfactory reference and background investigation checks. Criminal charges or convictions that occur while employed with SMBHS must be reported within 24 hours to Human Resources. Completion of a pre-employment drug screening and completion of post-employment drug or alcohol tests upon reasonable suspicion of use. Completion of ALL required paperwork prior to reporting for work. Completion of pre-employment physical, proof of Rubella inoculation, TB screening upon hire and annually thereafter, complete or waive HBV series. Successful completion of initial orientation and competency assessment. Maintains current CPR/First Aid certification and behavioral crisis management certification every year. Attendance at all mandatory nursing meetings completes annual CEUs, and training on time.

Work Environment:

Exposes employee to contagious or infectious diseases and to potentially hostile patients and situations. Job stress ranges from low to intense. Category I - Tasks. Non-smoking work environment. Drug free workplace.

Customers Served:

Patients (children ages 4-12, teenagers ages 13-17) families direct-care service providers external funding sources service, accreditation, and licensing agencies external case managers school districts other staff and the community.

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