RN Behavioral Health - Loan Forgiveness & $20,000 Sign-on Bonus - Full Time, Nights
Company: Prospect Medical Holdings
Location: Bellflower
Posted on: June 21, 2022
Job Description:
RN Behavioral Health (BHU) - Full Time, Nights (Bellflower) We
are hospitals and affiliated medical groups, working closely
together for the benefit of every person who comes to us for care.
We build comprehensive networks of quality healthcare services that
are designed to offer our patients highly coordinated, personalized
care and help them live healthier lives. Through collaboration, we
strive to provide all of our patients and medical group members
with the quality, affordable healthcare they need and deserve. The
Behavioral Health Registered Nurse is specially trained to monitor
and utilize therapeutic equipment necessary to provide specialized
nursing care to patients with behavioral and/or mental disorders. -
Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement
a plan of care for a specific group of assigned patients, ensuring
the coordination of care between other disciplines, physicians, and
support staff. - Performs professional nursing duties that
incorporate the psychosocial, psychomotor and age appropriate
cognitive skills of the patient/family/significant other to assess,
plan, intervene and advocate for the patient on an ongoing basis
throughout the continuum of care. - Will reevaluate patient
response and outcomes, effectiveness of plan of care, and readiness
for discharge and revise plan or make referrals as necessary. -
Acts as a role model and mentor to a variety of new graduate
nurses, orientees and support staff. Job
Responsibilities/Duties
- Provides patient care, reviews and administers patient
medications, treatments and procedures in a safe, effective and age
appropriate manner that meets scope of practice and standards of
nursing practice. - Recognizes change in patient's clinical
conditions, taking appropriate action and documenting intervention.
Effectively collaborates with the health care team to intervene,
and advocate as necessary. Intervenes appropriately in instances of
abuse, assault or neglect, or when adequate financial or social
resources are not available. Makes appropriate referrals to resolve
patient issues effectively.
- Develops long and short-term goals consistent with treatment
plans, standards of practice, and the plan of care, incorporating
patient preference and discussing plan of care with patient.
Appropriately utilizes pain management resources and other
interventions to provide pain relief. Provides ongoing assessments
and documents the patient's physical and psychosocial condition, as
well as response to care. Reviews patient test results, identifies
critical results, and communicates in a timely manner consistent
with the condition of the patient and correlates information into
the plan of care. - Consistently ensures nursing practice is
evidence based, within scope of licensure and compliant with
hospital wide standards of nursing care, including core measures. -
Ensures Infection Control procedures and HIPAA compliance.
- Collaborates with staff, physicians and members of the
healthcare team, ensuring the coordination of care between other
disciplines and support staff. - Supervises, monitors and delegates
patient care activities to appropriate members of the health care
team, provides effective leadership and ensures that care is safe
and of high quality. - Acts as a source of information and
articulately responds to questions, providing resources, guidance,
and education about treatment plan, plan of care, and medications.
Develops and implements accurate teaching and ongoing discharge
plans.
- Empathizes with patient and patient support systems, expresses
compassion and understanding for the situation and demonstrates
care which is appropriate for the age, and cultural, religious,
gender identity, or ethnic background. - Engages in caring
behaviors, taking conscious ownership for work and takes
deliberate/thoughtful actions regarding how to best carry out
interactions with the patient, families, physicians, and
co-workers. Qualifications Minimum Education: -Graduate of an
Accredited School of Nursing required. Bachelor of Science in
Nursing preferred. Minimum Experience: -Ability to read, write and
communicate effectively in English. Ability to work variable shifts
including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. Ability to
maintain flexibility and composure in a constantly changing
environment. Recent behavioral health experience in an Acute
Psychiatric setting preferred. Bilingual skills to communicate
effectively with patients and families preferred. Req.
Certification/Licensure: -Active, current, and unencumbered
Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of California
required. AHA Basic Life Support required. Current Management of
Assaultive Behavior Certification required. Hospital Fire and Life
Safety Card (Los Angeles City Employees only) required.
-De-escalation certification upon hire; Upon recertification, SAMA
Certification required. -Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
Certification (RN-BC) preferred. -SAMA Certification upon hire
preferred. - Sign On Bonus Eligibility: To be eligible for the Sign
On Bonus, you must have one or more years (1+) of acute care RN
hospital experience. Current Alta Hospital employees are not
eligible and former Alta Hospital employees may not be eligible.
The Sign on Bonus Program is only available for full-time RN
positions. Bonus payments are made in increments over the course of
18 or 24 months to active employees in good standing. Employee
Value Proposition Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc., is guided by a
diverse and highly experienced leadership core. This group
-maintains the vision that has made Prospect a needed
difference-maker in the lives of so many patients today, -and many
executives contribute to our continued efforts. As a member of our
highly effective team of professionals, benefit eligible positions
will receive:
- Company 401K
- Medical, dental, vision insurance
- Paid time-off
- Life insurance How to Apply To apply for this role, or search
our other openings, please visit - -and click on a location to
begin your journey to a new career with us! We are an Equal
Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer and do not discriminate
against applicants due to veteran status, disability, race, gender,
gender identity, sexual orientation or other protected
characteristics. If you need special accommodation for the
application process, please contact Human Resources. EEOC is the
Law: - Internal applicants not eligible for the Sign On Bonus.
Keywords: BHU, Psych, Acute Psych, RN, Registered Nurse, Behavioral
Health UnitJob Requirements:See Job Description
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