STAFF NURSE RN (FULL-TIME, OVERNIGHT SHIFTS)

Company: Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Location: Lakewood
Posted on: April 16, 2025

Job Description:

RN Clinical Staff Nurse - EmPATH - Full Time Nights $7 differential at Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital summary:
The EmPATH Registered Nurse is an experienced professional responsible for providing high-quality nursing care to mental health patients. This role requires collaboration with physicians to evaluate patient conditions, implement care plans, and ensure patient safety while fostering therapeutic relationships. The nurse is accountable for assessments, documentation, and the ongoing performance improvement goals of the hospital.
The EmPATH Registered Nurse is a skilled and experienced professional Registered Nurse (RN) responsible for excellence in the clinical practice of nursing and the management of patient care. Reporting to the EmPATH Manager, the EmPATH Registered Nurse has 12 hour accountability for organizing, planning, directing, coordinating, and providing high quality, individualized patient/family centered care based on the Watson Model of Care for a defined group of patients, including the identification and demonstration of abilities to meet special needs and considerations of Age and Population Specific awareness. Community Hospital. Community Hospital's strategic plan and the goals and direction of the quality and performance improvement process activities.
Provides nursing care to the mental health client whose condition may be unstable and ever changing.
# In collaboration with the physician, evaluates for suicidal or homicidal tendencies and inappropriate responses indicating psychosis, anxiety and/or depression in order to determine if the patient's condition is severe enough to be admitted to a higher level of care.
# Oversees direct patient care, performs patient assessments, Behavioral Health assessments, eligibility for 5150 designation and is responsible to ensure safety at all times.
# Provides treatment and discharge planning by interfacing with physicians, providers, families and all relevant internal and external resources.
# The nurse demonstrates the use of nursing process as a problem-solving model; Nursing assessment is focused to target areas most productive for a given patient population or situation. evaluates and appropriately alters the plan of care. Is accountable for prioritizing and organizing patient care and ensuring follow through with planned care.
# Demonstrates the Hospital's mission, vision, and values effort when interacting with patients, families, and co-workers.
# The nurse develops and maintains a therapeutic nurse/patient relationship. Respect for patient's rights is an integral part of the nurse/patient relationship as reflected in our values and mission. Conducts hourly rounding on patients.
# The nurse communicates utilizing the SBAR in all hand-off situations.
# Performs documentation of patient care including: assessment, implementation, evaluation, and the Watson Model of Care following unit specific and hospital documentation policies and procedures.
# Reviews all orders on patients and communicates changes in patient condition with physician and other team members. Contacts the physician promptly with significant changes in patient's condition, collaborates professionally for required orders and follows-up with revised care.
# Demonstrates ability to plan, supervise, instruct and evaluate ancillary nursing personnel, floats, orientees and registry staff. Ensures that an evaluation is completed each shift for registry/floats.
# Wears hospital I.D. badge and promotes the standard of proper identification for peers and staff.
# Maintains a safe and clean environment that complies with regulatory standards including Patient Safety Goals.
# Participates in the implementation of the unit specific Quality and Performance Improvement Plan, completes monitoring forms and reports findings to the EmPATH Manager.
# Associate's degree in nursing/equivalent or higher level of nursing degree required. Minimum 2 years of experience as RN in acute adult outpatient or inpatient psychiatric unit, background and knowledge of psychiatric and medical-surgical illnesses and treatment
Current California Nursing license.
Bilingual skills preferred (Spanish)
Basic computer skills
Electronic Medical Record experience preferred
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Registered Nurse, mental health nursing, patient care, behavioral health, clinical assessment, patient safety, acute care, nursing documentation, therapeutic relationship

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