What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN Psych position at Protouch?
We are searching for a sharp-eyed psychiatric nurse to tend to inpatient and outpatient psychiatric cases. A psychiatric nurse should co-create evidence-based protocols, administer prescribed treatment, and report on prominent deviations in patients' symptomology. You should also restrain otherwise uncontrollable patients to protect them.
To ensure success as a psychiatric nurse, you must exercise empathy and resilience. Ultimately, a brilliant psychiatric nurse will continuously hone their psychiatric skillset to bolster their service provision.
Psychiatric Nurse Responsibilities:
- Gauging patients' psychiatric states.
- Collaborating on psychiatric intervention plans.
- Administering psychotropic and similar medications.
- Monitoring adherence to non-medicinal treatment regimens.
- Removing potentially harmful and triggering environmental features.
- Restraining, consoling, and sometimes medicating highly unsettled patients.
- Recording patients' health journeys and reporting on notable alterations.
- Conducting targeted psychoeducation, particularly within families.
Job Types: Travel nursing, Contract
Salary: $2,570.00 - $2,670.00 per week
Medical specialties:
- Psychiatry
Physical setting:
- Acute care
- Hospital
- Inpatient
- Low acuity unit
Standard shift:
- Day shift
- Night shift
Weekly schedule:
- 3x12
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Brattleboro, VT 05302: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Experience:
- Nursing: 2 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- BLS Certification (Required)
- RN (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $2,570 - $2,670