Registered Nurse RN Adult Behavioral Health

Responsible for delivering coordinated nursing care to patients within the Behavioral Health Unit. This position supervises and directs the activities of assigned nursing personnel using professional and supervisory discretion, and administers the medical, psychiatric, and nursing plan of care.

Responsibilities not listed.

• Prior hospital/Behavioral Health nursing experience
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Required

• Maintains a safe patient care environment, including the use of restraints and fall risk precautions.
• Responds to and participates in unit and hospital code situations, treating patients according to protocols.
• Assists physicians with bedside procedures and performs therapeutic measures as prescribed.
• Supervises and guides licensed and non-licensed nursing personnel in delivering safe, therapeutic, and quality patient care.
• Evaluates and communicates patient responses to care plans and interventions to appropriate team members.
• Monitors patient lab work for trends, reports abnormal results, and obtains appropriate interventions.
• Develops, prioritizes, and documents individualized care plans involving patients, families, and significant others.
• Performs and documents accurate initial and ongoing patient assessments, including physical and mental status, and reports findings to the responsible physician.
• Administers medications and treatments accurately and appropriately, including IV infusions and oxygen supplementation.
• Provides patient and family education on care plans, medications, procedures, and discharge instructions, documenting the education provided and patient responses.
• Participates in orientation and training of co-workers, students and new employees
• Supervises and delegates care given by members of the health care team

Founded in 1904, UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale is DuPage County's only teaching hospital. Conveniently located in the heart of Chicago’s western suburbs, the 261-bed medical center provides expert, compassionate, faith-based care in the Adventist tradition to patients at all stages of their lives.