Job Description

Forensic Psychiatric Nurse at ScionHealth summary:

A Forensic Psychiatric Nurse provides specialized nursing care to patients within forensic psychiatric settings, utilizing the nursing process to administer treatments, monitor patient conditions, and support activities of daily living. They collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure coordinated care, patient safety, and provide education to patients and families tailored to their needs. This role requires strong critical thinking, emotional advocacy, and the ability to work in high-stress environments while adhering to professional standards and licensure requirements.

Description

At ScionHealth , we empower our caregivers to do what they do best. We value every voice by caring deeply for every patient and each other. We show courage by running toward the challenge and we lean into new ideas by embracing curiosity and question asking. Together, we create our culture by living our values in our day-to-day interactions with our patients and teammates.

Job Summary

Provides direct patient care to patients using the nursing process in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice.

Essential Functions

• Performs plan of care intervention, including medication administration, specimen collection, clinical treatments, as well as other medical care treatment.
• Documents patient care given.
• Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate to care team, physician, patient and/or family.
• Assists patients with performing activities of daily living, including personal hygiene, elimination, nutrition, and ambulation.
• Collaborates as needed across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient transfer, discharge, referral and spiritual/psychosocial support needed.
• Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition and circumstances.
• Works as an advocate for the physical and emotional well-being of the patient.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education

• Associate degree or higher in nursing

Licenses/Certifications

• Current State license or Compact State License
• BLS - required upon hire and continuously thereafter.
• CPI - required within 6 months of hire and annually thereafter.

Experience

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgement, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

Keywords:

forensic psychiatric nursing, patient care, medication administration, clinical treatments, patient education, mental health nursing, nursing process, multidisciplinary collaboration, critical thinking, emotional advocacy

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