at Northern Light Health in Bangor, Maine, United States
Job Description
Northern Light Acadia Hospital
Department: Nursing Administration
Position is located: Acadia
Work Type: Full Time
FTE: 0.900000:
Work Schedule: 7:30 PM TO 7:00 AM
This is a Sign on Bonus Eligible Position!*
Summary:
The Psychiatric Resource Nurse works independently in collaboration with the House Administrator and unit staff to meet the clinical needs of all inpatient hospital units. The Psychiatric Resource Nurse is able to respond quickly to patient, family and unit needs. They are able to engage in cost effective, clinically sound decision making while acting as a leader and mentor to other staff. The Psychiatric Resource Nurse is adept at negotiating conflict, collaborating with others and applying self-reflection to their practice. This nurse provides daily clinical leadership and provides education to nursing staff. The Psychiatric Resource Nurse orients to and performs the role of House Administrator when needed.
Responsibilities:
• Is a role model for efficient and patient centered approaches to care • Takes a mindful and thoughtful approach to all interactions while maintaining appropriate, professional boundaries • Attitude reflects an emphasis on internal and external customer service • Maintains an active, mindful and energetic presence on the unit and is proactive with ensuring tasks are completed, assists others whenever possible • Uses self-reflection to continually improve practice with emphasis on maintaining empathy, compassion, collaboration and patient dignity • Facilitates educational and community groups and encourages patient participation in offered activities • Makes frequent rounds on patient units to assess milieu, staffing needs and to maintain communication with unit staff and supervisors • Responsible for managing patient and staff safety during psychiatric and medical emergencies, continually assesses for imminent risk and ensures safe use of physical interventions • Anticipates unit needs and independently collaborates to provide support. Able to efficiently prioritize among competing needs • Directs all aspects of milieu management through active participation and delegation • Provides supportive, real time feedback to nurses and techs to ensure a safe and therapeutic environment • Communicates effectively with providers, staff and hospital and unit leadership using techniques such as SBAR • Actively involved as a leader with unit based and hospital wide quality improvement initiatives such as infection prevention and restraint reduction • Documentation is thorough, accurate and adheres to hospital policy • Administers medications in accordance with hospital policy using sound clinical judgement. Carries out LIP orders in same fashion, seeks clarification when needed. • Provides formal and informal education on hospital wide and unit based performance improvement initiatives. • Effectively utilizes the electronic medical record to formulate and document a plan of care taking into consideration biopsychosocial needs • Develops individualized plans of care in collaboration with the patient and significant others that takes into consideration patient’s chronological age and stage of development • Collaborates with Nurse Manager, Shift Supervisor or House Administrator to ensure optimum staffing for current and subsequent shifts • Anticipates unit needs and independently provides support. Able to efficiently prioritize among competing needs. This can include nursing, tech, housekeeping and safety tasks when needed • Provides a positive, educational experience to all students, provides individual instruction as needed • Acts as a preceptor and mentor to department and unit staff • Proactively identifies and responds to reported safety concerns, including investigating and reporting allegations of abuse or neglect • Acts as Charge nurse when needed
Competencies and skills:
Essential:
- Behaves with Integrity and Builds Trust: Acts consistently in line with the core values, commitments and rules of conduct. Leads by example and tells the truth. Does what they say they will, when and how they say they will, or communicates an alternate plan.
- Cultivates Respect: Treats others fairly, embraces and values differences, and contributes to a culture of diversity, inclusion, empowerment and cooperation.
- Fosters Accountability: Creates and participates in a work environment where people hold themselves and others accountable for processes, results and behaviors. Takes appropriate ownership not only of successes but also mistakes and works to correct them in a timely manner. Demonstrates understanding that we all work as a team and the quality and timeliness of work impacts everyone involved.
- Practices Compassion: Exhibits genuine care for people and is available and ready to help; displays a deep awareness of and strong willingness to relieve the suffering of others.
Other information:
BLS Required.
Credentials:
Essential:
- Registered Nurse
Education:
Essential:
- Associate’s Degree
Working conditions:
Essential:
- Potential exposure to abusive and/or aggressive people.
- Potential exposure to diseases or infections.
- Potential exposure to hazardous materials.
- Lifting, moving and loading 20 to 30 pounds.
- Continuous standing.
- Continuous walking.
Northern Light Acadia Hospital is an acute care, regional psychiatric hospital in Bangor, Maine that is a leader in the provision of tele-psychiatry services, including consultations to regional emergency departments and primary care practices. Northern Light Acadia Hospital offers innovative programming in the form of a behavioral home health, integrated behavioral healthcare in primary care practices, and a geriatric mood and memory clinic, which is involved in multiple clinical trials for promising Alzheimer’s medications. The hospital is the sole corporate member of Northern Light Acadia Healthcare that provides a substance use disorder treatment program, case management services, and other outpatient mental health services in Penobscot, Waldo, and Knox counties. Northern Light Acadia Healthcare is the sole member of Restorative Health, LLC that operates an outpatient mental health clinic in Bangor. Northern Light Acadia Hospital is a member of Northern Light Health, an integrated statewide health delivery system that is raising the bar with no-nonsense solutions that are leading the way to a healthier future for our state. Northern Light Health offers a broad range of providers and services, including nine hospitals, primary care and specialty physician practices, long-term care, home health and hospice agencies, and emergency ground and air transport.
Bangor, Maine is a vibrant small city with easy access to Maine’s spectacular coast, mountains, and lakes. Schools rank among New England’s best with the flagship campus of the University of Maine located in the neighboring town of Orono. Bangor serves as the regional hub for medicine, the arts, and commerce. Bangor International Airport offers direct and one-stop service to most major destinations.
