Registered Nurse II - CONTINUOUS

General Summary

The Department of Mental Health, Tewksbury Hospital is seeking a highly motivated and experienced RN to work with resilient patients navigating their journey on the road to recovery.

This is an open and continuous posting for full-time and part-time positions on multiple shifts

1st shift 7:00am-3:30pm

2nd shift 3:00pm-11:30pm

3rd shift 11:15pm-7:15am

Employees in this position will be required to perform "mandatory overtime.

Base salary does not include shift differential

Full time 40 hours per week, days off are every other weekend with varied days off during the week.

Duties and Responsibilities (these are a general summary and not all inclusive):

• Provides nursing care for patients by following professional, hospital, departmental   and certification standards to maintain quality care.
• Identifies and addresses patient needs by performing nursing assessments, developing    nursing interventions and participating in interdisciplinary team meetings to facilitate discharge.
• Performs duties of medication and treatment nurse following pertinent policies and procedures to carry out physician's orders in a safe and therapeutic manner.
• Works with patients by providing instruction to facilitate the independent management of their personal, hygiene and health needs.
• Supervises employees of a lesser grade by assigning tasks, based on individual competencies, evaluating performance, and making recommendations concerning performance to maintain a high level of quality care.
• Provides instruction to other nursing staff by example and explanation to ensure quality services to patients and to maintain professional standards of nursing.
• Facilitates the implementation of treatment plans by interdisciplinary team by conferring with appropriate health care professionals to meet the stated goal for each patient.
• Admits, transfers and discharges patients, coordinating health care services to ensure continuity of care following standards established by hospital policy and certification guidelines.
• Identifies, evaluates and responds to changes in patient conditions, documenting and reporting such changes to the appropriate person to ensure prompt response to patient needs.
• Maintains an awareness of the D.M.H. regulations and hospital policy and procedure regarding the use of seclusion and restraint, through supervision and instruction, to maintain patient dignity and human rights.
• Maintains professional proficiencies by attending and participating in in-service trainings and educational programs to foster growth