Medical Psychiatric RN

Company Description

Compass Government Solutions, LLC is a Woman-Owned Small Business dedicated to their True North, which are their principles and goals. These principles are used every day to govern them through their work and relationships when supporting their client with measurable outcomes. To accomplish their mission critical objectives, the leadership team at CGS brings over 50 years of collective executive experience providing full-service Health and Wellness services, Administrative Support Services, Research and Program Management and pilot program execution to federal government agencies nationwide and OCONUS. Our services support the Military Service Member, the Veteran and federal personnel support of health concerns, returning to duty, to their families and their communities and bettering short and long-term outcomes, through integrated healthcare and research.

Job Description

Compass Government Solutions LLC is looking for a Medical Psychiatric RN to provide services for the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) Bethesda. In preparation to bid on this contract, we are seeking qualified candidates willing to be included in our proposal as interested and skilled individuals.

Location:
4494 Palmer Rd N
Bethesda, MD

Hours: 8 ½ hour Rotating shifts based on needs  
Weekends and holidays required

Job requirements

• Performs comprehensive behavioral health nursing assessment and history to plan, provide, and direct nursing care across the continuum of care.
• Utilizes appropriate interview skills and describes, in writing, the patient's appearance, emotional status, interaction with staff and/or family, and knowledge level of disease process.
• Utilizes the nursing process to identify patient problems and generate nursing diagnoses.
• Designs a plan of care and writes/implements nursing orders to achieve established goals.
• Evaluates nursing interventions, based upon the patient’s response to care.
• Documents patient’s status on a continual basis and revises plan of care accordingly.
• Instructs patient and family members regarding the disease process, treatment modalities, diagnostic procedures, and use of equipment related to disease/care, expected and possible adverse reactions to medications, discharge planning, health maintenance, and illness prevention.
• Communicates progress and/or changes to the patient, family, and members of the health care team.
• Identifies pending crisis situations and initiates emergency measures, as appropriate. Knowledge of emergent psychiatric disorders and crisis intervention.
• Functions as an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team, facilitating and monitoring the patient's plan for care to ensure the best possible outcomes.
• Provides interdisciplinary referrals. Utilizes, and instructs others, in the use of single and specialized equipment, as appropriate to clinical area.
• Interviews and systematically collects data pertaining to patient's health status.
• Gathers bio-psychosocial information about the patient and their family, pertinent to their general health status and the development of drug abuse/alcohol dependence.
• Identifies and monitors patients for the signs and symptoms associated with withdrawal and relapse.
• Administers medications, as prescribed with the goal of ensuring the patient detoxifies safely. Knowledge of psychotropic medications and special drugs, including normal dosage, administration, action, and adverse reactions.
• Obtains health history, analyzes the data, and makes interventions to assist the patient in prioritizing needs and setting goals for problem resolution.
• Instructs and counsels patients, utilizing principles of adult learning. Teaches and reinforces health promotion and healthy patterns of living.
• Assists patients to integrate healthy coping behaviors into life-style choices.
• Skill in behavioral health assessment, triage, evaluation, treatment, and disposition of complex psychiatric cases, with special attention to the level of care appropriate to treat the particular clinical diagnosis and dilemma.
• Knowledge of emergent psychiatric disorders and crisis intervention.
• Knowledge of a wide range of professional psychiatric nursing and medical theories, procedures and techniques, used in the evaluation, treatment and management of behavioral health patients.
• Skill and ability to interpret patient's verbal and non-verbal actions/responses.
• Skill in utilizing fall precautions, behavioral restraints and other protective measures. Skill in utilizing protective measures when dealing with combative patients. Ability to restrain patients in compliance with hospital regulation.
• Knowledge of psychotropic medications an