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Acadia Healthcare and Geisinger Health have partnered to establish a state-of-the-art, 96-bed behavioral health hospital in Danville, PA. Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Danville will serve pediatric and adult patients, offering inpatient treatment, intensive outpatient programming, and ECT services. It will also serve as a teaching hospital for students and residents of Geisinger’s College of Health Sciences. This facility will help meet the urgent need for accessible, high-quality psychiatric care in the region, expanding capacity to support patients with diverse mental health needs.
Job Responsibility:
Provide and coordinate care by assessing patients’ physical and behavioral health needs
Develop and implement nursing care plans
Maintain medical records and educate patients and their families about various physical and behavioral health conditions
Provide nursing care and services within the standards and scope of nursing practice as defined within the state Nurse Practice Act regulations, policies, procedures, and protocols, as well as facility and corporate policies and procedures
Ensure physicians’ orders are legible if taken verbally and transcribed appropriately per policy and procedure
Ensure patients’ status is assessed on an ongoing basis and pertinent information is gathered and documented
Notify physicians of significant changes in status such as difficulties with detox, medical emergency, change in medical status regarding response to medications, and related challenges
Ensure that initial nursing treatment plans are completed upon admission and that all nursing treatment plans are specific to assessed needs
Demonstrate knowledge and utilization of universal precautions in providing direct patient care
Accurately administer medications per ordered note
Document accurate count of controlled substance medication administration on required documents
Complete admission and discharge processing efficiently and accurately as directed
Exhibit therapeutic rapport with patients by maintaining professional boundaries, respecting personal space, giving patients direct attention, and maintaining rational detachment
Provide direction or coordinate the activities of the unit as directed
Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, co-workers, and others involved inpatient treatment
Requirements:
Must have graduated from an accredited school of nursing
Must possess a current Registered Nurse (RN) license as required by the state of employment or be eligible to practice nursing in accordance with state requirements
One year of nursing experience
Previous psychiatric, mental, behavioral, or substance use nursing experience a plus
CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required
First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements
Nice to have:
Previous psychiatric, mental, behavioral, or substance use nursing experience a plus