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Tewksbury State Hospital Registered Nurse II-2nd Shift in Tewksbury, Massachusetts

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.\ 2nd shift 3:00pm-11:30pm, days off Sun/Thu, Mon/Sat\ This position requires mandatory overtime.\ Responsibilities:\ - 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 and development.\ - Assumes charge nurse responsibility for a single shift in the absence of a nurse of a higher grade to provide continuity of care.\ - Provides psychosocial support to patients through individual counseling and group work to maintain the therapeutic milieu.\ - Performs tasks of assigned staff in their absence to ensure continuity of care.\ - Provides for the supervision of staff through individual counseling and/or regular staff meetings; through appropriate role modeling and overseeing the orientation process. Participates in the progressive disciplinary process as required.\ - Actively involved in the improved operational process at both unit and hospital wide level to improve quality of care.\ - Practices Principals of COLLABORATION, ASSESSMENT, RECOVERY and ENVIRONMENT (CARE), to provide a safe environment.\ - Maintains and communicates to nursing staff through knowledge of DMH, CMS, and The Joint Commission and HIPAA standards in order to maintain standards of care.\ Required Qualifications:\ - Must be a registered nurse and hold active certification in good standing\ - Knowledge of the principles and practices of Nursing/Mental Health Nursing\ - Ability to understand and apply the laws, regulations, and rules of governing and certifying agencies.\ - Ability to receive written and oral instructions.\ - Talent for communicating effectively in oral expression, writing clearly and concisely, and developing ideas in logical sequence.\ - Ability to review observations and data, draw conclusions and make appropriate recommendations.\ Preferred Qualifications\ - Psychiatric Nursing experience\ - Multilingual fluency

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