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Registered Nurse - Pediatric Psychiatry
Location: Salem, Massachusetts
Date Posted: 21 Mar, 2025
Position Summary:
We are seeking a compassionate and experienced Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Pediatric Psychiatry. This inpatient unit provides 24-hour care to children and adolescents aged 4 to 18 years who require psychiatric hospitalization. The RN will play a vital role in delivering trauma-informed, patient-centered care within a nurturing and non-coercive environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Patient Care: Assist healthcare providers in delivering comprehensive care to pediatric psychiatric patients, including preparing examination rooms, taking vital signs, and documenting patient histories.
- Behavioral Management: Utilize trauma-informed approaches to de-escalate patients verbally and manage behavioral challenges effectively.
- Documentation: Maintain accurate and timely patient records using the EPIC Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.
- Collaboration: Work closely with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized care plans.
- Patient and Family Support: Provide compassionate support and clear communication to patients and their families, ensuring understanding of treatment plans and progress.
- Compliance: Adhere to all safety policies, procedures, and regulatory standards, including HIPAA.
- Floating: Be willing to float to other behavioral health areas within the Epstein Units and the Acute Mental Health Unit (AMHU) as needed.
- Shifts: Be available for rotating shifts, with up to 20% rotation for day positions. Night positions do not require rotating shifts.
- Requirements:
- Experience: Minimum of two years of nursing experience at one location/hospital, with a focus on pediatric psychiatry preferred.
- Licensure: Active Registered Nurse license in the state.
Certifications:
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Skills:
- Proficiency in trauma-informed care and verbal de-escalation techniques.
- Ability to work effectively with pediatric patients aged 4 to 18.
- Familiarity with the EPIC EHR system for documentation.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Flexibility to float to other units as required.
- Willingness to work rotating shifts, including potential weekends and holidays.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience: Experience working in a pediatric psychiatric inpatient setting.
- Certifications: Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) certification.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Nursing.
Location - 81 Highland Ave, Salem, MA, 01970
Education: Bachelors Degree
Certification: Basic Life Support
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