Psychiatric Staff Nurse - Emergency Department

The role

Provides psychiatric nursing care including intake, assessment, and interventions. This role involves medication administration, developing care plans, and collaborating with the emergency department and mental health teams.

What you will do

• Provides psychiatric nursing care including intake, assessment and interventions
• Provides care for psychiatric patients including medication administration and medication management
• Initiates the interdisciplinary care plan for the inpatient unit
• Collaborates with ED and MH team for mental health emergency department disposition
• Assists with discharge planning and education
• Develops and individualizes a plan of care for each patient
• Implements the patient's plan of care
• Evaluates the effectiveness of the plan of care
• Participates in the education and orientation of new staff
• Performs charge nurse duties and supervises other nursing staff as needed

Required qualifications

• 1 – 3 years Psychiatric Nursing
• Successful completion of approved nursing program
• Current licensure as a registered nurse by the Maryland Board of Nursing
• American Heart Association Healthcare Providers BLS
• Adherence to credentialing requirements of Luminis Health as stated in the nursing bylaws
• Exposed to blood-borne pathogens and agitated patients
• Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move object

Nice to have

• BSN

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plan (with employer match for employees who work more than 1000 hours in a calendar year)
• Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance Benefits
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Paid Holidays, Disability, and Life/AD&D for full-time employees
• Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Programs

About the company

Luminis Health provides various benefits and uses a two-way SMS texting platform for talent acquisition notifications.