Registered Nurse RN - Behavioral Heath

Job description

Overview: - Department: Psych - Child & Adolescent - Schedule: Full Time days |7:00a-7p | Must work 4 shifts every 4 weeks. - Facility: Prime Healthcare St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital - Location: 2233 W Division St, Chicago, Illinois 60622 Parking free. Responsibilities: Registered nurses (RNs) perform basic duties that include treating patients, educating patients about mental and medical conditions, and providing advice and emotional support to patients’ and/or family members, running therapeutic groups, psychiatric crisis intervention, seclusion and restraint of patients. RNs record patients’ medical histories and symptoms, help to perform diagnostic tests and analyze results, operate medical machinery, administer treatment and medications, and help with patient follow-up and rehabilitation. RNs teach patients and their families how to manage their illness or injury, diet and exercise programs, and self-administration of medication and physical therapy. Other related duties. Qualifications: EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING: 1. Must have current and valid State license as a Registered Nurse.2. Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain current.3. Working knowledge of Mental Hea...