Behavioral Health RN
Lawton, Oklahoma
Comanche County Memorial Hospital

Registered Nurse (RN) - Behavioral Health (Nights)

Overview

• Location: Lawton, Oklahoma
• Employment Type: Temporary
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Nights, 12 hours per day
• Facility: 265-bed regional referral center offering medical services in virtually every specialty
• Orientation: Nursing travelers start orientation on Thursdays

Responsibilities

• Provide input into the formulation of the patient care plan.
• Attend weekly clinical staffing and review patient treatment plans.
• Provide medication education to all patients and families.
• Ensure patients' emotional and mental observations are reported to medical and clinical staff and documented accurately and precisely in the patient chart.
• Teach educational groups on the APU schedule.
• Train LPNs and MHTs in charting, vital signs, patient routines, and de-escalation techniques.
• Participate actively in a performance improvement (PI) team or other unit task force.
• Accept lecture, educational, or marketing assignments made by the Manager.
• Maintain Therapeutic Options certification.
• Serve as a positive role model for patients and employees in language, dress, hygiene, and behavior.

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Oklahoma
• Behavioral Health experience (2 years)
• Behavioral Health experience within the last year
• NIHSS
• BLS certification issued by the American Heart Association
• Associate of Science in Nursing (Associate Degree in Nursing)

Additional Notes

• Former direct employees of the facility are not eligible to return through an agency until 6 months after their direct employment ended.