Registered Nurse RN Psychiatric

Company: LewisGale Hospital Pulaski
Location: Pulaski
Posted on: July 21, 2021

Job Description:

Description

Are you passionate about delivering superior, patient-centered care? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a Registered Nurse today with HCA LewisGale Hospital Pulaski.

At HCA LewisGale Regional Health System, we want to ensure your needs are met. We offer a variety of comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans along with some unique benefits including:

You contribute to our success. Every role has an impact on our patients’ lives and you have the opportunity to make a difference. We are looking for a dedicated RN like you to be a part of our team.

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LewisGale Hospital Pulaski (LGHP), a 147 bed acute care facility, is a Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) facility, one of the nation’s largest and leading healthcare systems.  Our facility is located in the beautiful mountainous region of Virginia and is a neighbor to the Virginia Tech community.  We are proud to be recognized by The Joint Commission as a Top Performer on key quality measures and The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ranks us among the top hospitals in the nation on quality measures for our surgical process improvement, heart failure and pneumonia care.  Most importantly, our healthcare family is community focused and dedicated to enhancing the health and quality of life by putting our patients first.

Our behavioral health is a 16-bed unit where we offer hope, help, encouragement and support for individuals with emotional, behavioral and mental health needs, including depression, chemical dependency such as drug or alcohol addiction, anxiety and many other issues. Individuals receive the best quality care through specialized services in safe, healthy, confidential and calming environments.

Conditions we will treat include:

• Depression with feelings of hopelessness or suicide, inability to care for oneself
• Anxiety causing constant fear, paralyzing worries or panic attacks
• Severe disorientation or memory impairment
• Inability to maintain adequate nutrition, which may threaten life or vital body functions
• Threatening thoughts or assaultive behaviors toward others
• Unusual or bizarre behavior with illogical thoughts or beliefs
• Emotional issues occurring with substance abuse or medical issues
• Inability to maintain psychiatric stabilization through outpatient treatment
• Any appropriate diagnosis in the adult population

Components of treatment will include:

• Crisis intervention
• Psychiatric triage, evaluation and differential diagnosis
• Medication stabilization
• Group therapy
• Family therapy and education
• Educational groups
• Activity therapy
• Individual psychotherapy
• Coping skills training
• Discharge planning
• Outpatient follow-up

To learn more about our Behavioral Health Unit at LGHP, click on this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUfhP_-BiHk

Qualifications

• Diploma or Associates Degree from a professional nursing program (required)
• BSN or current enrollment in a BSN program at an accredited school of Nursing (preferred)

• Current licensure as an RN in the state of Virginia or current multi-state compact RN license with eligibility to practice in VA is required.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) Health Care Provider (required)

Be a part of an organization that invests in you. We are actively reviewing applications for our RN opening. Highly qualified candidates will be promptly contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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