Nurse II vacancy at Texas Department of Family and Protective Services in Terrell

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is hiring Nurse II on Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:16:24 GMT. This is Position #82430400 located on Unit 6. The Staff Nurse II/Graduate Nurse performs complex nursing work at the proficient or expert level in a state mental health hospital. Works with limited supervision from the Charge Nurse or Nurse Manager and has considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Acts as Charge Nurse, Nurse Supervisor, or Nurse Manager in his/her...

Nurse II

Location: Terrell Texas

Description: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is hiring Nurse II right now, this vacancy will be placed in Texas. For complete informations about this vacancy opportunity please read the description below. This is Position #82430400 located on Unit 6. The Staff Nurse II/Graduate Nurse performs complex nursing work at the proficient or expert level in a state mental health hospital. Works with limited supervi! sion from the Charge Nurse or Nurse Manager and has considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Acts as Charge Nurse, Nurse Supervisor, or Nurse Manager in his/her absence when necessary. Provides clinical supervision to Nurse I, Licensed Vocational Nurses and Mental Health Workers. Organizes, establishes, and maintains unit routines and the therapeutic milieu. Coaches and teaches subordinate staff in the provision of population-specific nursing care and treatment. Supervises the administration of or administers medications in compliance with facility policies and procedures. Conducts extensive assessments of the patients’ nursing care needs including initial and ongoing assessments. Develops, implements, or supervises the implementation of population-specific nursing interventions based on acceptable nursing standard of care and relevant evidence. Acts as a nursing team leader in collecting patient data and contributing appropriate informati! on to the formulation of the patient’s interdisciplinary tre! atment plan. Must understand that duties, location of work, shift/pattern are subject to change as determined by the administration to meet the needs of the hospital. Must understand that duties may include exposure to blood or other potentially infectious material.

Essential Job Functions:
1. Nursing interventions in accordance with facility policy and procedures. (5%)
Develops an implements training for subordinate staff regarding Attends work on a regular and predictable schedule in accordance with agency leave policy and performs other duties as assigned.
2. Performs extensive initial and ongoing assessment of the patient’s nursing care needs to include medical, psychological, and social needs. (20%)
3. Develops nursing diagnoses or problem lists based on the assessment of the data and formulates the initial plan of care (10%).
4. Develops and implements population specific nursing interventions based on accepted nursing standards o! f care and through review of current evidence (10%).
5. Collaborates with other health care professionals by contributing nursing assessment date, diagnoses/problem lists, and interventions to the development of the multidisciplinary treatment plan. (10%)
6. Evaluates the outcomes of nursing interventions and documents the same in the medical record (5%)
7. Provides comprehensive patient/family education regarding illness process, medications, coping skills, etc. to patients and families. (5%)
8. Establishes, monitors, and maintains the therapeutic milieu through clinical supervision and training of other Registered Nurses, Licensed Vocational Nurses, and Mental Health Workers. (5%)
9. Administers or supervises administration of medications and other principles of population-specific nursing care, unit routines, facility policy and procedures, management directives, and milieu management, etc. (5%)
10. Acts as team leader in emergency situations (i.e! . medical or psychiatric emergencies) including initiating and monitori! ng the appropriate use of resuscitative equipment or restraint/seclusion. (5%)
11. As assigned, acts as charge nurse, nurse supervisor, nurse manager in his/her absence. (5%)
12. Demonstrates a commitment to a culture of safety that promotes respect, dignity, and a reduction in risk to both patients and staff through support of the hospital’s safety and risk management plans, infection control programs, and restraints and seclusion elimination strategies (5%).
13. Responds proactively to avert crisis, but effectively in all psychiatric emergency situations to avoid need for physical intervention (5%).
14. Other duties as assigned include but are not limited to actively participating and/or serving in a supporting role to meet the agency’s obligations for disaster response and/or recovery or Continuity of Operations (COOP) activation. Such participation may require an alternate shift pattern assignment and/or location (5%).

Monitors prevention an! d Management of Aggressive Behavior (PMAB) 1 â€" 6 and, in the absence of other staff, implements PMAB 1 â€" 3.2

Knowledge Skills Abilities:
Extensive knowledge of nursing procedures and practices. Extensive knowledge of the Texas Nursing Practice Act, Rules and Regulation of the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas. Ability to provide population-specific, evidence-based nursing care at the proficient or expert level to an assigned patient population. Ability to perform an extensive assessment of the patients nursing care needs to include medical, psychological, and social needs. Ability to formulate population-specific nursing diagnoses for the assigned patient population. Knowledge of leadership or management principles as they apply to the unit or hospital setting. Knowledge of teaching principles in order to provide both patient and staff education. Ability to communicate effectively with others in one-to-one or group interactions. Compreh! ensive knowledge of safe and appropriate use of restraint or seclusion ! as an intervention in the psychiatric setting. Ability to develop and implement evidence-based nursing interventions appropriate to the assigned population. Ability to provide leadership in the management of both medical and psychiatric emergencies. Ability to obtain certification for basic Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and ability to perform and/or supervise the implementation of CPR in the clinical setting. Ability to complete PMAB 1 â€" 32 prior to working on a patient care unit.

Registration or Licensure Requirements:
Licensed to practice as a professional nurse in the State of Texas or a state that recognizes reciprocity through the Nurse Licensure Compact or Graduate Nurse with a valid Texas permit.

Initial Selection Criteria:
Licensed to practice as a registered nurse in the State of Texas or state that recognizes reciprocity through the Nurse Licensure Compact, or possess a temporary permit to practice nursing in the St! ate of Texas. Graduate nurses welcome.

Additional Information:
15% shift differential paid for 3-11 and 11-7 shift. Three-week orientation period
Criminal history checks and drug screen required. Fingerprinting required (at the expense of the employee) if you are not currently employed in Texas for two years. Requisition ID #224596. Terrell State Hospital is a smoke-free facility.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), HHS agencies will provide
reasonable accommodation during the hiring and selection process for qualified individual
s with a disability. If you need assistance completing the on-line application, contact
the CAPPS service center at 1-888-894-4747. If you are contacted for an interview and
need accommodation to participate in the interview process, please notify the person
scheduling the interview.
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If you were eligible to this vacancy, please email us your resume, with sala! ry requirements and a resume to Texas Department of Family and Protecti! ve Services.

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This vacancy starts available on: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:16:24 GMT

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