RN or LPN
Healthcare employer
Saint Louis, Missouri
McCallum Place is a nationally acclaimed, comprehensive eating disorder treatment center for pre-adolescents, adolescents, adults, and athletes of all genders.
Posted Oct 2 · 1 year of experience
- Shift and hours
- Nights
- Unit and setting
- Psych · Behavioral Health McCallum Place is a nationally acclaimed, comprehensive eating disorder treatment center for pre-adolescents, adolescents, adults, and athletes of all genders.Pre-adolescents, adolescents, adults, and athletes with eating disorders
- License
- RN or LPN license Current RN or LPN license or eligibility to practice
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- Current RN or LPN license or eligibility to practice
- Certification
- CPR certification CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
- Certification
- De-escalation and restraint certification
- Certification
- First aid certification if required by state or facility First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.
- Education
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing Must have graduated from an accredited school of nursing.
- Experience
- 1 year of nursing experience One year of nursing experience; previous psychiatric, mental, behavioral, or substance abuse nursing experience a plus
Preferred
- Experience
- Psychiatric, mental, behavioral, or substance abuse nursing experience
What it pays
- Tuition assistance
- tuition reimbursement
Benefits
- BenefitsMedical insurance
- BenefitsPrescription drug plan
- BenefitsFlexible spending accounts
- BenefitsHealth savings accounts
- BenefitsVision insurance
- BenefitsDental insurance
More benefits (11)
- BenefitsVoluntary short-term and long-term disability coverage
- BenefitsEmployee assistance programsAdditionally, our well-being programs encompass employee assistance programs, financial support, tuition reimbursement, and much more.
- BenefitsFinancial support
- BenefitsTuition reimbursement
- Health savings account
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Employee assistance program
- Opportunities for advancement
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- Assess patients' physical and behavioral health needs Provide and coordinate care by assessing patients’ physical and behavioral health needs.
- Day to day
- Develop and implement nursing care plans Develop and implement nursing care plans.
- Day to day
- Maintain medical records and educate patients and families Maintain medical records and educate patients and their families about various physical and behavioral health conditions.
- Day to day
- Ensure physician orders are legible and transcribed appropriately Ensure physicians’ orders are legible if taken verbally and transcribed appropriately per policy and procedure.
- Day to day
- Continuously assess patient status and document pertinent information Ensure patients’ status is assessed on an ongoing basis and pertinent information is gathered and documented.
- Day to day
- Notify physicians of significant changes in patient status
- Day to day
- Complete initial nursing treatment plans upon admission Ensure that initial nursing treatment plans are completed upon admission and that all nursing treatment plans are specific to assessed needs.
- Day to day
- Administer medications accurately per order Accurately administer medications per ordered note.
- Day to day
- Document controlled substance administration counts Document accurate count of controlled substance medication administration on required documents.
- Day to day
- Process admissions and discharges efficiently Complete admission and discharge processing efficiently and accurately as directed.
- Day to day
- Maintain therapeutic rapport and professional boundaries with patients Exhibit therapeutic rapport with patients by maintaining professional boundaries, respecting personal space, giving patients direct attention, and maintaining rational detachment.
- Day to day
- Provide direction or coordinate unit activities as directed Provide direction or coordinate the activities of the unit as directed.
- Day to day
- Communicate therapeutically with patients, visitors, and co-workers Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, co-workers, and others involved inpatient treatment.
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
On your path
Psychiatric Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
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Overview
Come join the McCallum Place Nurse team and make a difference every day!
Great pay, flexibility, advancement opportunities and work life balance – what a great combination for both of us. Apply today and let’s look at your future with McCallum Place.
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About us
McCallum Place is a nationally acclaimed, comprehensive eating disorder treatment center for pre-adolescents, adolescents, adults, and athletes of all genders. With locations in St. Louis, Missouri, and Kansas City we are unique in that we offer on-site medical and psychiatric management and care combined with intensive individualized psychotherapy, making our center a center of excellence and great alternative to traditional hospital settings.
At Acadia Healthcare, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, prescription drug plan, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, vision, dental, and voluntary short-term and long-term disability coverage. Additionally, our well-being programs encompass employee assistance programs, financial support, tuition reimbursement, and much more.
Responsibilities
Nurse essential functions
Provide and coordinate care by assessing patients’ physical and behavioral health needs. Develop and implement nursing care plans. Maintain medical records and educate patients and their families about various physical and behavioral health conditions.
Provide nursing care and services within the standards and scope of nursing practice as defined within the state Nurse Practice Act regulations, policies, procedures, and protocols, as well as facility and corporate policies and procedures. Ensure physicians’ orders are legible if taken verbally and transcribed appropriately per policy and procedure. Ensure patients’ status is assessed on an ongoing basis and pertinent information is gathered and documented.
Notify physicians of significant changes in status such as difficulties with detox, medical emergency, change in medical status regarding response to medications, and related challenges. Ensure that initial nursing treatment plans are completed upon admission and that all nursing treatment plans are specific to assessed needs. Demonstrate knowledge and utilization of universal precautions in providing direct patient care.
Accurately administer medications per ordered note. Document accurate count of controlled substance medication administration on required documents. Complete admission and discharge processing efficiently and accurately as directed.
Exhibit therapeutic rapport with patients by maintaining professional boundaries, respecting personal space, giving patients direct attention, and maintaining rational detachment. Provide direction or coordinate the activities of the unit as directed. Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, co-workers, and others involved inpatient treatment.
Qualifications
Education/licensure/experience/skill requirements
Must have graduated from an accredited school of nursing. Must possess a current Registered Nurse (RN) license or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) license as required by the state of employment or be eligible to practice nursing in accordance with state requirements One year of nursing experience; previous psychiatric, mental, behavioral, or substance abuse nursing experience a plus CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility). First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.
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What's around it?
Saint Louis, MO
Living costs about 9% below the US average