Registered Nurse - UBS
Joplin, Missouri
RN · Mental Health Care
Posted Aug 14
- Shift
- 12-hour
- Unit
- Psych
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Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour
- Term
- Per Diem
- Setting
- Behavioral Health
- Accepts
- RN
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About this role
The Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for clinical, administrative, and clerical duties to ensure that physicians and advanced practice nurses are supported, and patients are comfortable. The Registered Nurse will systematically and continually assess the physical, emotional, and clinical needs of assigned patients. Registered Nurse shall be trained in providing medical support to individuals impacted by a variety of behavioral health issues who are learning to manage aspects of their mental illness/substance use recovery.
Responsibilities
Completes triage and initial triage assessment, provides patient monitoring, and documents change in condition in a timely manner; assesses and documents patient status prior to treatment and after treatment. Triage assessment includes checking a patient’s vital signs, performing a physical exam and obtaining the patient’s medical history. Vital signs include blood pressure, pulse, breathing rate and temperature.
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Formulates initial plan of care based on assessment of patient needs. Performs coordination of care in collaboration with other behavioral healthcare team members. Provides ongoing patient/family education to include self-care, medication instruction, documents education daily.
Accurately documents patient treatment, responses, and maintains accurate account in patient record. Demonstrates professional behavior. Attends required meetings, communicates and performs job in a professional manner; following policies and procedures.
Demonstrates good customer service skills, communicates, and works effectively with others. Registered Nurse shall report to and perform other work-related duties as assigned by the Director of Urgent Care Services.
Physical Requirements
Typical demands include prolonged sitting, frequent standing, bending, stooping for up to a 12-hour period. Lift/carry up to 10 pounds continuously, occasionally lifting up to 50 pounds, and up to 100 pounds with assistance. Requires normal range of hearing and manual dexterity sufficient to operate keyboard, telephone, photocopier, calculator, and other office equipment as needed. Sufficient sensory-motor dexterity to complete motor skills tasks, including vision, hearing, speech, and smells. Requires ability to work under stressful conditions and to work irregular hours and deal with irate individuals. TB test upon hire.
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Requirements
- RN
- Typical demands include prolonged sitting, frequent standing, bending, stooping for up to a 12-hour period. Lift/carry up to 10 pounds continuously, occasionally lifting up to 50 pounds, and up to 100 pounds with assistance. Requires normal range of hearing and manual dexterity sufficient to operate keyboard, telephone, photocopier, calculator, and other office equipment as needed. Sufficient sensory-motor dexterity to complete motor skills tasks, including vision, hearing, speech, and smells. Requires ability to work under stressful conditions and to work irregular hours and deal with irate individuals. TB test upon hire. Show more Show less Be among the first 25 applicants Full-time Not Applicable Health Care Provider Mental Health Care 3480410 https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/registered-nurse-ubs-at-ozark-center-4436367811?trk=public_jobs_topcard-title EXTERNAL
Place
- City
- Joplin, Missouri
- Median rent
- $962/mo
- Local household income
- $52,097/yr
- Metro price level
- 14% below the national average
- Address
- 3010 McClelland Blvd, Joplin, MO 64804, USA
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Joplin area index 85.7, where 100 is the national average.
Joplin sits in southwest Missouri near the Kansas and Oklahoma borders, offering a small-city feel with outdoor access at Grand Falls and Wildcat Glades. Nurses relocating here find a tight-knit community, affordable living, and regional healthcare employers anchored by Mercy and Freeman health systems.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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You would be stepping into behavioral health work in Joplin — triage, monitoring, and education on Urgent Behavioral Services beside physicians and APNs, or longer-stay and substance-use lanes if that fits you better. The RN side reports to the Director…
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Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
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