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Job Description
REGISTERED NURSE
Southeast Missouri Mental Health Center offers competitive salary with shift and security differential, an hourly PRN rate, flexible scheduling options, weekend options, and continuing education opportunities.
Graduate nurses are welcome to apply!
Southeast Missouri Mental Health Center is a 350+ bed hospital, located in Farmington, Missouri. Website: https://dmh.mo.gov/smmhc/
Essential Job Duties:- Assess, observe, evaluate, and record patient’s mental and physical condition and provides treatment staff with information on which to make treatment decisions
- Develop and maintain nursing treatment plan, progress notes, flow sheets, and other required documentation
- Interact with patients as a part of the treatment plan, including social, recreational, and treatment activities in order to provide continuing treatment and rehabilitation
- Intermittent physical activity including:
- Walking (100-500 feet; may require rapid response)
- Standing (15-30 minutes in session)
- Sitting (15-30 minutes in session)
- Lifting (35 pounds)
- Hearing (evaluating potentially dangerous situations; taking blood pressures)
- Seeing (written instructions, patient behaviors)
- Speaking (in order to communicate with patients and staff)
- Walking (100-500 feet; may require rapid response)
- Make quick decisions and respond promptly and appropriately
- Demonstrate good manual dexterity
- Proper use of the telephone or any other equipment employee’s use for duty purposes
- Transcribe medical orders. Administers medications and treatments in compliance with physician orders
- Assigns, supervises, trains, and evaluates work of ward staff
- Attends work according to facility policies
Physical Requirements:- Intermittent physical activity including:
- Walking (100-500 feet; may require rapid response)
- Standing (15-30 minutes in session)
- Sitting (15-30 minutes in session)
- Lifting (35 pounds)
- Hearing (evaluating potentially dangerous situations; taking blood pressures)
- Seeing (written instructions, patient behaviors)
- Speaking (in order to communicate with patients and staff)
- Walking (100-500 feet; may require rapid response)
Minimum Qualifications:- Possession of a current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Missouri or in accordance with Missouri’s Nurse License Compact
- A graduate of an accredited nursing program may practice as a graduate nurse until he/she has received the results of the first licensure examination taken by the nurse of until ninety (90) days after graduation, whichever first occurs.)
Excellent State of Missouri Benefit Package Including :
Affordable health, vision, and dental insurance
Paid Basic Life Insurance (amount equivalent to annual salary)
Cafeteria Plan
Deferred Compensation
MOSERS Retirement (Members contribute 4% of pay. State contributes 19.45% of pay.)
Tuition Reimbursement
13 paid holidays per year
10 hours of annual leave accrued per month
10 hours of sick leave accrued per month
For more details please contact:
Southeast Missouri Mental Health Center - Human Resources
1010 W. Columbia St.
Farmington, MO 63640
(573) 218-6800
An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Assess, observe, evaluate, and record patient’s mental and physical condition and provides treatment staff with information on which to make treatment decisions
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