Registered Nurse (RN) Behavioral Health Center (BHC)

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (TMH) is a private, nonprofit community-based healthcare system that provides care to a 22-county region in North Florida and South Georgia. We are a career destination with over 6,000 colleagues who reflect the diversity of our community.

TMH is the region's healthcare leader and top provider of advanced care with a 772-bed acute care hospital and the region's only :

• Level II Trauma Center
• Primary Stroke Center
• Level III Neonatal Intensive Care
• Pediatric Intensive Care
• The most advanced cancer, heart and vascular, orthopedic & surgery programs in the Panhandle.

Our system also includes a psychiatric hospital, multiple specialty care centers, six residency programs and more than 50 affiliated physician practices.

Qualifications

Required Education :

Graduate of approved school of nursing

Preferred Education :

Bachelor Degree in Nursing

Required Experience :

None

Preferred Education :

Two (2) to five (5) Years experience as a RN

Required Certification / License / Registry :

Current licensed in the State of Florida to practice professional nursing (RN).

Must have a current Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification from an accredited instructor from the American Heart Association (AHA) and / or other specialized life support requirements designated by work area.

Responsibilities

Your Role :

Assumes direct and indirect responsibility for the patient's care environment.

Provides care through collaboration with team members and the autonomous application of the nursing process.

Provides leadership, mentoring and role modeling for other members of the health care team.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, coordination and delegation of care in a safe, secure and clean environment.

Ensures care provided displays respect for the patient’s rights, dignity, values, confidentiality and expressed needs.

Is adaptable, using evidenced based practice and information technologies while maintaining focus on providing comfort, relieving pain and alleviating anxiety.

Practices under the Department of Nursing and within the scope of the Florida Nurse Practice Act.

Follows all policies, procedures, and requirements, and actively supports a commitment to the mission and vision of TMH, consistently displaying behaviors in harmony with the ICARE values.

Reports To :

RN / Director Psychiatry

Supervises :

None