Staff Nurse-Behavioral Health Services

**About NYC Health \+ Hospitals** --------------------------------- Elmhurst Hospital Center (EHC) is the major tertiary care provider in the borough of Queens. The hospital is comprised of 545 beds and is a Level I Trauma Center, an Emergency Heart Care Station and a 911 Receiving Hospital. It is the premiere health care organization for key areas such as Surgery, Cardiology, Women's Health, Pediatrics, Rehabilitation Medicine, Renal and Mental Health Services. At NYC Health \+ Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person\-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons. **Work Shifts** --------------- 7:00pm\-7:30am With alternating weekends Total Hours: 37\.5 **Duties \& Responsibilities** ------------------------------ **Purpose of Position**: Under supervision, provides professional nursing care to patients/clients within an assigned unit. Diagnoses and treats responses to actual or potential health problems by means of nursing methods and techniques such as case\-finding, health teaching, health counseling and provision of care supportive to and restorative of life and well\-being. **Examples of Typical Tasks**: 1\. Identifies and discriminates between physical and psycho\-social signs and symptoms. Selects and performs those therapeutic measures which are essential for effective execution of the nursing regimen for assigned patients/clients. 2\. Develops, implements and continuously evaluates the nursing regimen for assigned patients/clients. 3\. Records and maintains nursing care plans and progress notes on patients/clients to ensure continuity of care. 4\. Interprets and reports responses of patients/clients to appropriate members of the health team. 5\. Participates with interdisciplinary health team members to