Job Description

The Registered Nurse works in a dynamic multidisciplinary team providing treatment services according to the Discovery Behavioral Health Clinical Model.

Responsibilities

• Meets with each potential new admission and completes face to face assessment. Screens for medical appropriateness for admission to facility and consults with the medical/psychiatric provider to receive orders for admission. Supports the process by checking belongings providing searches etc. as needed.
• Completes initial nursing assessment and full medical admission process upon admission for each patient.
• Ensures all orders from medical/psychiatric providers are carried out.
• Ensure that all patients have signed informed consent for medications prior to the 1st dose.
• Administers medications as prescribed and administers PRN medications and documents effectiveness within timelines.
• Must demonstrate knowledge of Axis I diagnosis and symptoms.
• Develops and initiates the Nursing Care Plan.
• Ensures proper narcotic diversion protocols as per policy are completed each shift
• Meets regularly with medical staff and treatment team to discuss patient care needs and interventions.
• Provides assessment of medical problems as needed.
• Performs primary first aid and determines need for physician notification.
• Performs vital signs basic evaluative procedures and tests.
• Performs blood draws.
• Maintains NG tube and administers bolus feeds when appropriate.
• Provides health education to patients and staff.
• Responsible to ensure all the medications needed by the patients are ordered appropriately and available in the facility.
• Manages and orders supplies and keeps a fully stocked and operational nursing station.
• Effectively and professionally communicates with families/loved ones as appropriate.
• Able to effectively and professionally establish rapport with patients.
• Provides milieu management throughout the treatment experience and communicates with all team members.
• Supervises and supports patients on community outings.  
• Objectively and accurately documents patient progress as required by policy.
• Assists with discharge process.
• Maintains an organized and safe environment.
• Assesses patient suicidality and possibility of danger to self or others.
• Communicates with referral sources and outpatient providers for continuity of care upon admission midpoint and discharge as needed.
• Makes timely requests for any absences and ensures coverage for any scheduled shift.
• Manages patients medical needs including schedule appointments complete referral/ prior authorizations for medical treatments and tests as indicated.
• Oversees the medication management system that includes but not limited to medication planning storage ordering and transcribing administration monitoring and evaluation.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Monitoring of CIWA/COW scores for patients on detoxification protocols.
• Knowledge of detoxification medication withdrawal symptoms and medical complications that can occur in detox.

This is a fulltime overnight position that will work 7pm 7am. 

For a virtual tour of the facility please visit our website at  pinelandsrecovery.com .

Qualifications :

• ADN (Associate Degree in Nursing) accepted.
• Holds a current RN license in good standing.
• One year experience preferred working in mental health substance use or eating disorders field.
• Ability to draw blood required.
• Obtain CPI certification within 90 days of hire.
• Obtain CPR AED and First Aid certification.
• Must possess a current Drivers License in good standing.
• *Eating Disorder Division:  Obtain Serv Safe certification within 90 days of hire. 

Not sure if you meet all the qualifications Apply anyway! To provide truly innovative care we need to have a diverse team around us. Thats why Discovery Behavioral Health is committed to creating an inclusive environment. If you find yourself meeting some but not all the above wed be happy to consider your application.

Additional Information :

We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drugfree workplace and perform preemployment substance abuse testing. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age race color religion sex or national origin.

For more information about our company benefits please visit us at discoverybehavioralhealth.com/careers/

Discovery Behavioral Health seeks to build a diverse staff that is reflective of the patients we serve and the communities where we work. DBH encourages multiple perspectives experiences and strives to hire and retain a diverse workforce.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime

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