Registered Nurse- Nights

Our vision is a world of peaceful relationships with food, weight, and body image, where everyone with an eating disorder can experience recovery. We believe that exceptional, individualized care leads to lasting recovery from eating disorders. That’s why our teams are comprised of compassionate, dedicated professionals from a variety of backgrounds who collaborate to provide the very best evidence‑based care for our clients at all levels of care.

The RN provides holistic and compassionate nursing care as part of a multidisciplinary team supporting clients in an inpatient or residential higher level of care (HLOC) setting or in an outpatient setting with primary focus on clients in day programming (PHP/IDP).

• 12‑hour shifts (7:00 pm–7:30 am)
• 2 shifts per week
• Self‑schedule Monday‑Friday
• Alternating weekends

• Conduct comprehensive patient assessments to identify nursing care needs, potential risks, and psychological challenges.
• Provide medication management including education, assessing adherence, administration in the inpatient and residential setting only, and monitoring for side effects in collaboration with provider.
• Assist and support medical and psychiatric providers with medical care coordination.
• Provide medical care coordination between patient, provider, staff, family, and outside care agencies as needed.
• Serve as a staff resource for client medical needs and information.
• Recognize and appropriately respond to medical and psychiatric emergencies.
• Responsible for accurate and timely documentation in the client medical record.
• Able to follow through with directives provided by a Nurse Manager or Lead Nurse when applicable.
• Partner with team effectively to maximize performance through use of communication skills, knowledge of team dynamics, and adaptation to change to ensure high quality of care.
• Drive clients, staff, and supplies in the company vehicle in emergencies as needed (Inpatient or Residential only).
• Process refills, laboratory procedures, EKGs, vitals, supply ordering and stocking, and triaging of calls.
• Assist staff to provide a safe environment for patient care.
• Adhere to policies and procedures as defined by the various programs including maintaining client confidentiality and client rights.
• Able to take initiative, utilize critical thinking skills, and work autonomously when needed.
• Provide direction and support to LPNs, CNAs, and Medical Assistants.
• Perform nursing assessments and tasks (e.g. patient assessments, venipuncture/phlebotomy, EKG placement and capture, nasogastric tube feeds, implementation of provider orders).
• Partner with medical and psychiatric providers to ensure client safety during treatment at Accanto facilities, including appropriate management of medication regimen.
• Partner with nutrition and medical teams to monitor meal compliance, possible impacts on clients’ health, and actions needed.
• Operate as the Person in Charge during after‑hours and own escalation to on‑call leadership/providers during after‑hour periods.
• Partner with the treatment team to create the appropriate treatment plan for each client.
• Partner with BHTs to help with client de‑escalations.
• Collaborate with site staff on incident reports.
• Respond to medical concerns in the milieu.
• Perform safety assessments after hours.
• Initiate emergency response/protocols after business hours.
• Initiate nursing interventions to protect client safety.
• Make appropriate client accommodations for group attendance based on medical concerns.

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in nursing required.
• Current licensure in state practicing or compact as a Registered Nurse required.

• Must have a valid driver’s license and be authorized to drive.
• Current Basic Life Support certification required (American Heart Association) within 15 days of hire.
• Employees at Residential or Inpatient sites in North Carolina or Georgia must have a current CPI certification within 30 days of hire.
• Employees at Residential site in Washington must have a Washington State Department of Health Food Handler permit within 30 days of hire.

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