Registered Nurse

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Full Time Elizabethtown, KY, US

Salary Range: $65,000.00 To $80,000.00 Annually

Job Description

Position Title:

Registered Nurse

Position Status:
Full-Time

Supervisor:
Director of Medical and Nursing Services

Work location:

Residential Locations

• Drug test
• Background check – over two years since prior criminal conviction
• TB skin test :
  Must have a test or provide proof of one within the past year.
• Must have a valid driver's license, reliable transportation and current automobile insurance.
• Required:
  
  Registered Nurse Certification.
• CPR certification through the American Heart Association.

Responsible for medically assessing clients upon intake into residential facility. Special level of skill required for the treatment and care of substance use disorder clients. Part of this position will be to evaluate the needs of potential and current clients as well as administer treatments and therapies under the direction of agency Medical Providers (MD/APRN/PA) and Medical Director. Will provide medical guidance to clients, clinical and program staff that is evidence based and within RN scope of practice.

• Good judgment, decision making and problem-solving skills
• Time management and ability to handle multiple projects and prioritize
• Quickly learn new nursing methods and understand equipment and applications
• Knowledge of local medical care regulations
• Clinical skills
• Infection control
• Psychological knowledge
• Administer medication, medical teamwork, listening, verbal communication, health promotion and maintenance.
• Must be multi-faceted, able to provide structure to clients, work independently and provide non-judgmental and non-biased service to clients.
• Must be able to collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team.

Visual acuity and manual dexterity are needed for required paperwork. Frequent talking and hearing are required when communicating with co-workers, families, and other service providers. Physical demands are light with walking, standing, and occasional stooping. Possible exposure to communicable diseases during contact with individuals released from various locations i.e. jails, hospitals, unsanitary conditions, rehabilitation centers, etc.

• Able to provide quality customer service to personnel, persons served, families and stakeholders.
• Helps maintain the health, safety and welfare of personnel, person served and stakeholders.
• Be a leader and example in medical team by demonstrating the highest level of compliance and exemplary performance.
• Participate in quality assurance by monitoring quality of medical care, documentation, and client interactions they provide.
• Maintain current licensure and certifications.
• Identifies client care requirements by establishing rapport with potential and actual clients by maintaining an open-door policy.
• Follow detox protocols per organization policies and procedures. Including, but not limited to completing frequent face to face assessments (minimum of once a day), COWS/CIWA scales when applicable, administering ordered medication, etc.
• Complete daily rounding of detox clients at bedside.
• Promotes client’s independence by establishing client care goals; teaching client to understand their condition, medications, and self-care skills, answering questions.
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against client care goals and standards, making, or recommending necessary adjustments; following agency and nursing division’s philosophies and standards of care set by State Board of Nursing, State Nursing Practice Act and other governing agency regulations.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with infection-control policies and procedures.
• Protects clients and personnel by adhering to medication administration and storage procedures, controlled substance regulations, and disposing of unused/abandoned medications per organizations policies and procedures and state regulations.
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