Registered Nurse

Full Time Awendaw, SC, US

5 days ago Requisition

Windwood Family Services provides help, hope, and healing for children and families through trauma-informed behavioral, educational, and therapeutic care. Our Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) operates 24/7/365, delivering active, evidence-based treatment centered on safety, permanency, and successful reunification.

For 40 years, Windwood Family Services has provided help, hope, and healing to children and families in the Low country affected by abuse, neglect, or trauma. On our 110-acre farm in Awendaw, SC, we operate a Qualified Residential Treatment Program and a Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility serving boys ages 6–16 — some in the custody of SC DSS following prior abuse or neglect, others facing behavioral challenges while still in their parents' care.

Alongside our residential programs, our Family Resource Connection and Preservation Services team works with families across the Charleston tri-county area to keep children safely at home whenever possible.

We believe every child holds strengths worth discovering, and that a structured, nature-based environment — paired with strong academics, clinical care, and genuine relationships — gives kids the chance to build self-esteem, coping skills, and a path toward a healthy, successful future. Our approach is family-driven, child-focused, strength-based, and culturally responsive, and it's carried out by a staff who show up every day committed to doing this work well.

Windwood is committed to:

• Trauma-informed, evidence-based care
• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and cultural respect
• Safety, ethical practice, and high-quality performance
• Collaboration, communication, and family-centered treatment

The Nurse is a licensed healthcare professional (RN)) who works closely with the Nursing Manager and nursing team to provide comprehensive, trauma-informed nursing care to the youth served. The role requires working knowledge of childhood mental illness — including trauma related to abuse and neglect — and familiarity with diagnoses common to this population, such as PTSD, anxiety, depression, autism spectrum disorders, op positional defiant behavior, and school-related challenges.

• Deliver a high standard of nursing care to support each resident's physical, mental, and psychosocial wellbeing.
• Administer medications and treatments per physician orders; sign off on MARs and report all medication errors.
• Complete initial and ongoing health assessments, including self-care, hygiene, nutrition, and response to illness or medication.
• Maintain monthly vitals (blood pressure, height, weight) for each resident.
• Provide basic first aid to clients, staff, volunteers, and visitors; maintain First Aid kits and OTC medication supply.
• Follow infection control protocols per CDC/SCDPH guidance and use universal precautions at all times.

• Support Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) restraints when clinically indicated, in compliance with federal and state regulation.
• Assess residents' physical and psychological status within one hour of any emergency safety intervention; report findings to the Medical Director.
• Serve on-call for restraints and health emergencies (must reside within 30 minutes of the facility); accompany youth to the ER as needed.
• Participate in emergency evacuations, shelter-in-place events, and all Safety Committee meetings.

• Maintain accurate, timely resident and departmental records in the EHR and DSS CAIP systems.
• Support COA re-accreditation efforts, including tracking and reporting nursing KPIs.
• Participat…