Registered Nurse Coordinator

Education Level Associate's degree## Description Comprehensive Healthcare provides innovative Behavioral and Integrated Healthcare services to clients of all ages. We take pride in our creative, collaborative work environment and in delivering clinically excellent, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented services.

This RN/LPN position supports our Opioid Treatment department, a new program which will help us increase access to evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorders to some of the most vulnerable members of our community. The program currently provides medication assisted treatment daily to clients and services to other hard-to-access populations throughout the greater Yakima community. This position will provide treatment daily to individuals in jail, and soon in a mobile medication unit in the community.

Support is also provided to the outpatient opioid treatment program, which doses methadone.
** Position Details:
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* Schedule:

Monday-Friday 6a-2:30p. 1 Saturday shift required per month as needed.
* Pay Ranges: **$41.79- $62.69*** **$15,000 Sign on Bonus
*** Health Benefits
** Responsibilities:
**** Core Nursing Functions:
*** Utilizes the nursing process, providing a systematic approach to client health needs through assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
* Carries out orders as prescribed by staff providers in a concise and timely manner.
* Establishes and maintains professional relationships with clients and families, providing information, education, care coordination, and support.
* Implements prevention strategies for various health conditions as appropriate.
* Actively engages in treatment teams and team-oriented strategies to achieving care objectives.
* Utilizes a variety of resources to increase clinical and professional competence.
* Delegates nursing tasks to appropriate staff members, training and supervising them to ensure accuracy and consistency in care and reporting.
* Represents and promotes professional nursing in all settings.
** Crisis Evaluation Intervention:
*** Utilizes appropriate crisis intervention techniques for client stabilization.
* Accurately screens for risk to self, others, property and the presence of grave disability and makes appropriate referrals.
* Documents and reports and/or notify as required by law.
* Applies QPRT (Question, Persuade, Refer or Treat) principles in assessing risk and in safety and treatment planning.
* Develops and documents appropriate safety plans.
** Employment Practices:
*** Effectively and legally interviews applicants and makes appropriate staff selections.
* Follows policies and procedures for corrective action relating to staff performance.
* Provides sound supervision to all direct reports which include appropriate and frequent performance feedback.
* Supports employees in skill development and goal attainment.
* Completes performance evaluations in a timely and thorough manner.
* Appropriately utilizes the Human Resources Department as needed and required.
** Injections:
*** Uses Standard Precautions and performs hand hygiene before and after administering an injection.
* Verifies the medication orders are correct and match the provider's last note.
* Verifies the medication is available at the pharmacy or the client will be bringing the medication with them.
* Practices the Five Rights of Medication Administration;
Right Patient, Right Medication, Right Dose, Right Route and Right Time.
* Demonstrates clean, safe and proper technique with administering and injection; hand hygiene, use of appropriate personal protection equipment (PPE)
* Discards the needle and syringe in the appropriate receptacle.
* Evaluates the client for adverse side effects or reactions following the injection.
* Assesses client's mood,…