Job Description

We welcome new grads!

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 medical screening assessment. Screens for medical appropriateness for admission to facility and consults with the physician.
• Completes initial nursing assessment (on-site) and full medical admission process upon admission for each client.
• Ensures all orders from physician/psychiatrist are carried out and any information about clients and their wellbeing is promptly and clearly communicated to physician/ psychiatrist and in treatment team meetings.
• Develops and initiates the Nursing Care Plan.
• Counts narcotics each day, logs appropriately.
• Performs blood draws.
• Responsible to ensure all the medications needed by the clients are ordered appropriately and available in the facility.
• Manages and orders supplies and keeps a fully stocked and operational nursing station.
• Conducts a weekly chart audit to ensure all medications have consent forms. Ensures all orders are carried out and documented appropriately for each client, all labs are in the client’s chart.
• Objectively and accurately documents client progress on a daily basis.
• Assesses client suicidality and possibility of danger to self or others.

This is a remote position, 24-hour on-call for medical needs. With in-person work as needed.

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

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science and Nursing preferred
• ADN (Associate Degree in Nursing) accepted
• Holds a current RN license in good standing in CT
• One year experience preferred working in mental health, counseling, or eating disorders field.
• Must possess a current Driver’s License in good standing.

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

Additional Information

We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment 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.