Job Description

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 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. Implements Physician orders. Administers medications as prescribed. Counts narcotics each day, logs appropriately.
• Performs primary first aid and determines need for physician notification.
• Performs vital signs, basic evaluative procedures and tests, blood draws.
• Provides health education to residents and staff.
• 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.
• Manages client’s medical needs including schedule appointments, complete referral/ prior authorizations for medical treatments and tests as indicated.
• Supports client during admission processes. This may include checking in client belongings, acclimating client to the program and milieu.
• Provides milieu management throughout the treatment experience and communicates with all team members.
• Assists with discharge process.
• Assesses client suicidality and possibility of danger to self or others.
• Communicates with referral sources and outpatient providers for continuity of care upon admission, midpoint, and discharge, as needed.
• Manages client’s medical needs including schedule appointments, complete referral/ prior authorizations for medical treatments and tests as indicated.

This is a full-time position that will work swing or overnight shift.

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

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science and Nursing preferred
• ADN (Associate Degree in Nursing) accepted
• Holds a current RN license in good standing
• One year experience preferred working in mental health, counseling, or eating disorders field.
• Ability to draw blood required
• Obtain CPI certification within 90 days of hire
• Obtain CPR, AED, and First Aid certification
• Obtain Serv Safe certification within 90 day of hire.
• 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.