RN/LPN Full-time Nights

Description

Detox Experience Needed 

POSITION SUMMARY:

RN/LPN is responsible for providing care to clients to include but not limited to, administering medication, taking vitals, assessing medical needs.   

Essential Duties:

• Assisting with the taking and recording of daily client vital signs and assessments
• Administering medications and treatments as per provider protocol
• Assisting with client admissions and discharges
• Recording client observations and reporting to the medical team as needed
• Compassionately interacting with the client population to encourage engagement in treatment
• Maintain a safe and sanitary environment
• Attending staff trainings and meetings as required by the employer
• Communicating with the pharmacy as needed
• Completing client nursing admissions not limited to intake surveys, blood draws, TB testing, GeneSight swabbing
• Follows all policies and procedures with regard to client information protection, including alcohol-drug client confidentiality and HIPAA
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Detox experience required
• Current unrestricted licensure in TN as a Registered Nurse
• Associate's degree in Registered Nursing  
• Able to read, analyze, and interpret policies and directions, and present information effectively, both orally and written
• Ability to work with both chemically dependent and individuals in psychiatric care in a non-judgmental, compassionate fashion 
• Demonstrated ability to establish effective working relationships with other staff as well as with referral sources
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions from a wide variety of data and deal with several abstract and concrete variables
• Experience working with people in recovery and/or in mental health treatment a plus 

Benefits Include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401k Match
• Paid-Time Off
• Sick Time
• Holiday Pay