RN Nights Supervisor
RN Nights Supervisor
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Job Description
The RN Nights Supervisor will be responsible for assessing clients in an inpatient/residential drug and alcohol detoxification program and administering medication and nursing care to admitted patients.
Responsibilities
- Performing completing and validating assessments utilizing proper grammar spelling and complete sentences without using unapproved abbreviations.
- Informing personnel (i.e. UR psychiatry dietician) of new admissions when appropriate.
- Administering and documenting vital signs CIWAs COWS fall assessments/precautions seizure precautions suicidal/homicidal assessments nutritional assessments pain scales fall assessments anxiety scales craving scales standard and infection control precautions.
- Observation documentation audit functions education and record keeping of all observed/inventoried/destroyed/prescribed medications.
- Assessment of patients with addiction and mental health conditions and assisting in ascertaining clinical medication management with other Registered Nurses Licensed Vocational Nurses Nurse Practitioner Physician Assistant Psychiatrist and Medical Doctor.
- Administering medications via oral sublingual inhalation auricular topical vaginal and rectal routes and performing scheduled and PRN vitals as appropriate.
- Manages the Medication Administration Record documenting administration efficacy and first response.
- Provides direct patient care to a diversified patient population across continuum of care.
- Collaborates with staff in assessing patient family agespecific nursing needs and develops plan of care for complex highrisk patients.
- Provide assistance to Utilization Review in communicating pertinent nursing information.
- Designs teaching programs for patients/families and provides assistance to staff in program implementation.
- Work closely with medical staff to provide education and counseling for clients and other organizational health care providers on optimal use of medicines (e.g. proper use avoidance of over medication).
- Provide nursing care adapted to the individual patient needs based on the nursing process which includes assessment planning implementation and evaluation.
- Direct patient care including the reporting of observed changes in mental status and/or physical condition response to emergencies safety risks.
- Documents nursing incidents and medication errors.
- Oversees the medication management system that include but not limited to; medication planning storage ordering and transcribing administration monitoring and evaluation.
- Verifies the integrity of and controls medications brought into the organization by the client their families and licensed independent practitioners.
This is a fulltime position that will work nights with rotating weekends.
For a virtual tour of the facility please visit our website atparcbh.com.
Qualifications :
- Must be graduate of an approved Registered Nursing program with a current licensure from the Texas Board of Nursing or Compact Licensure as approved to work in the state of Texas.
- Preferred: Experienced as a staff nurse preferably in the field of chemical dependency and/or behavioral health. Experienced as a Nursing/House Supervisor
- Current Basic Life Support certification
Not sure if you meet all the qualifications Apply anyway! To provide truly innovative care we need to have a diverse team around us. Thats why Discovery Behavioral Health is committed to creating an inclusive environment. If you find yourself meeting some but not all the above wed be happy to consider your application.
Additional Information :
We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drugfree workplace and perform preemployment 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.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
