About This Role
This night-shift post on the cardiac ward pairs patient care with mentoring new nurses. The Charge Nurse provides quality nursing care to patients, coordinates total nursing care, implements specific procedures and programs, and ensures compliance with all regulations. The role involves communicating with and overseeing appropriate personnel, providing daily and periodic reports, and performing all duties of a Registered Nurse when required.
Responsibilities
- Supervise and coordinate all nursing and nursing-related activities in the facility while on duty, including medication administration
- Assume the Charge Nurse role by receiving and giving shift reports, keeping the physician informed of clients’ conditions and needs, monitoring the care of clients by the nursing team, and organizing and delegating medical client care needs
- Perform and document nursing assessments and screenings, including reviewing client histories and documenting a nursing clinical summary on all clients admitted to Hanley Foundation
- Assess individual client care needs, initiate medical treatment plans, and competently process and implement all care according to physician orders and standards of nursing practice
- Utilize safe and effective practices of medication ordering and management as defined by policy and standards of nursing practice
- Accurately administer and monitor the effects of medications and conduct accurate controlled medication counts
- Process physician orders in a timely and accurate manner
- Collect and process lab specimens following proper infection control procedures
- Provide appropriate client education as determined by client assessments, needs, and treatment plans
- Delegate some duties and coordinate care with other direct-care staff to ensure continuity of client care, staff relations, and efficiency of service
- Work with department heads in other areas of the facility to provide nursing assistance and staff when needed
- Prepare and maintain client medical records, including appropriate and timely documentation
- Accurately and thoroughly document in the medical record utilizing approved medical record language and abbreviations, adhering to medical record policies and procedures
- Provide thorough and accurate shift report to ensure continuity of client care
- Work a flexible schedule based upon service demands
- Attend all mandatory trainings as identified by Hanley policy
- Complete yearly training requirements and mentor new employees
- Attend multi-disciplinary treatment team meetings, as needed
- Maintain accurate suboxone/Subutex quality control logs
- Order or direct the ordering of drugs, solutions, and equipment
- Investigate and resolve complaints, or refer unusual problems, as appropriate
- Effectively communicate medical/nursing issues to the clinical/case management team and serve as a resource
- Uphold all Hanley Foundation Policies and Procedures
- Maintain client/potential client confidentiality in accordance with Hanley Policy
- Be responsible for the health, safety, and welfare of clients
- Ensure the privacy and confidentiality of all clients and their medical records
- Complete duties in a professional and timely manner
- Report all alleged incidents of abuse or neglect in accordance with all state standards and accrediting bodies
- Ensure that all records are available for all state and accrediting bodies staff inspection
- Ensure and coordinate with the clinical staff’s functioning to avoid scheduling conflicts for clients between Administration, Clinical, and programmatic needs or requirements set forth by the Standards
- Stand "On Call" at designated times
- Report directly to the Director of Medical Services and complete orders in a professional and timely manner
Requirements
- Associate (ADN) or Bachelor's (BSN) degree
- Currently licensed as an RN
- Current CPR/First Aid training/certification
- If in recovery, one (1) year of continuous sobriety required
- Working knowledge of personal computers and basic software
- Computer literate and familiar with most Microsoft products and network components
- Fluid communication skills
- High degree of organization skills
Nice to have:
- Previous hospital, chemical dependency rehabilitation treatment program, and/or behavioral health experience desired
- Previous supervisory experience preferred
- Working knowledge of addictions with age specific client populations preferred
Important Details
- Shift: Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
- Supervisory responsibility: This position has shift supervisory responsibilities
About the Company
Hanley Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to eliminating addiction through prevention, treatment, advocacy, and recovery support at its state-of-the-art substance use/mental health treatment facility.
