What are the responsibilities and job description for the Registered Nurse (RN) position at Ascension Recovery Services?
Wise Path Recovery Centers - Morgantown, WV (in partnership with Ascension Recovery Services) is in search of a full time RN to join our team at our facility in Morgantown, West Virginia. Our program is dedicated to short-term residential treatment for both men and women. The facility’s purpose is to help stabilize symptoms of substance use disorder (SUD) and create a smoother transition to an outpatient program or aftercare services.
Mission Statement: It is our commitment to provide integrated behavioral health treatment through evidence-based, high-quality clinical care for individuals, families, and communities experiencing Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders and empower those on their individual pathways to success.
Vision Statement: Our company is a national leader that provides innovative substance use disorder services through the development of accessible treatment centers to those in need. We use an individualized, person-centered approach while engaging with collaborative community partners to ensure the full continuum of care while eliminating gaps in treatment and providing a comprehensive approach of assisting individuals to engage in a healthy, purposeful, and fulfilling life.
The Registered Nurse will serve as an important member of the treatment team for individuals with substance use disorders. The RN provides day-to-day clinical leadership/supervision for specified program. As a member of the treatment team(s) and the unit, is responsible for providing a broad range of treatment and case management functions for the population served. Provides clinical program coordination.
Accountabilities
- Participate as clinical personnel on a treatment unit and facilitates therapeutic milieu on the unit.
- Assess patient needs, including assessing for high-risk indicators and documents history/assessment in a manner that is clinically pertinent to the individual patient.
- Participate as an integral professional member of an interdisciplinary treatment team led by a Clinician
- Generate and review monthly medication administration records (MARs) or reconciling them to MARs provided by a duly authorized and qualified pharmacist or pharmacy.
- Provide direct clinical assessment and intervention services to individuals, groups and families.
- Perform discharge planning as developed with the treatment team from day of admission as needed.
- Participate in treatment planning sessions and assists treatment team by coordinating planning effort.
- Act as liaison for hospitalized patients and their families to various community agencies, hospital consultants and services.
- Provide direct clinical supervision to all unit clinical staff on the team and assess competency of clinical staff
- Develop and maintain a dynamic clinical program based on best practice.
- Record and chart daily patient contacts as required by hospital policy.
- Assist in quality reviews of program as assigned by the manager.
- Assist in maintaining regulatory compliance of the program.
- Maintain appropriate certification, licensure, and competency through supervision and/or training and successful completion of annual performance evaluations.
- Promote and adhere to the workplace values of integrity, respect, trust, teamwork, quality, and excellence
- Performs other duties/projects as requested.
Education, Experience, Skills
- State-specific RN Licensure required.
- BSN or greater degree preferred
- 2 years’ experience in a mental health/SUD program; preferred in a setting providing acute and/or residential psychiatric care.
- CPR certification required/must obtain within 30 days of hire.
