What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Administrator - Eating Disorder Residential position at Discovery Behavioral Health?
In addition to providing regular nursing services the Nurse Administrator will provide supervision over other nurses and have administrative duties. The Nurse Administrator consults with the physician and psychiatrist to ensure appropriate medical interventions are achieved and carries out all orders received with appropriate information sharing with the Program Director and Facility Manager. They meet with each client daily completes a daily assessment and administers all prescription medication.
Responsibilities
- Completing H&P upon admission for each client
- Developing and initiating the Nursing Care Plan
- Facilitating therapeutic groups
- Availability for consultation after hours and returns telephone calls / pages within a tenminute time frame
- Meeting regularly with medical staff to discuss client treatment
- Performing primary first aid and determining need for physician notification
- Consulting with the physician and psychiatrist to ensure appropriate medical interventions
- Meeting with each client completing a daily assessment and administering all prescription medication
- Responsibility for carrying out any orders received from the physician and psychiatrist and reporting information to the Program Director and Facility
- Understanding the therapeutic process and confidentiality laws and having strong knowledge of professional ethics
- Demonstrating leadership abilities with an ability to communicate with persons from all educational and cultural backgrounds
This is a full time position that will work onsite Sun Mon Fri 12 hour shifts 7am7pm.
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Qualifications :
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.
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