Staff Nurse-PRN

Description

Join our team of compassionate eating disorder treatment professionals at Aster Springs Nashville! Nurses love working on our team because we offer a low client to staff ratio, opportunities to connect one on one with the clients in your care, a slower pace, and a healing home-like environment.

PRN (as needed) -- Night shift available (7p-7a)

Who We Are:

Founded as part of the Odyssey Eating Disorder Network. Aster Springs is unique in our ability to work with our clinicians, leaders, and experts nationally to ensure the care provided at Aster Springs is evidence-based and industry leading within our state-of-the-art facility. Our Aster Springs Nashville location provides residential eating disorder treatment in a safe and serene environment to heal. Located just minutes away from downtown Music City, our multidisciplinary treatment team provides tailored treatment plans designed to meet the unique needs of each client. 

What We Offer

• Team driven culture based on our 5 Star Service Commitment
• Peaceful, home-like environment
• 100% Company Paid EAP Emotional Well-Being Support
• 401K with Company Match

How You Will Contribute

Position is involved in all medical aspects of the program care and support of clients within eating disorder treatment facility. Works directly with client throughout shift to provide emotional support, encouragement, empathy and care. Eats with clients, attend group, process events and emotions with clients and provides general structure designed to help clients refrain from eating disorder thoughts and behaviors.

Position Responsibilities

• Perform client assessments as ordered
• Oversee medical issues and report issues to on-call Nurse Practitioner
• Perform blood draws and reporting of values to the Nurse Practitioner
• Understand medical emergency policy and act as lead during event
• Must be able to complete all nursing duties
• Responsible for all nursing duties during shift
• Correctly facilitate necessary shift communications to supervisor
• Understand and follow 24 on-call medical procedures
• Communicate follow up needs to next shift nurse
• Ensure effective communication between lab, courier and other medical offices and professional according to company procedures.
• Communicate information and concerns to therapists and treatment team
• Communicates client information in Comm log
• Attend all required trainings and meetings
• Work with treatment team to present one clear decision/voice/standard to clients
• Understand and follows all company policies, procedures and rules
• Follow all HIPAA and Privacy laws, rules and company expectations
• Builds rapport and trusting relationships with clients while maintaining professional boundaries
• Uses empathy, sensitivity and genuineness during all times
• Completes other tasks as requested by management

Qualifications

What We're Seeking

Education and Experience

• Hold current RN or LPN licensure for the state of Tennessee
• Appropriate Nursing Degree
• Active First Aid/CPR/AED certification (American Red Cross/American Heart Assc)
• Documented Proof of MMR and HEP B vaccination
• Successful completion of Criminal Background Check through DBHDS, Background Investigation Unit, and Registry Searches.

Aster Springs provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment. Aster Springs reserves the rights to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the organization desires. This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise. The employment relationship remains “At-Will.”

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