What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN/LPN PRN Nightshift position at Peachtree Detox?
Description:
POSITION SUMMARY:
The RN/LPN IS responsible for providing care to clients to include but not limited to, administering medication, taking vitals, assessing medical needs.
Essential Duties:
- Assisting with the taking and recording of daily client vital signs and assessments
- Administering medications and treatments as per provider protocol
- Assisting with client admissions and discharges
- Recording client observations and reporting to the medical team as needed
- Compassionately interacting with the client population to encourage engagement in treatment
- Maintain a safe and sanitary environment
- Attending staff trainings and meetings as required by the employer
- Communicating with the pharmacy as needed
- Completing client nursing admissions not limited to: intake surveys, blood draws, TB testing, GeneSight swabbing
- Follows all policies and procedures with regard to client information protection, including alcohol-drug client confidentiality and HIPAA
- Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications:
- Current unrestricted licensure in GA or TN (as required by facility) as a Registered Nurse.
- Associate's degree in Registered Nursing
- Able to read, analyze, and interpret policies and directions, and present information effectively, both orally and written
- Ability to work with both chemically dependent and individuals in psychiatric care in a non-judgmental, compassionate fashion
- Demonstrated ability to establish effective working relationships with other staff as well as with referral sources
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions from a wide variety of data and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Experience working with people in recovery and/or in mental health treatment a plus
Benefits Include:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life
- Employee Assistance Program
- 401k Match
- Paid-Time Off
- Sick Time
- Holiday Pay