What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Nurse position at The Emily Program Brand?
Our vision is a world of peaceful relationships with food, weight, and body image, where everyone with an eating disorder can experience recovery. We believe that exceptional, individualized care leads to lasting recovery from eating disorders. That’s why our teams are comprised of compassionate, dedicated professionals from a variety of backgrounds who collaborate to provide the very best evidence-based care for our clients at all levels of care.
Position Overview:
Provides holistic and compassionate nursing care as part of an interdisciplinary team to clients with Eating Disorders and other comorbid disorders in an inpatient or residential higher level of care (HLOC) setting.
Schedule:
- Full-time (0.8 FTE): 32 hours/week
- Shift: 2pm-10:30pm
- Rotating weekends required
How Nurses Empower Recovery:
- Performs all tasks and responsibilities associated with floor/staff nurse
- Assesses patient care requirements on each unit and functioning of equipment and needs of nursing team by making rounds
- Develops and implements staffing plan for each shift based on patient acuity, patient census, and available staff
- Consistently follows established safety and infection control procedures and identifies and intervenes in unsafe situations
- Assists Nurse Manager in the maintenance and tracking of supplies and equipment
- Ensures operation of medical equipment by verifying emergency equipment availability and maintaining equipment inventories
Qualifications:
- Licensed as an RN in Ohio
- Associate Degree in Nursing
- Must have valid driver’s license and be authorized to drive
- Current Basic Life Support certification required (American Heart Association)
- Minimum of 2 years clinical experience (inpatient medical setting preferred)
What we offer:
Employee Benefits
We understand the importance of a well-rounded benefits package. That’s why we’re dedicated to providing a range of plans to meet your needs.
For full-time employees, we offer:
- HSA and PPO insurance with HSA or FSA options (Blue Cross Blue Shield)
- Dental insurance (Delta Dental)
- Vision insurance (EyeMed)
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Company-paid life insurance
- 401(k) plan available two months after start date
- Company 401(k) matching for up to 50% of your contribution, up to 6% of your compensation
Paid time off is a crucial part of maintaining work and life balance. Our generous PTO plan accrues annually and begins with your first whole pay period. Eligible employees enjoy seven paid holidays and one floating holiday in addition to their regular PTO.
Educational Opportunities
As a national leader in eating disorder treatment, we are committed to encouraging career growth and providing our staff with robust clinical education. That’s why we partner with the University of Minnesota Medical School and have a team dedicated to providing ongoing education with in-house continuing education credit opportunities through webinars and in-person events. We continuously work to develop new education programs like our upcoming Behavioral Health Technician certification program.
Are you in your first internship? Are you within hours of your licensure? We have on-the-job training to help you reach your career goals. New master’s degree therapists can accumulate hours by leading groups to earn full licensure.
