Nurse Administrator - Eating Disorder, Residential
Company: Discovery Behavioral Health
Location: Encinitas
Posted on: May 15, 2022
Job Description:
Job DescriptionIn addition to providing regular nursing
services, the Nurse Administrator will provide supervision over
other nurses and have administrative duties. He/she 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. The Nurse Administrator meets 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
- Providing clear and complete client documentation
- Implementing Physician Orders
- Availability for consultation after hours and returns telephone
calls/pages within a ten-minute time frame
- Administering medication as prescribed
- Counting narcotics daily, logs appropriately
- Meeting regularly with medical staff to discuss client
treatment
- Providing assessments of medical problems as needed
- 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
- Demonstrating tact, initiative, resourcefulness, a professional
manner, enthusiasm, and a non-judgmental attitudeThis is a
full-time-- position that will work-- Monday-Friday-- 6am-2pm at
one of our residential programs.-- ----- ------- --For a virtual
tour of the facility, please visit our website at
centerfordiscovery.com.Qualifications
- RN required
- Management or supervision experience is preferred
- Mental health nursing experience is a plus
- RN License in the State required
- Must have knowledge of JCAHO & State regulatory
requirements
- Must have considerable knowledge of nursing principles and
practice
- Must demonstrate knowledge of Axis I diagnosis and
symptoms
- Must demonstrate knowledge of medications and their proper
application and use
- Able to take vital signs, provide first aid, and perform basic
evaluation procedures and testsAdditional InformationWe are proud
to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace
and perform pre-employment 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/-- PandoLogic.
Keywords: Nursing Service Administrator, Location: Encinitas, CA -
92024
Keywords: Discovery Behavioral Health, Encinitas , Nurse Administrator - Eating Disorder, Residential, Healthcare , Encinitas, California
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