RN - full time, residential

Position Summary:

The Registered Nurse works in a dynamic multidisciplinary team providing treatment services according to the Discovery Behavioral Health Clinical Model.

Essential Job Functions:

• Meets with each potential new admission and completes face to face assessment. Screens for medical appropriateness for admission to facility and consult with the medical/psychiatric provider to receive orders for admission. Supports the process by checking belongings, providing searches, etc. as needed.
• Completes initial nursing assessment and full medical admission process upon admission for each patient.
• Ensures all orders from medical/psychiatric providers are carried out.
• Ensure that all patients have signed informed consent for medications prior to the 1^st dose.
• Administers medications as prescribed and administers PRN medications and documents effectiveness within timelines.
• Develop and initiate the Nursing Care Plan.
• Ensures proper narcotic diversion protocols as per policy are completed each shift
• Provides assessment of medical problems as needed.
• Performs primary first aid and determines the need for physician notification.
• Performs vital signs, basic evaluative procedures, and tests.
• Performs blood draws.
• Provides health education to patients and staff.
• Responsible to ensure all the medications needed by the patients are ordered appropriately and available in the facility.
• Manages and orders supplies and keeps a fully stocked and operational nursing station.
• Provides milieu management throughout the treatment experience and communicates with all team members.
• Supervises and supports patients on community outings.  
• Objectively and accurately documents patient progress as required by policy.
• Assists with discharge process.
• Assesses patient suicidality and possibility of danger to self or others.
• Communicate with referral sources and outpatient providers for continuity of care upon admission, midpoint, and discharge, as needed.
• Manages patient’s medical needs including schedule appointments, complete referral/ prior authorizations for medical treatments and tests as indicated.
• Oversee the medication management system that includes but not limited to, medication planning, storage, ordering and transcribing, administration, monitoring and evaluation.
• Monitoring of CIWA/COW scores for patients on detoxification protocols.
• Knowledge of detoxification medication, withdrawal symptoms, and medical complications that can occur in detox.

Knowledge, Education, and Experience:

• Bachelor of Science and Nursing preferred.
• ADN (Associate Degree in Nursing) accepted.
• Holds a current RN license in good standing.
• One year experience preferred working in mental health, substance use, or eating disorders field.
• Ability to draw blood is required.

Employment Status: Full time, overnight 

Schedule: 7pm-7:30am, 3 days a week

Work Location: Del Mar, CA

Compensation: Pay Range: $45-55 hourly