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Acadia Healthcare • Burns, TN 37029 • Posted 30+ days ago

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The Registered Nurse at Acadia Healthcare is responsible for providing and coordinating care by assessing physical and behavioral health needs of patients, developing and implementing nursing care plans, maintaining medical records, and educating patients and their families about various health conditions. This role involves working within the standards and scope of nursing practice as defined by the state Nurse Practice Act, as well as facility and corporate policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

  • Provide and coordinate care by assessing physical and behavioral health needs of patient.
  • Develop and implement nursing care plans.
  • Maintain medical records.
  • Educate patients and their families about various health conditions.
  • Provide nursing care and services within the standards and scope of nursing practice.
  • Ensure physician's orders are legible and transcribed appropriately.
  • Assess patient's status and document pertinent information.
  • Collaborate to ensure all patients' needs are met.
  • Notify physician of significant changes in status.
  • Ensure nursing treatment plans are specific to assessed needs.
  • Demonstrate knowledge and utilization of universal precautions in providing direct patient care.
  • Administer medications per ordered note and document accurately.
  • Complete admission and discharge processes efficiently and accurately.
  • Exhibit therapeutic rapport with patients.
  • Provide direction or coordinate the activities of the unit as directed.
  • Communicate effectively with patients, visitors, coworkers, and others involved in patient treatment.

Qualifications

Required

  • Safety Minded: Novice
  • Oral Communication: Novice
  • Communication: Novice
  • Attention to Detail: Novice
  • Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
  • Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
  • Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
  • Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
  • Job Security: Inspired to perform well by the knowledge that your job is safe
  • Flexibility: Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals
  • Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization
  • Associates or better in Nursing/Healthcare
  • Reg Nurse
  • Graduation from an accredited school of nursing
  • One or more years' nursing experience within clinical area of service provided by facility preferred
  • Current RN license as required by state
  • CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required

About Acadia Healthcare

Acadia Healthcare operates in the healthcare industry, specializing in developing and managing a network of behavioral health facilities nationwide.

Full Job Description

Description

+ Provide and coordinate care by assessing physical and behavioral health needs of patient, develop and implement nursing care plans, maintain medical records and educate patients and their families about various physical and behavioral health conditions.

+ Provide nursing care and services within the standards and scope of nursing practice as defined within the state Nurse Practice Act regulations, policies, procedures and protocols, as well as facility and corporate policies and procedures.

+ Ensure physician's orders are legible if taken verbally and transcribed appropriately per policy and procedure.

+ Ensure patient's status is assessed on an ongoing basis and pertinent information gathered is documented.

+ Collaborate with others to ensure that all patients' physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental and cultural needs are met and when they are not met, acknowledges and works to resolve customer complaints.

+ Notify physician of significant changes in status such as difficulties with detox, medical emergency or change in medical status regarding response to medications, etc.

+ Ensure nursing treatment plans are specific to assessed needs and initial treatment plan is completed upon admission.

+ Demonstrate knowledge and utilization of universal precautions in providing direct patient care.

+ Accurately administer medications per ordered note and document accurate count of controlled substance medication administration on required documents.

+ Responsible for completing admission and discharge processed efficiently and accurately as directed.

+ Exhibit therapeutic rapport with patients by maintaining professional boundaries, being respectful to personal space, giving patient direct attention and maintaining rational detachment.

+ Provide direction or coordinate the activities of the unit as directed.

+ Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, coworkers and others involved in patient treatment in an effective manner.

Qualifications

Skills

Required

+ Safety Minded: Novice

+ Oral Communication: Novice

+ Communication: Novice

+ Attention to Detail: Novice

Behaviors

Required

+ Team Player: Works well as a member of a group

+ Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest

+ Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

+ Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Motivations

Required

+ Job Security: Inspired to perform well by the knowledge that your job is safe

+ Flexibility: Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals

+ Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

Education

Required

+ Associates or better in Nursing/Healthcare

Licenses & Certifications

Required

+ Reg Nurse

Experience

Required

+ - Graduation from an accredited school of nursing required. - One or more years' nursing experience within clinical area of service provided by facility preferred. - Current RN license as required by state. - CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility). - First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)