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DepartmentSubstance Use Disorder Oper
The following positions within Inpatient Adolescent Psychiatry, InpatientAdult Psychiatry, Psychiatric Emergency Services, CARES, and OutpatientBehavioral Health Services are offering the opportunity to enroll in a newprogram offering a cash incentive to recognize your work treating patientswith substance use disorders. This program is sponsored through the ACCESS(Advancing Careers, Competencies, and Equity in Substance TreatmentServices) grant. Employees must be >0.6 FTE to be eligible. 50% of thebonus will be received 90 days after signing the program contract.- Registered Nurses (RNs) may earn up to $7,500 by December 2024- Behavioral Health Technicians (BHTs) may earn up to $2,500 by December 2024
The opioid addiction crisis in the United States is one of the mostsignificant public health emergencies in this generation. The OutpatientBehavioral Health Service (OBHS) serves as the Hub for the Center ofAddiction Medicine Hub and Spoke Model. OBHS is dedicated to supporting opioidaddiction eradication and provides a full range of services includingMedication Assisted Therapy (MAT), Women and Family Services,Behavioral Health, Addiction Treatment and mobile addiction medicine services.
As a Registered Nurse you will work along aside a multidisciplinary team madeup of Addiction Medicine Providers, Psychiatrists, LCSW's, AddictionsCounselors, Nurses, Care Navigators, and dedicated peers who all striveto provide the highest quality of care to our clients. The nurse's primaryrole is to provide education, coordination, and medication administration.OBHS offers a variety of settings for the RN to support including, triage,medication management, mobile opioid treatment, and leadershipopportunities. All OBHS RN's receive training in trauma-informed care,motivational interviewing and addiction medicine.
If you are hired on as a Registered Nurse (RN) at >0.6 FTE to InpatientAdolescent Psychiatry, Inpatient Adult Psychiatry, Psychiatric EmergencyServices, CARES, or Outpatient Behavioral Health Services, you will beeligible for a new program which offers a cash bonus to recognize your worktreating patients with substance use disorders.Nurses may earn up to$7,500 by December 2024 with 50% of the bonus received 90 days aftersigning the program contract.
Essential Functions:Assess the needs of individuals, families and/or communities to identifypotential health or safety problems (15%)Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records (10%)Monitor, record and report symptoms and changes in patient's condition andvital signs (10%)Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patient's responses andconditions (10%)Develop and modify patient care plans as indicated by patient's responsesand conditions (10%)Prepare patients for, and assist with examinations and treatments (10%)Consult and coordinate with health care team members to assess, plan,implement and evaluate patient care (5%)Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity (5%)Direct and supervise less skilled nursing/health care personnel (5%)Instruct individuals and families on health education and disease preventionand after care (5%)Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent or disabled patients(5%)Medication administration, documentation and reassessment (5%)Promote positive patient experience (5%)
Education:Associate's Degree required.
Work Experience:1-3 years experience in a direct patient care settingrequired.
Licenses:BLS-Basic Life Support (BLS/CP ) - AHA - American Heart Associationrequired and,RN-Registered Nurse - DORA - Department of Regulatory Agencies required.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:Adherence to Standards of Professional Nursing Practice/ Process /Performance [ANA Standards addendum- signed] and accrediting body standards.Ensures all duties, responsibilities and competencies are conducted in amanner that is effective and appropriate to patients/clients to whocare/service is being provided.Demonstrates knowledge and applicability of the principles of growth anddevelopment over the life span, as well as demonstrating the ability toassess data reflecting the patient's status and interpreting appropriatecultural information of the patient(s) to whom care/ services is beingdelivered/provided.Employee has completed and met their clinical competency standardsAbility to use medical equipment and instruments to administer patient care.Skilled in maintaining effective working relationship with patients,employees, and the... For full info follow application link.
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