View Point Health

View Point Health’s Adult Crisis Stabilization Unit program (Lawrenceville, GA) provides psychiatric crisis intervention and stabilization services to Adults. The Adult CSU operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Manages, guides, and/or instructs the work assignments of subordinate staff. Plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for a unit or shift. Ensures that staff assess client health problems and needs. Develops and implements nursing care plans and maintains medical records. Supervises the provision and quality of nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent or disabled clients. Advises clients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provides case management.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the nursing team and ensuring excellent care is provided to all clients.
• Works with the interdisciplinary team, discipline leads, and other professionals and paraprofessionals to provide support and coverage as necessary.
• Ensures all quality measures are met, including treatment plans, daily notes, treatment team and 72-hour treatment team coverage by nursing, and assessments completed in 24 hours, according to DBHDD standards.
• Create or refresh work-flow processes, standard operating procedures, and weekly auditing of charts and ECR records.
• Ensures all medical supplies are consistently stocked on the unit.
• Facilitate monthly nursing meetings and bi-monthly unit meetings, including preparing meeting minutes.
• Making the monthly nursing schedule and managing call outs and staffing issues.
• Complete interviews and hiring of new staff, including orienting and training new nurses.
• Facilitate nurse staff training and attend leadership meetings and program/licensure trainings as required.
• Complete performance evaluations and disciplinary actions when required.
• Review critical incident reports and implement appropriate actions related to medication errors and other events.
• Ensure unit ratios are always met, manage nurse call outs, and call upon additional nurses when necessary.
• Take calls from the unit after hours when necessary to provide support and assistance.
• Asses receive and evaluate clients that come from a community setting. 
• Initiate orders for behavior management from medical provider. 
• Assist with verbal de-escalation of clients.
• Medication administration.
• May assist with nursing or direct care breaks and unit coverage when necessary.
• In the event of an uncovered shift, or call out, where a replacement cannot be found, the nurse supervisor will provide coverage.
• The nurse supervisor reports directly to the Operations Manager/Program Director, and completes any additional duties assigned.
• This position may require long periods of sitting and/or standing.
• Employees are subject to random drug screens.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in nursing from an accredited college or university OR Associate's degree in nursing from an accredited college or university AND current Georgia license as a Registered Professional Nurse AND One year of professional nursing experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in nursing and 1-2 years’ experience in supervision

Requirements/Competencies:

• Must be able to lift 20 pounds.
• Requires long periods of sitting/standing.
• Must have valid Georgia driver’s license and Motor Vehicle Record in accordance with company policy.
• Candidates for selection must pass a criminal background check (including fingerprinting).
• Must pass a pre-employment drug screen and subject to random drug screens.
• Any combination of training and experience, which would have enabled the applicant to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities Note: Some positions may require a valid driver's license.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits (for qualified employees):

• State Health Benefits Package (medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, long-term care, legal services, flexible spending accounts)
• Paid New Hire Training
• Company contributes additional 7.5% of salary to 401(a) Retirement Plan
• No employee deduction for Social Security
• Additional benefits such as legal services, Employee Assistance Program and discounted tickets to attractions, shopping, technology, and travel
• Supervision, training, and continuing education opportunities available

View Point Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer:  View Point Health recruits qualified candidates for positions in View Point Health programs throughout its service area. It is the policy of View Point Health to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.