What are the responsibilities and job description for the Registered Nurse - PRN position at Broadstep Behavioral Health,Inc?
Broadstep Behavioral Health, Inc.
“Where positive opportunities can find you”
Are you interested in making an impact in the lives of individuals by supporting those with intellectual disabilities, emotional, behavioral or medical complexities?
Broadstep Behavioral Health, Inc – is hiring for our program located in the Kingstree-SC area.
Broadstep Behavioral Health, Inc – SC, our programs are designed to assist the consumers to reach their maximum potential and improve their overall quality of life. We specialize in serving children and adults with autism spectrum disorders, severe intellectual disabilities, serious & persistent mental illness, chronic medical disorders occurring with psychiatric conditions (seizure disorder, diabetes, and physical challenges) and behavioral disorders.*
We currently have an opportunity for a PRN Registered Nurse. This role oversees individual’s health through observing and assessing their records, symptoms, and reactions to treatment and care. The RN performs as a liaison with individual's families as well, guiding and instructing them in aftercare measures.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Observes individuals, charting and reporting changes in conditions such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment and takes necessary actions.
- Supports nursing care standards through adherence to existing policies and procedures.
- Answers individuals calls and determines how to assist them.
- Reviews care plans as a basis for providing safe and therapeutic care to individuals. Communicates with the individual and his or her family and other members of the health care team in carrying out the goals of the care plan.
- Measures and records individual’s vital signs such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.
- Provides basic individual care or treatments such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations.
- Identifies abnormal diagnostic data and shows a fundamental understanding of its implications by reporting information to the physician and others caring for the individual, and by incorporating information in the nursing care plan.
- Works as part of a health care team to assess individual needs, plans and modifies care, and implements interventions.
- Evaluates nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other health care team members.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Indirectly supervises Licensed Practical Nurses within the Clinical department(s).
- Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Possess a valid, state-specific Registered Nursing license (BA in Nursing preferred).
- Meet all licensing requirements set forth by the respective state of operation.
- One to three years experience as a RN
Broadstep, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, prohibits discrimination based on the following protected categories: race, creed, color, national origin, nationality, ancestry, age, sex/gender, marital status, civil status, domestic partnership status, familial status, religion, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or disability.