RN-PRN

Educational Requirements:  Current Florida licensure as a Registered Nurse

Special Skills: One year general Nursing experience and/or Substance Abuse/Mental Health Nursing experience; strong people skills to provide excellent internal and external customer service 

Position Duties:

• Identifies client care requirements by establishing a rapport with potential and actual clients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements. Provides emotional and psychological support to clients.
• Coordinates daily, Monday through Friday with the Court Services Office to provide admission Nursing Screens and Assessments for clients. Promotes a smooth transition for clients entering Residential or Detoxification services as indicated. 
• Assists Physicians with the weekly Medical and Psychiatric Clinics. 
• Promotes client’s independence by establishing client care goals; teaching client to understand condition and self-care skills; answering questions. Provides client Psycho educational groups on an ongoing basis.
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against client care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following nursing philosophies and standards of care set by the Florida State Board of Nursing, State Nurse Practice Act, and other governing agency regulations.
• Provides Nursing Sick Call Clinic for clients two times weekly or more as indicated. Recommends appropriate referrals for clients.
• Protects clients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols. Plants PPD’s on all clients entering the Residential Treatment Programs unless contraindicated. Draws blood samples for RPR screenings on all clients as required.
• Documents client care services by charting in client and department records; accurately completes required paperwork procedures.
• Provides Nursing support to the Detoxification Unit as necessary.
• Provides oversight and support to the Technicians in the monitoring of clients self medication protocols and medication storage. 
• Maintains customer confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential; following established confidentiality policy and procedures; maintaining professional boundaries with clients.
• Maintains inter- and intradepartmental work flow by fostering a spirit of cooperation.
• Additional duties as assigned by the Director of Nursing.

CORE COMPETENCIES  

Demonstrates Dependability:  

• Arrives to work on time according to Lightshare Behavioral Wellness & Recovery policies. 

• Uses leave time according to Lightshare Behavioral Wellness & Recovery policies. 

• Completes documentation/paperwork and projects within deadlines. 

Demonstrates Flexibility & Initiative:  

• Assumes additional responsibilities and a willingness to assist colleagues. 

• Works different shifts when necessary. 

• Recommends program changes and improvements. 

Demonstrates Teamwork:  

• Maintains an overall work attitude of cooperation and professionalism in all interactions with agency staff and  community professionals. 

• Attends and participates in required staff meetings and agency-wide committees. 

• Receptive to direction and feedback from supervisor 

Demonstrates Professionalism: 

• Conducts self in a professional manner with colleagues, peers, and persons served. 

• Recognizes the rights of persons served; and will protect persons served privacy at all times by following Lightshare Behavioral Wellness & Recovery, State, and Federal mandated privacy procedures and regulations.  

• Adheres to Lightshare Behavioral Wellness & Recovery Code of Ethics at all times. 

• Complies with all agency policies and procedures, laws, and regulations under which Lightshare operates.