Position Summary:

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides general medical services to program participants under the

guidance of the Program Director. This role is tasked with completing nursing assessments, helping to create individual treatment plans, and providing care using established best-practice methods. Essential Job Functions include those listed below.

Essential Job Functions:

• Screens populations from various age groups in order to determine behavioral health needs;
• Provide referrals to other community partners.
• Completes and records initial and subsequent nursing assessment of each patient’s physical and mental status according to program protocols using interview, observation skills, and physical assessment techniques and communicates findings verbally and/or via written documentation;
• Provides structure, and maintains a therapeutic environment in collaboration with program participants and other members of the team;
• Provides telehealth/telemedicine services, including virtual nursing assessments, follow- up care, participant education, and care coordination using approved HIPAA-compliant telehealth platforms.
• Intervenes during emergencies using, evidence-based practice strategies;
• Assists in developing positive relationships that support program participants in meeting their personal goals;
• Participates in collaborative care team meetings;
• Acts as a collaborative team member within the program, leading and addressing comprehensive health promotion and behavioral health maintenance needs;
• Facilitates preventative and restorative health and well-being education in individual, group and community settings;
• Some local travel may be required
• Assists the Regional Director of Accreditation in gaining and/or obtaining facility accreditation with CARF, JC, and other bodies;
• Assists other WestCare staff as needed to promote cooperation and portray a professional image to the community;
• Embraces and embodies the mission, vision, guiding principles, clinical vision and goals of WestCare Foundation;
• Performs any other duties as assigned.

Essential Qualifications:

Certifications/Licensures:

• RN licensure is required; preference will be given to candidates with additional certification and/or licensure;
• Valid driver’s license and the ability to obtain and maintain WestCare’s vehicle insurance is required.

Education:

• Graduation from an accredited two-year or four-year nursing program is required; position is required;
• High School Diploma or equivalent is preferred.

Experience and Competencies:

• At least five (5) years’ experience working with clients/patients in a substance abuse, counseling, medical, or mental health setting required;
• Ability to work with others in a manner that is pleasant and professional required;
• Ability to work well, both individually and as part of a team required;
• Ability to exercise good judgment and discretion required;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required;

Working Conditions:

• Work is primarily performed in an indoor setting within a treatment facility;
• Occasional outdoor work and travel between multiple locations may be required;
• Regular and prompt attendance is required throughout employment;

Essential Physical and Mental Demands of the Job

The employee must be able to perform the following essential duties and activities with or without accommodation:

Physical Demands:

• Requires mobility and physical activity: Having an adequate range of body motion and mobility to work in an office, residential, or outdoor environment including standing and walking (even and uneven surfaces), sitting for extended periods of time, bending, twisting, reaching, balancing, occasional lifting and carrying of up to 50 pounds. Use of computer and telephone systems is required which includes coordination of eye and hand, and fine manipulation by the hands (typing, writing, and working with files).
• Requires the ability to defend oneself and clients in physically abusive situations through the use of approved physical de-escalation techniques.
• Requires talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Talking is required to impart oral information to employees, clients, patients, and the public, and in those activities in which the employee is required to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to others accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Requires hearing: Hearing is required to receive and communicate detailed information through oral communication.
• Requires seeing: Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less and at distance. This factor is required to complete paperwork for many of the employee’s essential job functions and to observe client behavior and activities in and out of the facility.
• The normal work routine involves no exposure to human blood, body fluids or tissues. However, exposure or potential exposure may be required as a condition of employment. Appropriate personal protective equipment will be readily available to every employee.

Mental Demands:

• Requires the ability to collect and analyze complex numerical and written data and verbal information to reach logical conclusions.
• Requires the ability to work and cooperate with clients, co-workers, managers, the public and employees at all levels in order to exchange ideas, information, instructions and opinions.
• Requires the ability to work under stress and in emotionally charged settings.
• Requires the ability to defend oneself and clients in mentally/verbally abusive situations through the use of approved mental/verbal de-escalation techniques.

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