Nurse - FT

About the Role

Enterhealth is a nationally recognized leader in the addiction field. The Ranch nursing team is responsible for the initial and ongoing clinical care of residential patients. The nursing team is an integral part of the collaborative care environment in which our patients can focus on healing.

Responsibilities

• Perform initial and ongoing physical and psychosocial assessments according to state regulations and the standards of nursing practice.
• Create, implement, and revise client-specific plans of care.
• Collaborate with clients, families, therapists, providers, and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Ensure accurate and timely administration of prescribed medications. Monitor, record, and communicate the client's vital signs and conditions as appropriate.
• Provide treatment education to clients and families.
• Ensure the provision of age and culturally appropriate care.
• Participate in the orientation and mentoring of new staff members.
• Oversee clinical record management and filing.
• Serve as a member of the support team and provide appropriate guidance regarding client monitoring and care within the scope of the license.
• Follow Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
• Demonstrate an understanding of and adherence to Enterhealth Policies and Procedures.
• Perform an admission clinical evaluation, taking into consideration pre-admission information received from the intake team.
• Work closely with the Admissions & Special Projects Director, Clinical Director, and Therapist to ensure appropriate patient placement.
• Work closely with the medical team, preparing new patients to be seen by the NP and/or MD.
• Utilize EMR and monitor QA activities accordingly.
• Maintain professional demeanor in dress, attitude, and performance in support of the community milieu.
• Actively support the mission, philosophy, and goals of Enterhealth.
• Protect the organization's reputation by keeping information confidential.
• Enhance the organization's reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Perform other duties as required by the supervisor and/or the Director of Nursing.
• Maintain strict adherence to HIPAA.

Core Competencies

• Demonstrate personal accountability and initiative.
• Strong communication style, both written and verbal, including adherence to brand.
• Collaborative and collegial.
• Organized and detail-oriented.
• Service-oriented.
• Friendly and able to listen to people's needs and concerns.
• Able to explain complicated concepts clearly and concisely.

Qualifications

• Proficient in EMR.
• Current Texas licensure - RN or LVN.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Regularly required to sit, use hands to handle or feel, and talk or hear.
• Frequently required to reach with their hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to stand and walk.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Light physical demands.

Working Conditions

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job in a typical office or administrative setting. The noise level in the work environment is usually low.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Basic Life and AD&D insurance