Nurse Manager-First Shift

About the role

Avenues Recovery Center is a nationwide network of drug and alcohol rehab centers with ten locations across five states. Offering the very highest standard of medical and clinical treatment, our services span every level of care - including detox, residential, PHP IOP, and outpatient services. Avenues is both JCAHO and CARF accredited, and in full compliance with all ASAM standards. Yet despite our excellence, our greatest strength remains the staff we cull from across the nation. If you're a compassionate professional who appreciates stimulating yet meaningful work, we warmly invite you to join our all-star team. Avenues Recovery Center at Fort Wayne is a 100‑bed residential facility offering drug and alcohol detox and inpatient rehabilitation services. With its unparalleled clinical program, skilled and dedicated staff, and fresh, modern premises, Avenues at Fort Wayne provides the ultimate setting for clients to open up and begin healing and rediscovering themselves. Our star staff includes therapists and clinicians, nurses and nurse practitioners, group facilitators and behavioral health technicians - all of whom help to create a warm, accepting atmosphere, and provide care in the most compassionate and dignified manner. With all services and amenities under one roof, beginning your recovery journey has never been more gratifying.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality, compassionate, and timely medical care for every Avenues client
• Ensure seamless coordination of client care between medical and clinical departments, UR team, external healthcare providers, and pharmacies
• Oversee all medication inventory, logs, and authorizations, lab shipments and reports, medical supplies and equipment etc.
• Oversee and direct all nursing and medical support staff (interviews, onboarding, training, retention, scheduling, shift coverage, HR needs, and performance reviews)
• Maintain medical workflow process and conduct ongoing reviews of protocol and operations
• Ensure quality medical documentation and charting standards through weekly chart review

Requirements

• Minimum one year diploma program post‑high school
• One year experience in substance use treatment field preferred
• Valid RN licensure necessary to practice nursing in‑state, or compact licensure with multistate privileges

Skills

• Excellent oral and written communication and critical thinking skills
• Strong collaborative, multitasking, and time‑management skills
• Natural leadership abilities with commitment to excellence

Benefits

• 401K with 100% employer match
• Medical Insurance
• Dental
• Vision
• Accident
• Critical Illness
• Hospital Indemnity
• Voluntary Short‑Term Disability
• Voluntary Long‑Term Disability
• Employer‑Paid Life and AD&D
• LifeTime Benefit Term Insurance with Long Term Care
• Legal Coverage
• Pet Insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• Employer‑Paid Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) – Medical
• Dependent Care FSA (DCF)

Schedule

First Shift (Monday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm)