RN II Shift Supervisor-Day Shift

About the role

VCBR provides recovery, opportunity and support to residents so they may safely return to their communities. The Registered Nurse (RN II) upholds the professional image of the Nursing Department as a role model & mentor for other disciplines, providing nursing care to residents through the nursing department and maintaining a safe, therapeutic environment.

Responsibilities

• Upholds the professional image of the Nursing Department as a role model & mentor for other disciplines.
• Provides nursing care to residents through the nursing department.
• Maintains a safe, therapeutic environment, using the least restrictive measures necessary and upholds the rights and dignity of the residents & their families.
• Works with physicians to develop care plans, assess crisis, provide support and education, and integrate internal and external mental health services.
• Completes specific training to perform in a distinct, complex and secure environment.
• Complies with laws and regulations covering nursing practices relative to rules on resident/client protection for residents/clients with mental/psychological illness/disabilities.
• Follows principles and procedures of infection control in a high-risk environment to minimize the risk of the transmission of communicable diseases.
• Communicates effectively, verbally, written and group, to accurately and effectively communicate job related information.
• Uses medical terminology used in the assessment, care and treatment of residents/clients with mental/psychological illness/disabilities to support and assess mental health problems.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of professional nursing principles and techniques used in the assessment, care and treatment of individuals with mental illness, aging individuals, women, men, and culturally diverse individual’s unique healthcare needs respectively.
• Knowledge of and skills to complete specific training to perform in a distinct, complex and secure environment.
• Knowledge of laws and regulations covering nursing practices relative to rules on resident/client protection for residents/clients with mental/psychological illness/disabilities.
• Knowledge of principles and procedures of infection control in a high risk environment to minimize the risk of the transmission of communicable diseases.
• Knowledge of principles of effective, verbal, written and group communication to accurately and effectively communicate job related information.
• Knowledge of medical terminology used in the assessment, care and treatment of residents/clients with mental/psychological illness/disabilities in order to support and assess mental health problems, work with physicians to develop care plans, assess crisis, provide support and education, and integrate internal and external mental health services.

Additional Considerations

• Experience psychiatric, medical setting and/or correctional setting preferred.

Pay

Starting at Pay Band

Schedule

Day shift, 5 days a week- 8/hour days