RN or LPN- Days

Overview

The Emily Program aims to create a world where individuals with eating disorders can recover peacefully with healthy relationships towards food, weight, and body image. Our team comprises compassionate professionals from diverse backgrounds who collaborate to provide evidence-based care.

Position Summary

The RN or LPN provides holistic and compassionate nursing care as part of an interdisciplinary team to clients with Eating Disorders and other comorbid disorders in an inpatient or residential higher level of care (HLOC) setting or in an outpatient setting with a primary focus on clients in day programming (PHP/IDP).

Schedule

• Day/Eve rotating shifts
• Day shift: 7am - 7:30pm

Compensation

• Starting hourly range: $40.00 - $45.00
• Final Compensation: Within pay range based on qualifications/experience

How Nurses Empower Recovery

• Provides client care through assessment, monitoring, and intervention to address health concerns appropriately
• Provides medication management including education, assessing adherence, administration in the inpatient and residential setting only, and monitoring for side effects in collaboration with provider
• Aids and supports medical and psychiatric providers with medical care coordination
• Serves as a staff resource for client medical needs and information
• Recognizes and appropriately responds to medical and psychiatric emergencies
• Responsible for accurate and timely documentation in the client medical record
• Able to follow through with directives provided by a Nurse Manager or Lead Nurse when applicable
• Pairs with team effectively to maximize performance through communication skills, knowledge of team dynamics, and adaptation to change to ensure high quality of care
• Drives clients, staff, and supplies in the company vehicle in emergencies as needed (Inpatient or Residential only)
• Processes refills, laboratory procedures, EKGs, vitals, supply ordering and stocking, and triaging of calls
• Assists staff to provide a safe environment for patient care
• Adheres to policies and procedures as defined by the various programs including maintaining client confidentiality and client rights
• Able to take initiative, utilize critical thinking skills, and resources to work autonomously when needed
• Provides direction and support to LPNs, CNA 2, and MAS
• Performs nursing assessments and tasks (e.g. Patient Assessments, Venipuncture/Phlebotomy, EKG placement and capture, Nasogastric Tube Feeds, implementation of provider orders)
• Pairs with medical and psychiatric providers to ensure client safety during treatment at Accanto facilities, including appropriate management of medication regimen
• Pairs with nutrition and medical to monitor meal compliance, possible impacts on clients’ health, and actions needed
• Operates as the Person in Charge during after hours and owns escalation to on-call leadership/providers during after hour periods
• Pairs with the treatment team to create the appropriate treatment plan for each client
• Pairs with BHTs to help with client de-escalations
• Collaborates with site staff on incident reports
• Responds to medical concerns in the milieu
• Performs safety assessments after hours
• Initiates emergency response/protocols after business hours
• Initiates nursing interventions to protect client safety
• Makes appropriate client accommodations for group attendance based on medical concerns

Qualifications

• Associate's or Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Current licensure in state practicing or compact as a Registered Nurse
• Valid driver's license and authorization to drive
• Current Basic Life Support certification required (American Heart Association) within 15 days from date of hire

Skills & Competencies

• Competence with Information Technology (basic computer skills, Microsoft Office Suite, Electronic Health Record, Microsoft Teams)
• Vital sign and physical assessments
• NG tube placement training (inpatient only)

Workplace Environment

• Standing 50%
• Sitting 50%
• Bending, twisting, kneeling, stooping or crouching when appropriate
• Handling objects with hands and/or fingers
• Talking and/or hearing
• Seeing
• Lift, carry, push or pull up to approx. 40 pounds (supplies, etc.)

What we offer

• Employee Benefits:
• HSA and PPO insurance with HSA or FSA options (Blue Cross Blue Shield)
• Dental insurance (Delta Dental)
• Vision insurance (EyeMed)
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Company-paid life insurance
• 401(k) plan available two months after start date
• Company 401(k) matching for up to 50% of your contribution, up to 6% of your compensation
• Paid time off is a crucial part of maintaining work and life balance. Our generous PTO plan accrues annually and begins with your first whole pay period. Eligible employees enjoy seven paid holidays and one floating holiday in addition to their regular PTO.