Charge Nurse - (Head Nurse)

Acadia Healthcare • Rio Piedras, PR

10d • Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for directing care to patients, facilitating work flow, serving as a clinical resource for staff, and providing team leadership on a shift-to-shift basis. This role involves providing health/nursing services with a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude, collaborating with others to meet patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental, and cultural needs, and resolving customer complaints. Patient safety is a top priority.

Requirements

• Current registered nursing license in State of facility required
• 6 months of experience as a registered nurse required
• CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required

Nice To Haves

• BSN preferred
• One year experience as a registered nurse preferred
• One or more years experience in behavioral health/psychiatric/addiction recovery environment (inpatient or outpatient) preferred
• Some experience as a change RN preferred

Responsibilities

• Oversee a unit or work group for a specified shift.
• Provide direct care for patients.
• Monitor and coordinate other nurses and staff members on daily medical or behavioral health care activities of the unit.
• Schedule staff to ensure full coverage and effective application of services.
• Lead, guide, and train employees.
• Oversee and provide direct nursing evaluation, consultation, and related care to patients.
• Coordinate services and maintain communication with other departments or staff.
• Oversee quality assurance activities and compliance to operational standards.
• Participate in program development, and development or implementation of operating policy and procedure.
• Promote continuous improvement of workplace safety and environmental practices.
• Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, case managers, coworkers, and others.
• Complete and maintain required documentation.
• Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Benefits

• Training available upon hire and offered by facility for CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification
• First aid may be required based on state or facility

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level