Discharge Registered Nurse

Acadia•Wilmington, NC

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About The Position

Wilmington Treatment Center is hiring a full-time Discharge Registered Nurse. The center provides detoxification, rehabilitation, residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient services. The role is scheduled for three 12-hour day shifts from 6:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., with an every-other-weekend rotation. The Registered Nurse assesses patients’ physical and behavioral health needs, develops and implements nursing care plans, provides and coordinates care, maintains medical records, and educates patients and families. The nurse administers medications, monitors patients’ status, communicates significant changes to physicians, and completes admission and discharge processing. The role also requires therapeutic and professional communication, maintaining appropriate boundaries, and coordinating unit activities as directed. Nursing care must comply with applicable state practice requirements and facility and corporate policies.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Current Registered Nurse (RN) license as required by the state of employment, or eligibility to practice nursing in accordance with state requirements.
One year of nursing experience.
CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification; training is available upon hire and offered by the facility.

Nice To Haves

Previous psychiatric, mental, behavioral, or substance abuse nursing experience is a plus.
First aid may be required depending on state or facility requirements.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical and behavioral health needs and provide and coordinate care.
Develop and implement nursing care plans tailored to assessed needs.
Maintain medical records and educate patients and families about physical and behavioral health conditions.
Provide nursing care within the standards and scope of practice defined by state regulations and facility and corporate policies and procedures.
Ensure verbal physicians’ orders are legible and transcribed appropriately according to policy.
Assess patients’ status on an ongoing basis and gather and document pertinent information.
Notify physicians of significant changes in patient status, including detox difficulties, medical emergencies, medication responses, and related challenges.
Complete initial nursing treatment plans upon admission and ensure plans address assessed needs.
Use universal precautions when providing direct patient care.
Administer medications accurately according to orders.
Document controlled-substance medication counts on required documents.
Complete admission and discharge processing efficiently and accurately as directed.
Build therapeutic rapport by maintaining professional boundaries, respecting personal space, giving patients direct attention, and maintaining rational detachment.
Provide direction or coordinate unit activities as directed.
Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, coworkers, and others involved in patient treatment.