Nurse

LIGHTSHARE BEHAVIORAL WELLNESS & RECOVERY•Sarasota, FL

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Lightshare Behavioral Wellness and Recovery is seeking nurses to join their team and make a difference in others' lives. The role is within the CORT (Community Offender Rehabilitative Treatment) program, a partnership with Sarasota County Corrections. This program provides a 40-bed secure residential behavioral health treatment for male offenders, focusing on substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders. The program aims to change criminal thinking patterns, stabilize mental health and substance use, and assist in community transition through vocational training and peer support.

Requirements

Current Florida licensure as a Registered Nurse (preferred) or as a Licensed Practical Nurse.
General nursing experience in mental health, substance misuse and co-occurring behavioral health disorders.
Strong interpersonal communication skills.
Professional boundaries.
Ability to perform venipunctures as mandated by statutes.

Nice To Haves

Registered Nurse licensure (preferred over LPN)

Responsibilities

Promotes client’s health by completing the nursing process; collaborating/consulting with Physicians, Director of Nursing, and multidisciplinary team members.
Identifies client care needs by performing nursing assessments and by establishing a rapport with potential and actual clients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
Communicates and consults with a multi-disciplinary team of medical, clinical and allied professionals regarding client medical clearance issues.
Establishes an empathetic environment by providing emotional and psychological support to clients being assessed for admission and throughout their course of treatment.
Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against client care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following nursing philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, State Nurse Practice Act, FL DCF Chapter 65D-30 and other governing agency regulations.
Protects prospective and current clients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols and provides training as needed.
Performs client medication administration and medication storage procedures as per protocols when indicated.
Adheres to controlled substance regulations regarding client medications as indicated.
Performs client care services by charting in client and department records; accurately completes required paperwork procedures to ensure compliance to quality care.
Establishes and maintains customer rapport by keeping information confidential; following established confidentiality policy and procedures.
Displays a high level of professional ethics, boundaries, and clinical expertise with complex needs populations.
Maintains inter- and intradepartmental work flow by fostering an environment of cooperative care.
Assists all residential programs in training and triaging medical emergencies as needed.
Performs other duties as requested by supervisor.