Registered Nurse Coordinator: REST Center-7253

CHR Career • Willimantic, CT

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Nursing Coordinator provides clinical leadership, supervision, and guidance to the nursing team within the 24/7 REST Center. The Nursing Coordinator will oversee the delivery of nursing services, support staff development and scheduling, ensure compliance with applicable policies and clinical standards, and promote consistent, high-quality care. The Nursing Coordinator will collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to maintain a safe, person-centered, trauma-informed, and recovery-focused environment for clients, families, and employees. The REST Center is a 24/7 community-based crisis stabilization program that provides a safe and supportive alternative to hospitalization for individuals experiencing mental health and/or substance use-related crises. The center offers short-term assessment, stabilization, nursing support, brief therapeutic interventions, peer support, medication evaluation, and connection to ongoing community services. Our multidisciplinary team works collaboratively to provide person-centered, trauma-informed, and recovery-focused care. The goal is to help individuals stabilize, avoid unnecessary emergency department visits or hospitalizations, and successfully transition to the most appropriate level of care.

Requirements

• Qualifying Nursing Degree that meets RN certifications and requirements.
• 2+ years’ experience with individuals with behavioral health conditions.
• Registered Nurse license required.
• Maintains training on advances in the field.

Nice To Haves

• Supervisory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides supervision and mentoring to RN’s and LPN’s, including education, training and performance management, at least monthly supervision and quarterly nursing meetings.
• Providing nursing assessment and clinical interventions and assists with medical management for clients with mental illness, addictions and/or serious emotional disorders who are experiencing symptoms requiring treatment.
• Providing individual, group psychoeducation as well as crisis intervention as needed.
• Develop and implement nursing policies and procedures.
• Oversee operations, including reviewing orders, scheduling staff, and managing referral requests.
• Provides education and interventions to maintain nursing practice standards, medication administration and self-management, safe storage of medication, and administration of injectable medication.
• Assures high standard of quality of care for patients by developing and implementing standards of care; adherence to state board of nursing and state nurse practice act requirements and to other governing agency regulations; measuring health outcomes against standards; making or recommending adjustments.
• Provides consultation to CHR providers on nursing and health-related matters.
• Supports the annual nursing competency assessments for nursing staff.
• Participate and support accreditation surveys.
• Participate in the preparation, during on-site surveys, as well as the monitoring of standards and ensure standards are met as it relates to nursing care and services.
• Participate in regulatory and funder reviews, as needed.
• Collaborates and provides education and training to CHR staff and providers on medical conditions, behavioral health conditions and the interplay of the two.
• Maintains documentation of patient care services by auditing patient and department records.
• Maintains a cooperative relationship among teams by communicating information; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods.

Benefits

• health insurance
• ample paid time off (including your birthday!)
• employer contributions to your 403b Retirement Plan
• competitive insurance premiums with added discounts on pet, home and auto
• Tuition reimbursement
• professional development programs
• exclusive tuition discounts for CHR employees at several local colleges/universities
• Career development opportunities
• FREE robust training curriculum, featuring our Clinical Training Series for interactive learning, practical skill enhancement, and professional growth!
• Clinical supervision and/or mentoring offered at several programs
• Wellness program: Annual wellness stipend, FREE premium subscription to the Calm app, 6 FREE confidential counseling sessions through our Employee Assistance Program
• Employee appreciation and involvement, including contests, lunch & learns (meet with our CEO!), employee appreciation events, employee-led resource groups open to all, and more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree