PRN Nights - Sober Living

Acadia Healthcare•Salem, VA

11h•Onsite

About The Position

This position requires you to have a good driving record and involves an overnight shift from 6pm to 8am. Ask your recruiter about EarnIn, our Next Day Pay Benefit! Get paid – AS you work. The purpose of this role is to ensure the well-being of patients and provide a positive, supportive, and structured environment under the direction of a charge nurse or supervisor. Patient safety is a top priority, addressed through required rounds, maintaining a clean patient room, and providing appropriate observation levels or 1:1 patient care. Responsibilities include obtaining vital signs, documenting information, responding promptly to patient requests, engaging patients in activities to achieve treatment goals, and de-escalating distressed patients using non-threatening methods. The role involves collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to treat, rehabilitate, and return patients to the community, monitoring behavioral improvements, reinforcing learned skills, and reporting significant changes to the nurse immediately. You may also lead or co-lead individual or group sessions, participate in rehabilitation programs, teach wellness strategies, oversee or assist patients with activities of daily living, and help with admissions and discharges. Additionally, you may provide guidance and training to new staff and assist with patient transportation. Quality of work is demonstrated through accuracy, neatness, and timeliness, along with adherence to the work schedule and attendance. A positive, empathetic, and professional attitude towards customers is expected, with a focus on resolving complaints and ensuring patient safety.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent required.
CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.

Nice To Haves

Good driving record.
One or more years’ experience working with the specific population of the facility preferred.
6 months experience performing the duties of a BHA2 preferred.

Responsibilities

Ensure the well being of patients and provide a positive, supportive and structured environment, under direction of charge nurse or supervisor.
Patient safety is addressed through required rounds completed timely.
Patient room is clean and uncluttered.
Observation may be assigned every 15 minutes, within reach of patient and/or 1:1 patient care.
Obtain patient’s vital signs, height and weight as assigned.
Ensure documentation of information.
Identify self to patient and visitors promptly and respond to patient requests quickly.
Engage with patient in activities and interactions designed to encourage achievement of treatment goals.
Respond to distressed patient in a non-threatening manner and attempt to understand the source of distress.
Applies de-escalation techniques to help manage patient’s emotions, behavior and participation in treatment and assist with seclusion and restraint when necessary.
As part of the multidisciplinary team provide safety and increase coping skills of patient and assist in developing strategies for helping patients to be as independent as possible.
Collaborate with other staff in working with the population of the facility to treat, rehabilitate and return patient to the community.
Monitor behavioral improvements and reinforce these behaviors.
Report changes and responses to treatment by communicating with team.
Significant changes are reported to nurse immediately.
Reinforce skills patients learn from nurses, physicians, therapist that promote improved physical and mental wellness.
Lead or co-lead individual or group sessions as part of specific recreational or therapeutic procedures.
May participate in rehabilitation and treatment programs as well as teach strategies to promote patient wellness and independence.
May oversee or assist patients with activities of daily living, including toileting, bathing, dressing, grooming, oral hygiene, meals, snacks, hydration and changing bed linens.
Deliver care based on the priority of needs and available resources to the specific service population of the facility.
May help with admissions and discharges.
Assist in providing guidance and direction to other staff members, including training of new staff.
May provide transportation for patient or coordinate transportation with appropriate staff member.
Quality of work exhibited through accuracy, neatness, and timeliness of work completed.
Adherence to work schedule and overall attendance.
Demonstrate a positive, empathetic and professional attitude towards customers always.
When patient needs are not met, acknowledge and work to resolve complaints.
Recognize that patient safety is a top priority.
Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.