Registered Nurse - PRTF - .80

ALEXANDER YOUTH NETWORK•Charlotte, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works in a Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF), where federal regulations require RN coverage in the PRTF ratio 24 hours a day. The RN monitors the milieu and restrictive interventions to support client safety and welfare. The role includes managing medications and medical treatments, observing clients for changes in health status, coordinating emergency care and transportation, and collaborating with guardians to ensure clients’ essential well-child healthcare needs are met during their placement. The RN promotes the Neuro-sequential Model of Care and provides healthcare education to PRTF treatment team members, clients, family members, and other agency programs as needed, including education on medication administration and blood-borne pathogen and infection control. The RN applies knowledge of child growth and development, explains procedures and treatments to clients to encourage cooperation and understanding and reduce apprehension, and attends to clients’ comfort and safety needs. The position requires punctuality, dependability, on-call availability for additional shifts, flexibility to adjust core scheduling when needed, and flexibility to join cottage or classroom ratios when necessary.

Requirements

Valid, current RN licensure in North Carolina from the N.C. Board of Nursing.
One year of crisis experience.
Proficiency in MS Office applications.
Valid North Carolina or South Carolina driver’s license.
Two-year degree.

Responsibilities

Maintain RN coverage in the PRTF ratio as required by federal regulations.
Monitor the milieu and restrictive interventions to support the safety and welfare of PRTF clients.
Promote use of the Neuro-sequential Model of Care.
Manage medications and medical treatments.
Observe clients for changes in health status.
Coordinate emergency care and transportation.
Collaborate with guardians to ensure clients’ essential well-child healthcare needs are met during their placement.
Provide healthcare education to PRTF treatment team members, clients, family members, and other agency programs as needed, including medication administration and blood-borne pathogen and infection control.
Apply knowledge of child growth and development as it relates to the Neuro-sequential Model of Care.
Explain procedures and treatments to clients to gain cooperation and understanding and reduce apprehension, while attending to their comfort and safety needs.
Be punctual and dependable, and remain available on call to work additional shifts.
Adjust core scheduling when unexpected departmental scheduling needs arise.
Flex into cottage or classroom ratios when needed.