Primary responsibilities is to facilitate nursing activities for the agency by utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation and evaluation, and effectively interacts with staff and other health team members while maintaining standards of professional nursing.
Specific Responsibilities Include:
1. Monitors level of prescription medication available to clients
2. Coordinates psychiatric face-to-face consultations with clients as follows: (a) ascertain that all charts are available and (b) provide clinical feedback to psychiatrist
3. Orders prescriptions from pharmacy
4. Receives prescriptions from pharmacy
5. Delivers prescriptions to residential clients
6. Receives, reviews, records, and executes physician’s orders
7. Maintains medication logs and document necessary changes in dosage as per physician orders in day program as well as in residential program
8. Administers and performs other nursing procedures as per physician orders
9. Conducts medication education and training sessions for staff and clients twice yearly; more frequently, if necessary. When new staff is employed within residential program, medication orientation must be provided to them during the first week of employment.
10. Coordinates laboratory testing services as follows: (a) identify clients in need of laboratory testing, (b) prepare laboratory slips to request testing services, (c) receive and evaluate laboratory testing results, (d) document results accordingly
11. Performs Pre-Admission Screening functions
12. Performs the admission and discharge nursing assessment on assigned patients, including appropriate and timely charting and filing
13. Conducts and records health assessment screening on all admissions
14. Participates in multi-disciplinary staffing and clinical team meetings
15. Provides consultation to staff and clients about medical questions and/or concerns and assist staff in planning and implementing appropriate medical interventions
16. Accompanies staff to physician’s appointments for program participants who are identified as being high-risk behaviorally and/or medically
17. Monitors client vital signs during weekly rounds
18. Documents all activities on required documents
19. Attends training programs to improve and update professional skills
20. Locks up all medication for clients at all times; medication must never be left unsupervised on desks at any time
21. Perform other duties as assigned
at least 1 year of medical detox experience on a detox unit
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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Delta-T Group is a national broker and referral service for specialized types of healthcare and educational professionals. Our unique portfolio of services allows clients to access a strong team of professionals possessing a wide variety of experience and training while providing . Our team of Account Managers and Staffing Coordinators work together to refer the highest caliber of professionals with degrees, certifications and licenses of varying levels in the fields of social services, psychiatry, occupational therapy, language speech pathology, special education teachers, para professionals, mental health, addictions treatment, allied therapies and pharmacy. We primarily provide service supplemental staffing services to school districts and charter schools, hospitals, community mental health centers, outpatient treatment facilities, and residential homes.