Nurse Administrator - Residential

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Job description

Job Description

In addition to providing regular nursing services, the Nurse Administrator will provide supervision over other nurses and have administrative duties. The Nurse Administrator consults with the physician and psychiatrist to ensure appropriate medical interventions are achieved, and carries out all orders received, with appropriate information sharing with the Program Director and Facility Manager. They meet with each client daily, completes a daily assessment, and administers all prescription medication.

Responsibilities

Completing H&P upon admission for each client

Developing and initiating the Nursing Care Plan

Facilitating therapeutic groups

Availability for consultation after hours and returns telephone calls/pages within a ten-minute time frame

Meeting regularly with medical staff to discuss client treatment

Performing primary first aid and determining need for physician notification

Consulting with the physician and psychiatrist to ensure appropriate medical interventions

Meeting with each client, completing a daily assessment, and administering all prescription medication

Responsibility for carrying out any orders received from the physician and psychiatrist, and reporting information to the Program Director and Facility

Understanding the therapeutic process and confidentiality laws, and having strong knowledge of professional ethics

Demonstrating leadership abilities, with an ability to communicate with persons from all educational and cultural backgrounds

This is a full time position that will work Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.

For a virtual tour of the facility, please visit our website at (url removed).

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