RN

Overview

Schedule: Full Time

Shifts: Days and Nights

Salary: $52 - $58 per hour

Sign On Bonus: $5000

Azure Acres Recovery Center in Sebastopol, CA is located in Sonoma County, California. We provide several levels of care for adult men and women, ages 18 and older, who have been struggling with substance abuse and chemical dependency.

Come join our team and make a difference today!

Responsibilities

REGISTERED NURSE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Provide and coordinate care by assessing patients' physical and behavioral health needs.

• Develop and implement nursing care plans.

• Maintain medical records and educate patients and their families about various physical and behavioral health conditions.

• Provide nursing care and services within the standards and scope of nursing practice as defined within the state Nurse Practice Act regulations, policies, procedures, and protocols, as well as facility and corporate policies and procedures.

• Ensure physicians' orders are legible if taken verbally and transcribed appropriately per policy and procedure.

• Ensure patients' status is assessed on an ongoing basis and pertinent information is gathered and documented.

• Notify physicians of significant changes in status such as difficulties with detox, medical emergency, change in medical status regarding response to medications, and related challenges.

• Ensure that initial nursing treatment plans are completed upon admission and that all nursing treatment plans are specific to assessed needs.

• Demonstrate knowledge and utilization of universal precautions in providing direct patient care.

• Accurately administer medications per ordered note.

• Document accurate count of controlled substance medication administration on required documents.

• Complete admission and discharge processing efficiently and accurately as directed.

• Exhibit therapeutic rapport with patients by maintaining professional boundaries, respecting personal space, giving patients direct attention, and maintaining rational detachment.

• Provide direction or coordinate the activities of the unit as directed.

• Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, co-workers, and others involved inpatient treatment.

AHRN

Qualifications

AHRN