RN or LPN Nights

Our vision is a world of peaceful relationships with food, weight, and body image, where everyone with an eating disorder can experience recovery. We believe that exceptional, individualized care leads to lasting recovery from eating disorders. That's why our teams are comprised of compassionate, dedicated professionals from a variety of backgrounds who collaborate to provide the very best evidence-based care for our clients at all levels of care.

Position Overview:

The RN provides holistic and compassionate nursing care as part of a multidisciplinary team supporting clients in an inpatient or residential higher level of care (HLOC) setting or in an outpatient setting with primary focus on clients in day programming (PHP/IDP).

Schedule:

• 12-hour shifts (7:00 pm- 7:30 am)
• 3 shifts per week
  • Self-schedule M-F
  • Alternating weekends

Compensation:

$30-$45 per hr plus shift differential- Final Compensation offered will be within pay range based on qualifications/experience met for the position

How Nurses Empower Recovery:

• Conduct comprehensive patient assessments to identify nursing care needs, potential risks, and psychological challenges.
• Provides medication management including education, assessing adherence, administration in the inpatient and residential setting only, and monitoring for side effects in collaboration with provider.
• Assists and supports medical and psychiatric providers with medical care coordination.
• Provides medical care coordination between patient, provider, staff, family, and outside care agencies as needed.
• Serves as a staff resource for client medical needs and information.
• Recognizes and appropriately responds to medical and psychiatric emergencies.
• Responsible for accurate and timely documentation in the client medical record
• Able to follow through with directives provided by a Nurse Manager or Lead Nurse when applicable.
• Partners with team effectively to maximize performance through use of communication skills, knowledge of team dynamics, and adaptation to change to ensure high quality of care.
• Drive clients, staff, and supplies in the company vehicle in emergencies as needed (Inpatient or Residential only)
• Process refills, laboratory procedures, EKGs, vitals, supply ordering and stocking, and triaging of calls.
• Assists staff to provide a safe environment for patient care.
• Adheres to policies and procedures as defined by the various programs including maintaining client confidentiality and client rights.
• Able to take initiative, utilize critical thinking skills, and resource to work autonomously when needed.
• Provides direction and support to LPNs, CNA, and Medical Assistant.
• Performs nursing assessments and tasks (e.g. Patient Assessments, Venipuncture/Phlebotomy, EKG placement and capture, Nasogastric Tube Feeds, implementation of provider orders)
• Partners with medical and psychiatric providers to ensure client safety during treatment at Accanto facilities, including appropriate management of medication regimen.
• Partners with nutrition and medical to monitor meal compliance, possible impacts on clients' health, and actions needed.
• Operates as the Person in Charge during afterhours and owns escalation to on-call leadership / providers during after hour periods.
• Partners with the treatment team to create the appropriate treatment plan for each client.
• Partners with BHTs to help with client de-escalations.
• Collaborates with site staff on incident reports.
• Responds to medical concerns in the milieu.
• Performs safety assessments after hours.
• Initiate emergency response/protocols after business hours
• Initiate nursing interventions to protect client safety.
• Make appropriate client accommodations for group attendance based on medical concerns.

Education Qualifications:

• Associate or bachelor's degree in nursing required.
• Current licensure in state practicing or compact as a Registered Nurse required.

Other Qualifications:

• Must have valid driver's license and be authorized to drive.
• Current Basic Life Support certification required (American Heart Association) within 15 days from date of hire.
• Employees at Residential or Inpatient sites in North Carolina or Georgia are required to have a current CPI certification within 30 days of hire.
• Employees at Residential site in Washington are required to have a Washington State Department of Health Food Handler permit within 30 days of hire.

Workplace Environment:

• Physically able to stand for long periods and respond quickly in emergencies.
• Bending, twisting, kneeling, stooping, or crouching when appropriate, and handling objects with hands and/or fingers, talking and/or hearing, and seeing
• Lift, carry, push, or pull up to approx. 40 pounds (supplies, etc.)
• Fast-paced, multidisciplinary setting.
• Must be able to work flexible hours including nights and weekends as needed.

Competencies:

• Competence with Information Technology (basic computer skills, Microsoft Office Suite, Electronic Health Record, Microsoft Teams)
• Vital sign and physical assessments
• NG tube placement training (inpatient only)

What we offer:

Employee Benefits: We understand the importance of a well-rounded benefits package. That's why we're dedicated to providing a range of plans to meet your needs.

For full-time employees, we offer:

• HSA and PPO insurance with HSA or FSA options (Blue Cross Blue Shield)
• Dental insurance (Delta Dental)
• Vision insurance (EyeMed)
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Company-paid life insurance
• 401(k) plan available two months after start date
• Company 401(k) matching for up to 50% of your contribution, up to 6% of your compensation

Paid time off is a crucial part of maintaining work and life balance. Our generous PTO plan accrues annually and begins with your first whole pay period. Eligible employees enjoy seven paid holidays and one floating holiday in addition to their regular PTO.