A health services network in New York is currently seeking a new Nurse Supervisor (RN) to join their growing Clinic program in Ulster County.
About the Opportunity:
- Start Date: ASAP
- Schedule: Full Time
- Program: Clinic
- Patient Population: Adults (18+) struggling with addiction, military veterans, homelessness, etc.
Responsibilities:
- Develops nursing and medical support staff schedules.
- Monitors completion of medical support and nursing staff assignments, identifies lags in the daily flow and intervenes as necessary to improve efficiency. Maintains and/or improves levels of productivity set by administration and the needs of patients.
- Supervises care provided by nursing staff to ensure current competency and best practice standards.
- Conducts orientation for new nursing and medical support staff and provides in-service training as needed.
- Provides medication administration training and competency evaluation for required staff.
- Provides training and competency evaluation for CLIA waived tests for required staff
- Maintains inventories of methadone, stock items and orders supply and medication as indicated.
- Maintains narcotic records as required by regulatory agencies.
- Assists physicians by identifying, reporting and addressing changes in the client’s health status.
- Communicates daily with clinical staff to identify client needs so that they can be incorporated into the daily work schedule.
- Provides “on call” coverage as required and assigns other nursing staff to the “on call” schedule to ensure 24-hour coverage.
- Supervises staff to ensure compliance with agency policies and procedures for client record documentation and billing information management.
- Ensures proper safekeeping and dispensing of controlled narcotics
- Provides direct nursing care to clients, including comprehensive admission assessments, prepares doses for direct administration and dispensing of methadone and other medications, providing physician-ordered medical treatment, transcribing orders, and collection of specimens for laboratory analysis or culture.
- Performs and documents Nursing Intake/Medical History in accordance with agency policy and procedure.
- Provides health education to clients, monitors client behavior and participates in treatment planning
- Prepares labels and take-home bottles of medication for self-administration by client for periods when the medical clinic is closed or for clients who are permitted to self-medicate in accordance with agency policies.
- Records and reports any spillage that may occur while dispensing a patient’s medication.
- Performs physical count and tallies medication at the end of the day.
- Completes follow-up assessment of clients who are treated for chronic and/or acute illnesses to monitor effectiveness of prescribed treatments.
- Monitors lab values to identify abnormalities and reports such to attending physician or physician’s assistant.
- Reviews medical record to assess care being provided and to ensure continuity of care.
- Manages large inventory of controlled substances accurately
- Documents all assessments, interventions and response to treatments in the progress notes.
- Maintains inventories of methadone, stock items and order supplies and medications as indicated.
- Maintains narcotic records as required by regulatory agencies.
- Reviews medication orders and obtains renewal orders or orders to discontinue prescribed medications in accordance with policies and procedures.
- Performs other duties as requested.
Qualifications:
- NYS RN licensure
- BLS certification
- Associate's Degree in Nursing
- At least 5 years nursing supervisory experience with a minimum of which, must include 3 years of hospital, substance use or other behavior healthcare supervisory nursing experience.
- Proficiency in Phlebotomy and EKG.
- Possession of strong time management, writing and communication skills.
- Evidence of excellent interpersonal skills; ability to supervise, coach, mentor, develop, train and teach nurses/other clinical discipline providers.
- Available to work a flexible schedule and be to work all shifts as needed in response to program and staff needs.
- Computer literacy including proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and EHR.
- Strong leadership and effective management skills.
- Ability to implement and monitor policy and procedure in accordance with agency guidelines.
- Working knowledge of federal, state and local law and regulation governing substance use treatment programs.
- Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Desired Skills:
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
- Experience working with the Substance Abuse and/or Mental Health population
