Adcare Hospital Registered Nurse (RN) - 7p-7:30a FT

Overview

AdCare, a subsidiary of American Addiction Centers, Inc., is a for-profit substance abuse disorder treatment facility located at 107 Lincoln Street, Worcester, MA 01605. For over 45 years, AdCare has been helping individuals and families struggling with alcohol and drug use, one life at a time. The AdCare name represents innovation, quality, and cost efficiency in treating alcohol and drug dependency. We are committed to improving the lives of our patients and their families by providing safe, effective, recovery-based alcohol and drug treatment.

 

Our addiction recovery center(s) provide a comprehensive approach to care. AdCare's integrated system of care offers a range of accessible treatment centers including a 114-bed inpatient hospital and several conveniently located outpatient sites located throughout the Massachusetts and Rhode Island areas. When you join AdCare, you become part of our family. AdCare seeks talented individuals who are passionate, empathetic, engaged in their work and dedicated to serving people. Together, we can enable our patients to live happier and healthier lives. Our purpose and passion are to empower patients, their families, and our communities by helping individuals achieve recovery and optimal wellness of the mind, body, and spirit.

Responsibilities

Job Summary

This position requires a thorough understanding of the facility’s treatment program and philosophy, admission process and criteria, support and administrative services, medical knowledge of substance abuse disorders, co-occurring psychiatric disorders, alcoholism, dual diagnosis.  This individual is a member of the treatment team providing professional level of nursing care to patients under minimum supervision and consultation.  This is a complex position which directs and guides activities on the unit and assignments of ancillary personnel assigned to unit and shift.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Complete an accurate assessment of newly admitted patients; conduct fall risk and SBQR assessments and establish precautionary measures.
• Perform accurate assessments for safe detox using COWS & CIWAS.
• Calls the appropriate team member (i.e., on call provider) with all non-life threatening medical and medication issues to obtain guidance regarding his/her plan of action for the patient; documents in the EMR.
• Coordinates with the medical providers and other interdisciplinary team on the plan of care to provide the individual treatment needed. Ensures that care plans are kept current.
• Responds to medical and psychiatric concomitants in treatment and develops nursing interventions that are appropriate for the situation.
• Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals, teaching patient to understand condition, medications, and self-care requirements, answers patient questions.
• Cross trains in medication administration in order to complete safe medication passes following standards of care per the Board of Nursing.
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following philosophies and standards of care set by State Board of Nursing,  and other governing agency regulations.
• Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies, including de-escalation techniques.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to:  infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance handling.
• Maintains continuity among teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.  Ensures compliance with Patient Privancy, HIPPA and Joint Commission Standards.
• Provides oversight to ensure face checks are completed based on hospital policy.
• Responds appropriately to all Code Calls.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications.  Provides CEU documents for annual review.
• Follows the incident reporting policy and procedure in reporting any unsafe/unusual  safety issues.
• Functions as a role model for nursing staff.
• Role models problem solving as the effective means of resolving conflict.
• Develops and maintains effective