RN/Registered Nurse Behavioral Health
Company: Newport Healthcare
Location: Leesburg
Posted on: May 9, 2022
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Job Description:
Newport Healthcare is a nationwide behavioral healthcare
organization dedicated to transforming young lives through
evidence-based care. To that end, we have assembled the best teen
and young adult mental health treatment staff in the country, and
we want you to join us. While our experts guide our clients to
sustainable healing, our job is to support our valued staff
members, and we do that through offering industry-competitive
salaries, career growth and skills expansion, student loan
repayment and tuition reimbursement, and a company commitment to
diversity, equity, and inclusion, among other advantages. Be part
of a team that's dedicated to providing compassionate care based in
authentic connection, mutual respect, and unconditional love-and
experience the rewards of making a difference in the lives of young
people and their families each and every day.Empowering Lives.
Restoring Families. -The RN provides on-site nursing and attendant
care to yound adults residing in Newport Institute facilities. The
RN is expected to perform all job responsibilities in alignment
with the mission and core values of Newport Academy and comply with
all policies and procedures, OSHA, HIPAA, local, state, and
federal, regulations.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:Provide
direct care and nursing services to residents as prescribed by
program regulations, and/or individual treatment plan, including
collecting medical specimens.Maintains records, including but not
limited to Medication Administration, medical records, medical
charts, etc. Participate in multi-disciplinary treatment team
meetings as needed.Responsible for preventing client abuse by
adhering to all policies and procedures, attending periodic
training, reporting suspicious and inappropriate behavior, and
following mandatory abuse reporting requirements.Monitor chronic
health conditions, respiratory distress and seizures.Obtains
patient data and vital signs and reports findings to the RN/Medical
Director.Screen residents for medical/dental exams and schedule
appropriate medical appointments including dental, vision, &
clinical, providing medical information on a need to know
basis.Comply with all reporting requirements, biohazard program
requirements, medical protocols, etc.Attendance at meetings per
prior arrangement, and participation as an interdisciplinary team
member.Basic Education and Experience Required:The RN must hold a
current RN license in the state and have at least two years of
prior nursing experience.Newport Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity
Employer.Newport Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities
to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits
discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race,
color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
national origin, disability status, protected veteran status,
genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by
federal, state, or local laws.Newport Healthcare is committed to
ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing
reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability.
Applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a
reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring
process please email accommodations@newportacademy.com for
assistance. For more information on Equal Opportunity, please click
here Equal Employment Opportunity Posters
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