Registered Nurse

Location

Red Hook, NY | United States

Job description

Are you looking to utilize your nursing degree in the psychology field? Are you interested in making a positive difference in the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities?

If so, consider joining our Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Nursing team!

Being a Registered Nurse has its Advantages!

In addition to working with other dedicated professionals who share your passion for helping individuals in need, we offer:

• A $3,000 Sign-On Bonus!!
• Paid orientation.
• Over 5 weeks of paid time off your first year.
• Supportive Management and a collaborative Nursing Team
• Quality Low-Cost Benefits, plus student loan debt assistance and 30-day benefit eligibility waiting period for new hires!
• Payment for your license renewal CEUs as part of our nurse continuing education program
• Access to the Savi Student Loan Checkup tool to help you navigate the student loan system – quickly see your repayment plan options and discover potential savings
• A rewarding experience helping individuals complete daily activities and achieving long term goals.

Our Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health New York Program provides therapeutic care to children, adolescents and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and dual diagnoses. Location in Red Hook, NY, this position is responsible for maintaining standards of developmental disabilities nursing practice. As a Registered Nurse, you will maintain current healthcare information for program participants, ensure that medications are administered as prescribed, and ensure that Approved Medication Administration Personnel are supervised and their certification is maintained as required by regulations and agency policy. Our Registered Nurses will also provide on-call nursing in a scheduled rotation with other nurses to ensure 24-hour consultation on medical matters.

Salary: $63315+ per year; increases depending on education and experience.

You deserve to work somewhere that gives back to you! Devereux is proud to offer ASCEND – the first career accelerator program exclusively designed to give behavioral healthcare workers – the career guidance, one-on-one coaching, skills and financial assistance you need to reach your full potential. This program includes tuition assistance and student loan repayment, among other benefits! 

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• Must be licensed to practice as an RN in the state of NY
• One year of nursing experience preferred, but New Grads will also be considered.
• Must have a valid NY Drivers License.
• Be flexible, patient, energetic, creative, and have a sense of humor
• Have a strong passion for working with and helping children and adults with special needs.

Physical Requirements : Pre-employment physical required. Significant and frequent amounts of walking, sitting, stooping, bending & standing required. Frequent planned, outside activities causing exposure to sunlight and heat. Speaking and hearing ability sufficient to communicate effectively by phone or in person at normal volumes. Vision adequate to read correspondence, computer screen, forms, etc. Good manual dexterity.

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

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