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Acadia Healthcare


Location

Carlsbad, CA | United States


Job description

Shifts Available:

PRN: Day/Night

Full Time: Day Shift - Sunday, Monday, Tuesday

 

***Shift Differential offered for Night shifts ($2.50-$3.00/hr) *

 

Montecatini Eating Disorder Treatment Center in Carlsbad, CA.

 

Montecatini specializes in the comprehensive care of women ages, 16-55 struggling with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating and associated disorders. Our program offers residential treatment in a home-like atmosphere. This is a highly unique job experience that provides personal enrichment as we challenge this complicated disease process.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

· Monitor patient health and administer basic care utilizing the nursing process within the LPN/LVN scope of practice in carrying out care plan objectives and goals.

· Role model expectations related to customer service and demonstrates a sense of urgency related to the importance of patient safety.

· Collaborate with others to ensure that patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental and cultural needs are met and when they are not met, acknowledges and works to resolve customer complaints.

· Provide for the basic comfort of patient, implement nursing interventions identified in the plan of care that is individualized to their needs.

· Apply appropriate interventions to progress the patient towards wellness and address maintenance of wellness.

· Discuss the care provided with patient and listen to their concerns. Report status changes and concerns to registered nurses and doctors.

· Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patient, visitors, coworkers and others involved in the patient's treatment in an effective manner.

· Provide for the safe delivery of medication in accordance with policies and procedures, physicians orders and/or current practice.

· Maintain standards of professional nursing practice in accordance with facility policy and procedures, other external governing and credentialing bodies, performance improvement standards and psychiatric nursing standards.

· Responsible for thorough, accurate reporting and documentation of the patient symptoms, responses and progress.

 

OTHER FUNCTIONS:

· Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.


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