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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