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<h4>How you'll change lives</h4>As a Registered Nurse (RN) at US Renal Care, you'll be an integral part of a cross-functional team, working under the supervision of a Charge Nurse and assisting and supervising Patient Care Technicians (PCTs) to care for patients living with kidney disease.<h4>What you'll be doing</h4>Patient care. You'll work directly with patients to provide safe, comfortable, and high-quality dialysis treatment. Responsibilities include completing and documenting physical assessments before and after treatments and monitoring patients during treatment. You'll ensure quality renal care by completing monthly reviews of patient medication profiles and administering medications according to physician orders. Teamwork. You'll be a critical member of an interdisciplinary team to provide all required patient assessment and care planning activities. You'll also make sure center staffing requirements are met at all times under the direction of the Administrator and according to state regulations for staffing ratios.Safety &amp; Quality. Working under the supervision of a Charge Nurse, you'll adhere to all company policies and procedures and state and federal laws and regulations. You'll participate in all required staff meetings and continuing education offerings.

U.S. Renal Care

Dialysis Registered Nurse

Full time - evening or day shift!Duties and Responsibilities:<ul><li>Assume the charge nurse role if applicable and/or unit nurse role by:</li><li>Receiving and giving accurate and thorough shift reports</li><li>Keeping the physicians informed of patient’s conditions, change of conditions, LOC and triage information and needs</li><li>Correctly entering and taking off physician orders</li><li>Oversight of the care of patients by auxiliary personnel</li><li>Organizing and delegating patient care activities</li><li>Monitoring and/or performing diagnostic screening tests as ordered by physician</li><li>Providing thorough and accurate patient information during shift exchange for end of shift report</li><li>Assess individual patient care needs, initiate medical treatment plan and competently implement/instruct all care in the appropriate nursing practice to all staff.</li><li>Serve as a resource to treatment team members.</li><li>Perform nursing assessments, LOC, and review patient histories to document all necessary information in the Electronic Medical Record on all patients admitted to Caron.</li><li>Prepare patients for examinations: height/weight, vitals, collect and process lab specimens including UDS, UA, Chem Sticks, etc. following proper infection control procedures.</li><li>Utilize safe and effective practices of medication management as defined by policy including the oversight of self-administration observation of medication.</li><li>Administer and monitor the effects of medications, ensure accurate medication is ordered and administered for controlled substances and conduct accurate med counts.</li><li>Provide appropriate patient education as determined by patient assessments/needs and treatment plans.</li><li>Conduct 14-day, 25-day and PRN meetings with patients for assigned units when in unit nurse role.</li><li>Monitor and/or perform withdrawal assessments and appropriately implement/instruct the necessary nursing interventions.</li><li>Accurately and thoroughly document in the medical record utilizing approved medical record language and abbreviations adhering to the medical record policies and procedures.</li><li>Schedule all patient appointments related to their medical treatment.</li><li>Work a flexible schedule based upon service demands and work mandatory overtime as needed.</li><li>Attend all mandatory trainings as identified by Caron policies.</li><li>Attend multi-disciplinary treatment team meetings when in unit nurse role.</li><li>Maintain the quality control logs.</li><li>Provide support services for patient care issues to staff at other Caron facilities.</li><li>Maintain adequate staffing for each shift.</li><li>Ensure the highest level of professionalism for self and staff and maintain a clean and organized work environment.</li><li>Complete yearly training requirements and mentor new employees.</li><li>This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions and does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.</li></ul>Physical Requirements:The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.&nbsp; Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.<ul><li>Lifting: up to 50 pounds on occasion.</li><li>Standing: up to several hours at a time, this may include walking, climbing steps, and descending steps.</li><li>Walking: must be able to ambulate throughout the assigned facilities on campus or Caron properties.</li><li>Sitting: up to several hours at a time for data entry into the computer or medical record documentation.</li></ul>EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS:<ul><li>Currently licensed as RN in Pennsylvania.</li><li>Current Certified Addiction Registered Nurse (CARN) certification preferred.</li><li>1-3 years’ experience working as an RN preferably in ER, acute care or mental health setting</li><li>Current CPR/First Aid training/certification.</li><li>21 years of age or older is required</li><li>Requires a current, valid, unrestricted driver’s license</li><li>Two years continuous sobriety preferred if in recovery.</li><li>Previous hospital/chemical dependency rehabilitation treatment program experience desired.</li><li>Possess a working knowledge of addictions with age specific patient populations preferred.</li><li>Working knowledge of electronic medical record and charting.</li></ul>#IND102

Caron Treatment Centers

Registered Nurse

Want to make a difference in the life of a young person? As a Student Assistance Program Specialist at Caron, you’ll join a diverse team of over 75 behavioral health professionals and educators. &nbsp;Our Specialists provide services to kids K-12, as well as college students and even athletes.This position is rooted at the very heart of our communities. You’ll work on-site at local schools and child serving agencies to provide the behavioral health support young people need, from prevention of high-risk behaviors to intervention services related to substance use and mental health concerns. Working in collaboration with the school professionals and parents is a primary aspect of the position, and our goal is to build resilience for the young people we work with.This position offers a full-time, seasonal work schedule.&nbsp; We offer work hours within a traditional school-year schedule, meaning your summers are free. &nbsp;&nbsp;Applicants should possess at least one year of experience working with youth in an educational or public health setting, and a solid understanding of the effects substance use, including nicotine, has on their development.This position will begin with the start of the new school year in August 2024.&nbsp;DUTIES AND RESPONSBILITIES:&nbsp;<ul><li>Provide consultation, assessment&nbsp; case management and referral for students identified by the student assistance teams in each individual school when needed.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Provide technical assistance (i.e. Team Maintenance session’s etc.) to all school SAP teams requesting such.&nbsp;</li><li>Facilitate entrance to treatment programs for students and school districts when needed.&nbsp;</li><li>Deliver&nbsp;Project CONNECT&nbsp;and approved student assistance curriculums to schools and other agencies when requested. This delivery involves group, individual, classroom and assembly facilitation.&nbsp;</li><li>Provide in-services on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs to faculty or agency staff when requested.&nbsp;</li><li>Provide parent education on alcohol, tobacco and other drugs when requested.&nbsp;</li><li>Participate in staff meetings and report progress as well as areas of concern.&nbsp;</li><li>Complete all documentation&nbsp;(i.e. KIT entries, reporting etc.)&nbsp;&nbsp;and submit to supervisor.&nbsp;</li><li>Market and promote programs to all schools as requested by supervisor.&nbsp;</li><li>This job description reflects management’s assignments of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the task that may be assigned.&nbsp;</li></ul>PHYSICAL REQUIRMENTS:<ul><li>The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.&nbsp; Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.&nbsp;</li><li>Must be able to present to audiences in large and small group settings, which may&nbsp;require&nbsp;long periods of time and be of multiple presentations.&nbsp;</li><li>Must be able to work extended hours and travel as needed.&nbsp;</li><li>Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds.&nbsp;</li></ul>EDUCATION/ EXPERIENCE&nbsp;QUALIFICATIONS:&nbsp;&nbsp;<ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in human service, social work and/or education or related field required.&nbsp;</li><li>A minimum of 1 year working with adolescents preferably in a school-based or public health setting.&nbsp;</li><li>Education related to adolescent development and chemical dependency.&nbsp;</li><li>Completion of the&nbsp;Project CONNECT Facilitator Training, upon hire when deemed appropriate.&nbsp;</li><li>Completion of Caron’s Commonwealth Approved Student Assistance Program training, upon hire when deemed appropriate.&nbsp;</li><li>To complete other trainings as assigned such as Life Skills, and PATHS.&nbsp;</li><li>If in recovery,&nbsp;2&nbsp;years of uninterrupted sobriety preferred.&nbsp;</li></ul>KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:&nbsp;<ul><li>Effective communication skills including interactive public speaking and active listening skills.&nbsp;</li><li>Computer literate and able to work with Microsoft products and its network components.&nbsp;</li><li>Fluid communication skills that foster teamwork and high morale.&nbsp; Further, must be able to promote services in the media such as radio, print and television.&nbsp;</li><li>Must be familiar with and be able to demonstrate knowledge of the principles of various 12-step fellowships, upon hire.&nbsp;</li><li>Knowledge of adolescent development.&nbsp;</li><li>Strong presentation and group facilitation skills.&nbsp;</li><li>Strong knowledge of chemical dependency, and tobacco cessation and the impact of this on school-based services.&nbsp;</li></ul>

4 Healthcare Jobs in Wernersville, PA 19565, USA