Registered Nurse

• Our vision is a world of peaceful relationships with food, weight, and body image, where everyone with an eating disorder can experience recovery. We believe that exceptional, individualized care leads to lasting recovery from eating disorders. That’s why our teams are comprised of compassionate, dedicated professionals from a variety of backgrounds who collaborate to provide the very best evidence-based care for our clients at all levels of care.
• Position Overview:

T

he Nurses provide holistic and compassionate nursing care as part of a

multidisciplinary

team

supporting clients

in an inpatient or residential higher level of care (HLOC) setting or in an outpatient setting with primary focus on clients in day programming (PHP/IDP).

Schedule

:

Part Time, 0.2 FTE (8hrs/wk), working on Fridays from 7:30am - 4:00pm.

Compensation

Starting Hourly Range for Nurses: $35.00- $42.00

Final Compensation offered will be within pay range based on qualifications/experience met for the position

How Nurses Empower Recovery:

Conduct comprehensive patient assessments to

identify

nursing care needs, potential risks, and psychological challenges.

Provides medication management including education, assessing adherence, administration in the inpatient and residential setting only, and monitoring for side effects in collaboration with provider.

Assists

and supports medical and psychiatric providers with medical care coordination.

• Provides medical care coordination between patient, provider, staff,
• family,

and outside care agencies as

needed.

Serves as a staff resource for

client

medical needs and

information.

Recognizes and appropriately responds to medical and psychiatric

emergencies.

Responsible for

accurate

and

timely

documentation in the client medical record

Able to follow through with directives provided by a Nurse Manager or Lead Nurse when applicable.

Partners with team effectively to maximize performance through

use of communication

skills, knowledge of team dynamics, and adaptation to change to ensure high quality of care.

Drive clients, staff, and supplies in the company vehicle in emergencies as needed (Inpatient or Residential only)

Process refills, laboratory procedures, EKGs, vitals, supply ordering and stocking, and triaging of

calls.

Assists

staff to provide a safe environment for patient

care.

Adheres to policies and procedures as defined by the various programs including maintaining client confidentiality and client rights.

Able to take initiative,

utilize

critical thinking skills, and

resource

to work autonomously when

needed.

• Provides direction and support to LPNs,
• CNA, and Medical Assistant.

Performs nursing assessments and tasks (

• e.g.
• Patient Assessments, Venipuncture/Phlebotomy, EKG placement and capture, Nasogastric Tube Feeds, implementation of provider orders)

Partners with medical and psychiatric providers to ensure client safety during treatment at Accanto facilities, including appropriate management of medication regimen.

Partners with nutrition and

medical

to

monitor

meal compliance,

possible impacts

on clients’ health, and actions

needed.

Operates as the Person in Charge during

afterhours

and owns escalation to on-call leadership / providers during after hour periods.

Partners with the treatment team to create the

appropriate treatment

plan for each

client.

Partners with BHTs to help with client

de-escalations.

Collaborates with site staff on incident

reports.

Responds to medical concerns in the

milieu.

Performs safety assessments after

hours.

Initiate emergency response/protocols after business hours

Initiate nursing interventions to protect client

safety.

Make

appropriate client

accommodations for group attendance based on medical

concerns.

Qualifications:

Education Qualifications

Associate or bachelor’s degree in nursing required.

Professional Qualifications

Current licensure in state practicing or compact as a Registered Nurse required.

Basic Life Support certification

required

(American Heart Association) within

15 days

from date of

hire required.

CPI certification within

30 days

of hire required.

Valid

driver's license required and

be authorized to

drive.

Workplace Environment:

Physically able to stand for

long periods

and respond quickly in emergencies.