RN Lead - Medical Detox Unit

Overview Provides nursing services for patients and nursing leadership in coordination with Program Manager for unit nurses. Supports the delivery of Addiction and Behavioral Health services to Trillium Place customers by the successful and timely accomplishment of these duties. Qualifications Certifications: Licensed Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) Education: College Diploma: Nursing; Bachelor's Degree: Nursing within 2 years. Work Experience: 2 years in Behavioral Health. Basic reading, writing and oral skills. Ability to respond appropriately to customer/co-worker. Interaction with a wide variety of people. Maintain confidential information. Ability to communicate only the facts to recipients or to decline to reveal information. Ability to project a professional, friendly, helpful demeanor. Intermediate computer knowledge: Ability to troubleshoot minor problems within a Windows OS, operates within a network environment, uses spreadsheet, database, word processing and internet applications proficiently. Learns new applications without difficulty and is able to aid others in immediate work area with computer questions. Responsibilities Offers leadership, education, and mentoring to unit nurses. Participates in hiring/interview panels for nurses and demonstrates good judgment in interview process. Provides coaching to nursing staff if corrective action is warranted, and then provides information to Program Manager. Completes annual evaluations in conjunction with the Program Manager for nursing staff. Provides adequate nursing staff for care of all patients. Proactively anticipates nursing needs of the unit, both defined and undefined. Facilitates and participates in Root-Cause Analysis process for TrilliumPlace. Orients Nursing interns and new nursing hires. Facilitates nursing meetings and attends daily staffing meetings to provide consistent nursing representation and feedback. Maintains nursing policies, procedures, and practices. Provides unit coverage when needed. Acts as liaison for our unit and the patient’s primary care and other providers. Schedules all follow-up appointments for patients on the unit. Performs as ordered vital signs on all patients on the unit. Provides patient staffing with other staff members, e.g. Program Techs/Counselors. Provides CC residential nursing representation in committees within and out of department. Provides education and training to nursing staff, including supervision of all nurses at a minimum of a bi-weekly. Ensures competencies are up to date for all nursing staff and notifies nurses of educational opportunities. Compensation and Benefits The compensation range for this position is $35.98per hour - $61.89per hour. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting. The compensation offered will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model. Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits. Equal Opportunity Employer We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. For more information: View email address on click.appcast.io. #J-18808-Ljbffr