LPN/RN - Rehab Nursing - Nights

As an organization, we are looking for individuals who would like to help us make a difference in others' lives. CORT MAT / Outpatient provider/ Detox Night shift Residential services
This program in partnership with Sarasota County Corrections and Lightshare Wellness will provide a 40 bed secure residential behavioral health treatment for male offenders who are currently incarcerated in the Sarasota County Corrections Facility. We are looking for night shift as well as day shift.
The program will offer intensive supervision and evidenced-based rehabilitation to felony offenders up to 120 days who are incarcerated and awaiting sentencing as well as those who are directly sentenced to the program to serve out the remainder of their sentence.
The overall goal is to provide treatment in a secure setting with a focus on substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders, change the client's criminal thinking patterns, stabilize their substance use and/or mental illness, and assist in the transition into the community through vocational training and peer support.
Promotes client's health by completing the nursing process; collaborating/consulting with Physicians, Director of Nursing, and multidisciplinary team members.
Current Florida licensure as a Registered Nurse (preferred) or as a Licensed Practical Nurse.
Special Skills: General nursing experience in mental health, substance misuse and co-occurring behavioral health disorders; strong interpersonal communication skills and professional boundaries to provide excellent internal and external customer service.
Identifies client care needs by performing nursing assessments and by establishing a rapport with potential and actual clients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements. Communicates and consults with a multi-disciplinary team of medical, clinical and allied professionals regarding client medical clearance issues.
Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against client care goals and standards; following nursing philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, State Nurse Practice Act, FL DCF Chapter 65D-30 and other governing agency regulations.
Protects prospective and current clients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols and provides training as needed.
Documents client care services by charting in client and department records; accurately completes required paperwork procedures to ensure compliance to quality care.
Establishes and maintains customer rapport by keeping information confidential; following established confidentiality policy and procedures.
Maintains inter- and intradepartmental work flow by fostering an environment of cooperative care.
High regard for teamwork and flexibility to assist all residential programs in training and triaging medical emergencies as needed.