Registered Nurse (RN), Weekend Shift, Home Health

The Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families' (The Delaware Children's Department) primary responsibility is to provide and manage a range of services for children who have experienced abandonment, abuse, adjudication, mental illness, neglect, or substance abuse. Our services include prevention, early intervention, assessment, treatment, permanency, and after care.

We offer desirable career opportunities, attracting and retaining proud and talented employees who are motivated to think of the child first in all that they do. This vacancy offers a $10,000 sign-on bonus.

The RN III at Silver Lake Treatment Consortium provides comprehensive nursing care to youth ages 12-17 in a 24/7 residential behavioral health setting as part of a multidisciplinary team. Responsibilities include coordinating care with staff and providers, managing illnesses and minor injuries, determining need for high level medical care, conducting monthly health assessments, overseeing medication ordering and reconciliation, and training staff in medication administration. Participation in an on-call rotation may be required. CPR, First Aid, and Narcan certification or experience is preferred. Routine weekend and holiday shifts are not required.

Provides or evaluates direct nursing care.
Develops, implements and/or reviews nursing care plans.
Provides health care instruction and guidance to individuals, families, community groups and/or nursing home facilities in the management of their health care needs.
Participates in and make recommendations regarding quality assurance activities.

JOB REQUIREMENTS for Registered Nurse III
Applicants must have education, training and/or experience demonstrating competence in each of the following areas:

Registered Nurse III - Psychiatric Nursing

• At least two years experience as a Registered Nurse in Psychiatric Nursing OR a Bachelors degree or higher in Nursing and at least one year experience as a Registered Nurse in Psychiatric Nursing OR a Masters degree or higher in Nursing.
• Possession of a Delaware Registered Nurse license OR multi-state compact license.

Pre-employment Drug Testing: Upon a conditional offer, you must undergo pre-employment drug testing as part of the hiring process.
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