Delta-T Group is a national broker and referral service for specialized types of healthcare and educational professionals. Our unique portfolio of services allows clients to access a strong team of professionals possessing a wide variety of experience and training.
Our team of Account Managers and Staffing Coordinators work together to refer the highest caliber of professionals with degrees, certifications and licenses of varying levels in the fields of social services, psychiatry, occupational therapy, language speech pathology, special education teachers, para professionals, mental health, addictions treatment, allied therapies and pharmacy. We primarily provide supplemental staffing services to school districts and charter schools, hospitals, community mental health centers, outpatient treatment facilities, and residential homes.
Job Description
Primary responsibilities include facilitating nursing activities for the agency by utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation, while effectively interacting with staff and other health team members and maintaining standards of professional nursing.
Specific Responsibilities Include:
- Monitor levels of prescription medication available to clients.
- Coordinate psychiatric face-to-face consultations with clients by ensuring all charts are available and providing clinical feedback to the psychiatrist.
- Order and receive prescriptions from the pharmacy.
- Deliver prescriptions to residential clients.
- Receive, review, record, and execute physician’s orders.
- Maintain medication logs and document necessary changes in dosage as per physician orders in both day and residential programs.
- Administer and perform other nursing procedures as per physician orders.
- Conduct medication education and training sessions for staff and clients twice yearly; more frequently if necessary. Provide medication orientation to new staff during their first week of employment.
- Coordinate laboratory testing services by identifying clients in need of laboratory testing, preparing laboratory slips, receiving and evaluating laboratory testing results, and documenting results accordingly.
- Perform Pre-Admission Screening functions.
- Conduct admission and discharge nursing assessments on assigned patients, including appropriate and timely charting and filing.
- Conduct and record health assessment screenings on all admissions.
- Participate in multi-disciplinary staffing and clinical team meetings.
- Provide consultation to staff and clients about medical questions and/or concerns and assist staff in planning and implementing appropriate medical interventions.
- Accompany staff to physician’s appointments for program participants identified as being high-risk behaviorally and/or medically.
- Document all activities on required documents.
- Attend training programs to improve and update professional skills.
- Lock up all medication for clients at all times; medication must never be left unsupervised on desks.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
At least 1 year of medical detox experience on a detox unit.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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