Staff Nurse - Prevention and Recovery Center
Date: Oct 10, 2024
Location: Indianapolis, IN, US, 46202
Organization: HHC
Sub-Division: SEMHC
Schedule: Full Time
Shift: Days
The Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center provides comprehensive care for emotional and behavioral problems, including severe mental illness and substance abuse. This position involves performing nursing services as a health team member in Outreach clinics, providing health education and patient counseling to control and prevent disease, and promoting the optimum health and wellbeing of clients.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
- Proactively contributes to Eskenazi Health's mission: Advocate, Care, Teach and Serve with special emphasis on the vulnerable population of Marion County.
- Performs nursing services as a health team member in Outreach clinics.
- Provides health education and patient counseling to control and prevent disease and promote optimum health and wellbeing of clients.
- Responds to health needs of patients by assessing healthcare requirements.
- Assists physicians and other team members in clinics.
- Develops and implements nursing care interventions based on goals in the Plan of Care.
- Refers clients to appropriate agencies/organizations to promote continuity of care.
- Works collaboratively with physicians and other health professionals to implement treatments and dispense medications as prescribed.
- Counsels clients and their families in health education and treatment instructions.
- Attends staff meetings regularly to share information regarding patients and policies/procedures.
- Completes and submits internal nursing audits regularly.
- Interviews patients and records health history, preparing and maintaining records for client services.
- Alters activities/behaviors to ensure adequate care appropriate to the age of patients served.
- Ensures timely completion of all documentation per policy.
- Meets productivity goals as set forth by the agency.
- Demonstrates an understanding of The Recovery Model.
Job Requirements
- Current Indiana License as a Registered Nurse.
- Graduation from a nationally accredited college or university.
- Current BLS and ACLS certification.
- Minimum of three to five years of clinical nursing experience as a registered nurse.
- BSN preferred.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Skills in nursing, health assessment, teaching/counseling, and effective interpersonal communications.
- Knowledge of disease processes, treatment/prevention, and clinical protocols.
- Ability to provide care appropriate to the age of patients served.
- Ability to follow directions, prioritize duties, and show flexibility.
- Works efficiently in stressful situations and demonstrates professional judgment.
- Applies problem-solving methodologies and displays sensitivity and empathy.
MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING BASIC COMPETENCIES IF APPLICABLE:
- CPI
- CPR
- Annual Education
- Age Related Competencies
- Mental Status Exam
- Medications
- DSM IV
- Addictions
- Legal
The Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center's primary mission is to serve individuals with serious mental illness and chronic addiction, as well as seriously emotionally disturbed children and their families.
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