Seeking a Full Time, Part Time Registered Nurse for our Youth Residential Program
SIGN ON BONUS OF UP TO $2OOO
Applewood Centers is a premier provider of community-based behavioral health services in Northeast Ohio. We are currently looking for a flexible, caring, and organized Psychiatric Nurse interested in providing and enhancing their skills in a residentialbehavioral health setting. As the RegisteredNurse for our Residential Program, you will be joining a passionate team dedicated to treating children and adolescents with mental and behavioral health issues.
Responsibilities include:
- Collaborating with psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, therapists and case managers both within and outside of the agency
- Collaborating with clients, caregivers, and significant others
- Providing behavioral health education and behavioral management strategies while holding client accountable
- Assessing clients for additional treatment needs and linking them with needed services
- Having knowledge of physical health aspects of client care, including weight, nutrition, medication education, assessing and education of side effects, risks and benefits of medication
- Proving clients with community resources
- Provide leadership in the day to day activities of the department (as a shift charge nurse)
- Meeting with clients independently as referred by Psychiatrists and psychiatric APRN's and for triage
- Communicate and document observations and interventions, while seeking and utilizing guidance from team members.
Requirements:
- A current Ohio RN license.
- BLS Certification Preferred
- One or more years of experience as a nurse working in a psychiatric setting