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Evening shift differential: $1.00
Overnight shift differential: $2.00
The starting hourly rate for a Licensed Practical Nurse is $ 28.00
Evening shift differential: $0.50
Overnight shift differential: $1.00
Do you enjoy making a difference in the lives of patients and your community? Come join our community here at Counseling & Recovery Services of Oklahoma. Where building better lives happen daily!
Counseling & Recovery Services of Oklahoma provides Mental Health and substance abuse treatment, physical health care management and wellness services for over 5,000 children and adults annually. We are Oklahoma's only community Mental Health center certified in the Sanctuary model of care. Using this model, the agency provides trauma-informed care helping to create an environment of safety, identify and manage emotions, process loss and help clients create a future of growth and change. Due to tremendous growth, we are hiring a Nurse (RN/LPN) at our CALM Center location. As a member of our CRS team, you will have the opportunity to improve the quality of life for our patients by delivering one-on-one clinical guidance and support.
- $1000 Sign-on Bonus
- Competitive 2024 Market Value Salaries.
- 4% 403B Employer "Gifted" Contribution.
- 3% Merit and 4% Bonus Increase Potential.
- 10 Paid Holidays, and 2 Floating Holidays.
- Up to 4 weeks Vacation time.
- Gym Membership Stipend.
- Affordable Medical, Dental & Vision Plans.
- Employer-paid Life Insurance.
- Employer-paid Long Term Disability.
- Continuing Education Stipend up to $500.
- $1,000.00 Sign-on Bonus
Special Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Provides professional nursing services and assumes responsibility for the direct care of assigned consumers, experiencing trauma related adjustment problem(s), emotional disorder(s), psychiatric illness or substance abuse.
- Knowledge of professional nursing theory, practices and techniques; medical supplies, sanitation, personal hygiene and life safety policies, procedures, principles and practices; nutrition and diet therapy; principles and methods of teaching; nursing standards for institutional certification; departmental procedures; pediatric psychiatry and human resources principles and methods.
- Skill in developing, planning and administering an effective nursing care program and consumers and in training subordinate personnel.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Assumes responsibility for consumer's ages 10-17 admitted to the CALM Center.
- Upon admission, determines and allocates the type and amount of care required to satisfy the needs of each consumer.
- Ensures the effectiveness of care provided through maintenance and review of clinical charts.
- Observes consumer's symptoms and reports on the conditions of pediatric consumers, notifies physician if condition warrants.
- Intervenes in crisis situations, utilizing verbal intervention effectively and physical interventions as needed, articulating to the consumer the justification for use of limit setting, seclusion or restraint.
- Monitors and evaluates all consumers in seclusion and/or restraint to ensure least restrictive measures and adherence to Center policy.
- Administers medications and treatments per physician's orders.
- May assist or facilitate the admission, discharge or transfer of pediatric consumers; May orient and inform the family and/or the consumer of the general care plan and Center's procedures and routine.
- Audit charts for documentation to be updated.
- Assist physician on daily rounds.
Other Duties: Perform other duties as assigned by the Nursing Supervisor or Unit Director.
Physical Requirements: Must be able to move from location to location, bending, stooping, lifting 25 pounds, communicate clearly, prepare written communications, present information to other employees, process complex information within established procedures/programs, enter data to various programs. Must be able to climb stairs and access non-handicapped equipped residences/facilities.
Drug Free Workplace Policy
This job is classified as a “safety-sensitive” position as defined by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act. Possession of a medical marijuana license does not exclude any applicants; however all employees are subject to the Counseling & Recovery Services of Oklahoma Drug Free Workplace Policy.
