Tired of working long 12-hour shifts in a high-volume, high-stress healthcare environment?Are you a Registered Nurse looking for predictable hours, a supportive team, and the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with your patients? We have a position for you! Come work in a structured, school-based residential setting with smaller student populations than traditional public schools as aRegistered Nursefor our Residential Academy located inYanceyville, NC.

This role offers alower-acuity environment, consistent routines, and the opportunity to make a lasting impact on youth in anon-punitive, treatment-focused setting.

Eligible for a $5,000 Sign-On Bonus

Annual Salary : $72,000 + $5,000 Sign-On Bonus

Duties and Responsibilities

• The RN provides clients with professional health services; to include sick call, regular medical assessments, dental needs, daily triage of injuries and illnesses, record review, health screening and health education.
• Monitor and/or administer medications, document adverse effects of the medication, and any test that may be required for each medication. As needed, obtain prescription re-fills in timely fashion to maintain client medication needs.
• Create and maintain Medication Administration Sheets for each client, monitoring for any missing signatures, medication errors, etc.
• Maintain Controlled Drug Book.
• Participate in treatment team staffing as needed.
• Advise social services staff of necessary health services.
• As required or assigned, transport clients to medical appointments.

Qualifications

• Requires Registered Nurse Diploma or degree.Must have and maintain current and appropriate Registered Nurse licensure in the state where employed.
• Two years of school, correctional, doctors office, camp, industrial, or public health experience preferred. Experience working pediatric/adolescent patient care preferred.
• Must have working knowledge of child / adolescent related illness. Must be CPR certified.

*This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a person assigned to this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties that may be performed by a person so classified.

About our Residential Academy:

Eckerd Connects' Short-Term Juvenile Justice Residential program is a complete rehabilitative experience delivered in 4 to 6 months to 40 adjudicated male youth, ages 13 to 17, referred by the North Carolina Department of Public Safety Division of Juvenile Justice. This residential treatment concept combines promising and evidence-based practices with a strong family transition component and signifies a public-private partnership with the Division of Juvenile Justice which has produced an innovative shift in the way youth are served in North Carolina's juvenile justice system. Intensive, short-term services include individualized treatment and academic plans that combine formal and experiential education, community service, behavioral health, and family counseling in a non-punitive environment designed to address the youth's behavioral challenges through a strength-based approach. Youth also receive accredited education on-site and work together in small group settings with assigned counselors.

Our Program Location:

Boys Residential Academy at Yanceyville

437 Main Street

Yanceyville, NC 27379

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