Charge Nurse

Acadia Healthcare; San Juan (PR); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Acadia Healthcare is seeking an RN to direct care and coordinate a multidisciplinary team within a behavioral health setting. The role emphasizes patient safety, staff leadership, and high-quality nursing practice across shifts.

The candidate should hold an active RN license in the facility's state and have experience in behavioral health. BSN is preferred, with 6 months to 1 year of RN experience required or preferred depending on the shift.

Qualifications

• BSN preferred.
• Current registered nurse license in the state of the facility required.
• One year of RN experience preferred.
• Six months of RN experience required.
• One+ years in behavioral health/psychiatric/addiction recovery environment preferred.
• Some experience as a change RN preferred.

Responsibilities

• Direct patient care and monitor daily medical or behavioral health activities.
• Schedule staff to ensure full coverage and effective service delivery.
• Oversee unit for assigned shift and lead staff training and guidance.
• Provide nursing evaluation, consultation and related care as required.
• Coordinate services and maintain communication with other departments.
• Oversee quality assurance and compliance with standards; contribute to policy development.
• Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, families and staff.
• Complete and maintain required documentation.

Skills

Patient care

Leadership

Communication

Behavioral health

Education

BSN preferred

Job description

Purpose Statement

Responsible for directing care to patients, facilitating work flow, service as a clinical resource for staff, and for providing team leadership on a shift to shift basis. health/nursing services in a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude toward customers at all times. Collaborate with others to ensure that all patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental and cultural needs are met and when they are not met, acknowledges and works to resolve customer complaints. Recognizes that patient safety is a top priority.

• Role models expectations related to customer service and demonstrates a sense of urgency related to the importance of patient safety
• Oversee a unit or work group for a specified shift.
• Provide direct care for patients as well as monitor and coordinate other nurses and members of the staff on the daily medical or behavioral health care activities of the unit.
• Schedule staff to ensure full coverage at all times and to ensure effective application of services.
• Lead, guide and train employees performing work.
• Oversee and provide direct nursing evaluation, consultation and other related care to patients as required.
• Coordinate services and maintain communication with other departments or staff as required.
• Oversee quality assurance activities and compliance to operational standards, participate in program development, development or implementation of operating policy and procedure and promote continuous improvement of workplace safety and environmental practices as requested.
• Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, case managers, coworkers and others in an effective manner.
• Complete and maintain required documentation.

Other Functions

Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Education/Experience/Skill Requirements

• BSN preferred.
• Current registered nursing license in State of facility required
• One year experience as a registered nurse preferred
• 6 months of experience as a registered nurse required
• One or more years experience in behavioral health/psychiatric/addiction recovery environment (inpatient or outpatient) preferred.
• Some experience as a change RN preferred.

Licenses/Designations/Certifications

Current RN license within the state where facility is providing service.

CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).

First aid may be required based on state or facility.

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