Registered Nurse - Weekend ONLY!

Odyssey House Inc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Odyssey House Inc. seeks a Registered Nurse for weekend shifts at multiple NY locations to oversee medication access, support client adherence, coordinate healthcare services, and triage clients.

The RN will educate clients about medical and psychiatric conditions and meds, coordinating with medical and behavioral teams. The role requires NYS RN licensure, flexibility for weekends/evenings, and experience in sub-acute residential care or related settings.

Qualifications

• Current NYS Registered Nurse, in good standing.
• Experience in sub-acute residential care preferred.
• Proficiency with Word, Excel, Outlook and databases.
• Flexibility to work weekends and evenings as needed.
• Ability to coordinate medical and behavioral health services.

Responsibilities

• Train lay-staff in medication access and assess competency.
• Perform QA reviews to ensure regulatory compliance for med access.
• Ensure OTC meds follow standing orders and policy.
• Ensure medication access during passes and overnight leaves.
• Maintain proper storage for controlled and non-controlled meds.
• Transmit orders to pharmacy; reconcile deliveries timely.
• Provide med access to clients and document MAR and records.
• Conduct sick calls/triage and medical evaluations.
• Coordinate medical services with behavioral staff and providers.
• Monitor adherence; report non-adherence to staff.
• Orient clients to healthcare services and schedules.
• Triage for medical/psychiatric appointments.
• Administer screening tools for withdrawal symptoms.
• Schedule medical/psychiatric appointments.
• Document collateral provider services in clinical records.
• Attend multi-disciplinary case conferences as scheduled.
• Advise prescribers when refills are needed for maintenance meds.
• Review medications to remove expired/redundant meds.
• Ensure disposal of expired meds and document activities.
• Attend in-service trainings and perform other duties.
• Other relevant duties as assigned.

Skills

NYS RN licensure

Licensure compliance

Computer proficiency

Flexible schedule

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

BSN preferred

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Outlook

Proprietary databases

Job description

TITLE: Registered Nurse
SHIFT: Weekend
LOCATION: George Rosenfeld Center for Recovery - 13 Hell Gate Circle New York, NY 10035 | Odyssey House Leadership Center - 309-311 6th St. New York, NY 10003 | Manor - 219 East 121st St. New York, NY 10035

MAJOR FUNCTIONS

The Registered Nurse is responsible for overseeing access to medication, supporting client adherence, coordinating healthcare services and conducting client triage. The Registered Nurse supports patient education through the provision of psychoeducational seminars and the provision of information related to medical and psychiatric conditions and medications. The Register Nurse coordinates medical and psychiatric services for the medical and psychiatric providers.

SPECIFIC DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

1. 1. Train lay-staff in procedures for overseeing client access to medication and assesses competency through direct observation.
2. 2. Conduct regularly scheduled quality assurance reviews to ensure that access to medication provided by lay-staff complies with all regulatory requirements, including those set forth by NYS DOH for institutional dispensers of controlled substances.
3. 3. Ensure that over-the-counter medication access complies with providers standing orders.
4. 4. Assure that adequate provisions are in place for access to medication during passes and overnight leaves.
5. 5. Assure proper storage of controlled and non-controlled substances.
6. 6. Assure timely accurate transmission of medication orders to the pharmacy and reconciles medication deliveries.
7. 7. Provide direct client access to medication and documents appropriately in medication administration record (MAR) and controlled substances records, as applicable, during assigned shifts.
8. 8. Conduct sick call/triage and medical evaluation during assigned shifts.
9. 9. Coordinate medical services among behavioral staff, co-located healthcare providers and collateral healthcare providers.
10. 10. Monitor client adherence and communicates regularly with behavioral staff regarding residents who are non-adherent.
11. 11. Conduct direct client orientation to healthcare services.
12. 12. Triage clients in preparation for medical and psychiatric appointments.
13. 13. Administer valid and reliable screening tools for the presence/absence of withdrawal symptoms.
14. 14. Schedule medical and psychiatric appointments for medical and psychiatric providers.
15. 15. Assure that delivery of service by collateral healthcare providers is documented in the clinical record.
16. 16. Attend multi-disciplinary case conference as scheduled by supervisor.
17. 17. Advise prescribers when there are no refill orders left on maintenance medications.
18. 18. Continuously review medications to remove expired or redundant medications.
19. 19. Ensure timely and appropriate disposal of expired and discontinued medications and maintains documentation of these activities.
20. 20. Attend all required in-service training seminars and performs other duties as required.
21. 21. Other relevant duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS: EDUCATION/TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

1. 1. Current NYS Registered Professional Nurse
2. 2. In good standing with New York State Department of Education Professional Licensing Board and without any outstanding malpractice judgments.
3. 3. Experience working in sub-acute residential care setting preferred.
4. 4. Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited nursing program preferred.
5. 5. Proficiency with computer operation (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and proprietary databases).
6. 6. Must be able to work a flexible schedule including weekends and evening when needed.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience working in SUD.

Odyssey House is an equal opportunity employer maintaining a non-discriminatory policy on hiring of its personnel. Odyssey House, and its operational divisions, will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or citizen status in all employment decisions including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, training, rate of pay or other forms of compensation, layoff, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.