RN/LPN Full-time Dayshift

Music City Detox; Tennessee; On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life

Employee Assistance Program

401k Match

Paid-Time Off

Sick Time

Holiday Pay

Job summary

Music City Detox seeks an RN/LPN to provide nursing care, monitor vitals, and administer medications in a treatment setting.

Responsibilities include admissions/discharges, patient assessments, and close collaboration with the medical team to ensure high-quality care. A TN license and RN/LPN credentials are required, with emphasis on compassionate, non-judgmental patient engagement.

Qualifications

• Current unrestricted licensure in TN.
• Associate's degree in Registered Nursing.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret policies and directions, and present information effectively, both orally and written.
• Ability to work with chemically dependent and individuals in psychiatric care in a non-judgmental, compassionate fashion.
• Demonstrated ability to establish effective working relationships with other staff as well as with referral sources.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions from a wide variety of data and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Experience working with people in recovery and/or in mental health treatment a plus.

Responsibilities

• Taking and recording daily client vital signs and assessments.
• Administering medications and treatments per provider protocol.
• Assisting with client admissions and discharges.
• Recording client observations and reporting to the medical team as needed.
• Compassionate interaction with clients to encourage engagement in treatment.
• Maintain a safe and sanitary environment.
• Attending staff trainings and meetings as required.
• Communicating with the pharmacy as needed.
• Completing nursing admissions including intake surveys, blood draws, TB testing, and GeneSight swabbing.
• Following policies for client information protection, including HIPAA.

Skills

Vital signs

Medication administration

Patient care

HIPAA compliance

Communication

Education

Associate degree in Nursing (RN) or practical nurse (LPN)

Tools

EHR systems

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY

RN/LPN is responsible for providing care to clients to include but not limited to, administering medication, taking vitals, assessing medical needs.

• Assisting with the taking and recording of daily client vital signs and assessments
• Administering medications and treatments as per provider protocol
• Assisting with client admissions and discharges
• Recording client observations and reporting to the medical team as needed
• Compassionately interacting with the client population to encourage engagement in treatment
• Maintain a safe and sanitary environment
• Attending staff trainings and meetings as required by the employer
• Communicating with the pharmacy as needed
• Completing client nursing admissions not limited to: intake surveys, blood draws, TB testing, GeneSight swabbing
• Follows all policies and procedures with regard to client information protection, including alcohol-drug client confidentiality and HIPAA
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Current unrestricted licensure in TN
• Associate's degree in Registered Nursing
• Able to read, analyze, and interpret policies and directions, and present information effectively, both orally and written
• Ability to work with both chemically dependent and individuals in psychiatric care in a non-judgmental, compassionate fashion
• Demonstrated ability to establish effective working relationships with other staff as well as with referral sources
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions from a wide variety of data and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Experience working with people in recovery and/or in mental health treatment a plus

Benefits Include

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401k Match
• Paid-Time Off
• Sick Time
• Holiday Pay