Staff Nurse

  • Carlsbad
  • Carlsbad Lifehouse Inc

Veterans Preference: To ensure compliance with the Jobs for Veterans Act, this job posting will be available only to veterans for the first 24 hours. After this period, the job will be released to all job seekers. Qualifications for the position include but are not limited to: RN or LPN license in the State of New Mexico. Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or ability to obtain within 6 months of hire. Salary: $30.00 - $38.50 per hour Reporting Supervisor: Director of Nursing Duties: The staff nurse is responsible for the monitoring of patients and medications for detox area during their shift Supervision of medication technicians during medication pass at Villa de Esperanza and Avalon facilities. Assessment of detox patients Determination of medications needed for detox process. Obtain/assess vital signs on all detox patients according to orders from NP with assistance of medication technician. Monitoring and maintenance of safe environment for all detox clients. Documentation in EHR, medication record is paper. Communication with DON of any need to send a client to higher level of care. Processing of NP orders Check in of medications delivered from pharmacy. Narcotics count every shift with oncoming nurse. Other duties as assigned. Employment Hours: As needed - Sunday through Saturday, 12-hour shifts, 5:30am - 5:30pm, 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM, or 5:30 PM - 5:30 AM Required training for Position: HIPAA Reporting Boundaries Cultural Awareness and Competency Universal Precautions CPI Covid Mental Health First Aid Other training is Lifehouse requests.