Job Description
This full-time year-round nursing position provides care to adults with mental health and substance use disorders in a residential setting. Work with a multidisciplinary team, monitor and respond to adults' health and wellness needs, and collaborate with internal and external providers to support residents' recovery process.
Duties:
- Demonstrate respect for participants' participants' self-determination, motivation, skills, and priorities, with the goal of optimizing participant recovery.
- Participate as a member of a multidisciplinary team in intake and screening process for all referred clients when indicated.
- Effectively engage, assess, monitor, educate, coordinate, and provide interventions for
participants and families to improve quality of care and participant health outcomes. - Provide participant, family/caregiver teaching and education about health and wellness, safety
factors, self-management skills, medications, self-monitoring, action plans, long-term planning,
when and how to access care. - Conduct in-person visits with residents in the program to monitor health and wellness issues.
- Participate in group treatment and education interventions.
- Participates as a member of a multidisciplinary team, by providing health information related to
participant medical history and needs, medications, co-morbidities, immunizations, dietary
needs, and the behavioral, social, psychological, and environmental determinants of health. - Assist treatment team with development, implementation and ongoing monitoring of ISPs, and
document ongoing nursing care and interventions in the electronic health record and elsewhere. - Maintain regular contact, effectively collaborate with, and facilitate referrals to community
providers to advocate on behalf of, and improve the care for, participants. - Maintain required records and documentation. Collect, track, and submit participant related data
to support evaluation of participant outcomes, program goals and performance. - Serve as a resource for staff, colleagues, and external members of a participant's care team.
- Enroll/ re-enroll patients in the patient assistance programs when indicated.
- Administer antipsychotic or other injections when indicated.
- Assist Med Room Manager in packing medications and assist with appointment scheduling.
- Comply with scope of nursing practice per Maine State Board of Nursing.
Qualifications:
Registered Nurse as defined by the Maine State Board of Nursing. One-year post-licensure experience in community health nursing, primary care, hospital, or psychiatric nursing preferred. Experience working with individuals with significant mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, and developmental disabilities. Must possess high level organizational and time management skills. Must be computer literate, able to generate presentations and present basic data summaries, able to navigate an electronic health record, and use HealthInfoNet. Maintain a current Maine driver's license, reliable transportation, and a clean driving record as outlined in Spurwink's Driving Policy.
Competitive Benefits Package:
- Health/Dental/Vision /Pet Insurance
- Employer Paid Life Insurance and Short/Long Term Disability
- Retirement Account with Matching Contribution (after one year of service)
- Scholarships to ME Community Colleges
- Tuition Reimbursement (Up to $2,000 Annually)
- 25% Tuition Reimbursement for UNE Master of Social Work Program
- Eligible employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program
- Quality Supervision and Paid Training Opportunities
- Career Advancement Opportunities
- Flexibility of Schedules
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Opportunity for Same Day Pay
- Health Plan Enrollees – Access to Several Discounts (Hotels, Electronics, Auto, Groceries, Event Tickets, and More)
Spurwink is an Equal Opportunity Employer.