Registered Nurse (RN)

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Job Summary

​​​The Registered Nurse (“RN”) is responsible for supporting the physical health, safety, and wellness needs of clients participating in Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge programs. The RN provides nursing assessments, health screenings, medication oversight, care coordination, health education, and consultation to clients and staff while collaborating with interdisciplinary treatment teams to support recovery and treatment outcomes.

​This position promotes a safe, therapeutic, and recovery-oriented environment and ensures nursing services are delivered in compliance with professional nursing standards, organizational policies, and applicable regulatory requirements.​​

Essential Job Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. The essential functions include the following:

Admission & Initial Assessment

• Review admission information, referrals, assessments, and health-related documentation to identify client health needs and potential risks.

• Conduct nursing assessments, health screenings, and medication reviews for new clients in accordance with program requirements.

• Identify actual or potential health concerns and coordinate appropriate referrals, follow-up care, and interventions.

• Collaborate with admissions, clinical staff, and program leadership regarding client medical and health-related needs.

• Identify clients presenting elevated medical, medication-related, withdrawal-related, or other healthcare risks and coordinate appropriate interventions, referrals, and follow-up care.

Treatment Planning & Care Coordination

• Participate as a member of the multidisciplinary treatment team by providing nursing input into client care, treatment planning, and ongoing service coordination.

• Coordinate healthcare services, appointments, laboratory testing, referrals, and follow-up care as appropriate, collaborating with psychiatric nurse practitioners, prescribers, and interdisciplinary treatment teams to support continuity of care.

• Collaborate and communicate effectively with physicians, advanced practice providers, pharmacies, healthcare providers, clinical staff, recovery services staff, and program leadership to support continuity of care.

• Advocate for client health, safety, and access to appropriate healthcare services.

• Assist with discharge planning and coordination of healthcare services to support continuity of care following program completion or transfer.

• Collaborate with psychiatric nurse practitioners and other healthcare providers to support withdrawal management, psychiatric care, medication monitoring, and continuity of healthcare services.

Ongoing Client Care & Monitoring

• Monitor client health status throughout participation in services and respond to medical concerns, referrals, and requests from clients and staff.

• Assess client responses to interventions and communicate observations, concerns, and recommendations to appropriate treatment team members.

• Monitor and communicate changes to care team in client physical, behavioral, and mental health status.

• Monitor withdrawal-related symptoms, medication concerns, and changes in client health status, and communicate significant findings to psychiatric nurse practitioners, prescribers, and appropriate treatment team members.

• Provide nursing services and support regarding client health and wellness needs, within the scope of practice established by the Minnesota Nurse Practice Act and professional nursing standards.

• Escalate complex medical, psychiatric, medication-related, or client safety concerns to the Supervisor, Nursing Services, medical provider or other leaders as needed.

• Respond to referrals and requests from staff regarding client medical, medication-related, and healthcare concerns.

Medication Management

• Review, monitor, and address medication-related concerns, including medication reconciliation, client education, and communication with prescribing providers.

• Assist clients with medication administration, medication education, medication monitoring, and prescribed injections in accordance with provider orders, nursing standards, and organizational policies.

• Monitor medication adherence, effectiveness, potential side effects, and adverse reactions.

• Ensure proper storage, handling, inventory management, documentation, auditing, accountability, and destruction of medications in accordance with organizational policies and regulatory requirements.

• Review, document, and report medication incidents, variances, adverse reactions, and medication-related concerns.

• Participate in medication inventory reviews, audits, and controlled substance accountability processes as assigned.

• Assist with medication-related education and training for staff and clients as appropriate.

• Implement and monitor provider orders related to medications, withdrawal management, and healthcare services in accordance with organizational policies, nursing standards, and scope of practice requirements.

Health Education & Support

• Provide health education and wellness support to clients regarding medication management, infection prevention, chronic disease management, healthy living practices, and healthcare navigation.

• Support clients in understanding and managing their physical health needs in a manner that promotes recovery, personal responsibility, and overall wellness.

• Provide consultation, education, and guidance to staff regarding health-related concerns, medication management practices, communicable disease prevention, and client wellness needs.

Safety, Infection Prevention & Emergency Response

• Monitor infection prevention practices and assist with implementation of communicable disease response protocols, exposure management, and public health reporting requirements as applicable.

• Identify and report safety concerns, incidents, health risks, and unusual occurrences to appropriate leadership in a timely manner.

• Respond appropriately to medical emergencies and assist with emergency response procedures in accordance with organizational policies and nursing standards.