Acute Care RN

Registered Nurse Position At Pocono Mountain Recovery Center

Pocono Mountain Recovery Center is eastern Pennsylvania's leading drug rehabilitation center. Located in Henryville, our facility provides residential treatment, detoxification, and outpatient services to adults age 18 and older of all genders who have been struggling with substance use disorders and certain co-occurring mental health concerns.

Schedules available:

Full Time Day

Full Time Evening

$5,000 Sign on Bonus for Full Time Schedules!

Registered Nurse Essential Functions:

• Provide and coordinate care by assessing patients' physical and behavioral health needs.
• Develop and implement nursing care plans.
• Maintain medical records and educate patients and their families about various physical and behavioral health conditions.
• Provide nursing care and services within the standards and scope of nursing practice.
• Ensure physicians' orders are legible if taken verbally and transcribed appropriately.
• Ensure patients' status is assessed on an ongoing basis.
• Notify physicians of significant changes in status.
• Ensure that initial nursing treatment plans are completed upon admission.
• Demonstrate knowledge and utilization of universal precautions.
• Accurately administer medications per ordered note.
• Document accurate count of controlled substance medication administration.
• Complete admission and discharge processing efficiently and accurately.
• Exhibit therapeutic rapport with patients.
• Provide direction or coordinate the activities of the unit.
• Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, co-workers, and others involved in patient treatment.

Education/Licensure/Experience/Skill Requirements:

• Must have graduated from an accredited school of nursing.
• Must possess a current Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• One year of nursing experience; previous psychiatric, mental, behavioral, or substance use nursing experience a plus.
• CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual's characteristics protected by applicable state, federal, and local laws.