Registered Nurse - Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health : Job Details

Description

Are you looking to utilize your nursing degree in the psychology field? Are you interested in making a positive difference in the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities?

If so, consider joining our Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Nursing team!

New grads welcome - we will provide you with the skills to provide quality care to the individuals we serve!

Being a Registered Nurse has its Advantages!

In addition to working with other dedicated professionals who share your passion for helping individuals in need, we offer:

• Paid orientation.

• Over 5 weeks of paid time off your first year.

• Supportive Management and a collaborative Nursing Team

• Quality Low-Cost Benefits, plus student loan debt assistance and 30-day benefit eligibility waiting period for new hires!

• Payment for your license renewal CEUs as part of our nurse continuing education program

• Access to the Savi Student Loan Checkup tool to help you navigate the student loan system – quickly see your repayment plan options and discover potential savings

• A rewarding experience helping individuals complete daily activities and achieving long term goals.

Our Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health New York Program provides therapeutic care to children, adolescents and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and dual diagnoses. This position is responsible for maintaining standards of developmental disabilities nursing practice. As a Registered Nurse, you will maintain current healthcare information for program participants, ensure that medications are administered as prescribed, and ensure that Approved Medication Administration Personnel are supervised and their certification is maintained as required by regulations and agency policy. Our Registered Nurses will also provide on-call nursing in a scheduled rotation with other nurses to ensure 24-hour consultation on medical matters.

The RN position will be based in residential (group home) settings in the Red Hook and Tivoli, NY area.

Salary: (commensurate with education and experience)

With AA/AS: $63315.20 - $72179.32

With BA/BS: $65395.20 - $74550.52

With MA/MS: $67475.20 - $76921.72

You deserve to work somewhere that gives back to you! Devereux is proud to offer ASCEND – the first career accelerator program exclusively designed to give behavioral healthcare workers – the career guidance, one-on-one coaching, skills and financial assistance you need to reach your full potential. This program includes tuition assistance and student loan repayment, among other benefits!

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Qualifications

• Must be licensed to practice as an RN in the state of NY

• One year of nursing experience preferred, but New Grads are also welcome!

• Must have a valid NY Drivers License.

• Be flexible, patient, energetic, creative, and have a sense of humor

• Have a strong passion for working with and helping children and adults with special needs.

Physical Requirements : Pre-employment physical required. Significant and frequent amounts of walking, sitting, stooping, bending & standing required. Frequent planned, outside activities causing exposure to sunlight and heat. Speaking and hearing ability sufficient to communicate effectively by phone or in person at normal volumes. Vision adequate to read correspondence, computer screen, forms, etc. Good manual dexterity.

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

Posted Date 12 hours ago (12/12/2024 5:25 PM)

Requisition ID 2024-41416

Category Medical

Position Type Full-Time

The employment policies of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health are to recruit and hire qualified employees without discrimination because of race, religion, creed, color, age, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, veteran status, communication ability, gender identity or expression or sexual orientation and to treat them equally with respect to compensation and opportunities for advancement - including upgrading, promotion and transfer - consistent with individual skills and the needs of Devereux.