About the job
Telecare’s mission is to deliver excellent and effective behavioral health services that engage individuals in recovering their health, hopes, and dreams. Telecare continues to advance cultural diversity, humility, equity, and inclusion at all levels of our organization by hiring mental health peers, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, veterans, and all belief systems.
Telecare’s Beck Lane is a four-bedroom home designed to serve clients who have challenging and complex needs, and would otherwise be at risk for admission to acute and locked settings or out-of-state placements. Beck Lane is a Community Crisis Home, a new program model in California, created to serve residents with developmental disabilities and serious mental illness.
Position Summary
This lead position provides recovery focused services related to the safe and appropriate administration of medical treatment (including medications) as prescribed by the physician. Provides guidance to Direct Care Staff in completing assigned functions during assigned shift.
Essential Functions
- Demonstrates the Telecare mission, purpose, values, and beliefs in everyday language and contact with internal and external stakeholders
- Supports Administrator by sharing 24 hour on call responsibilities on a schedule to be determined by Administrator and Direct Care Leads; Requires carrying program cell phone and being first contact for program support during scheduled on call shifts; Must be available to come to program within 30 minutes in case of emergency.
- Oversees and provides direct nursing care
- Organizes, prioritizes, and delegates work on the assigned shift
- Contingent upon program structure and needs, assumes charge or shift lead responsibility, as needed
- Assigns responsibilities to staff for the assigned shift
- Trains staff on documentation of medications and medication preparation
- Prepares staff to assist residents with self-administration of medications
- Establishes and maintains a therapeutic relationship with members served
- Provides nursing care and assists in the welcoming, admissions, and discharge processes
- Collects data relevant to the care of members served; develops and implements nursing care plans
- Demonstrates knowledge of crisis management and intervention
- Transcribes physician orders accurately and in a timely manner
- Administers medication and treatments to members served
- Adheres to medication management policies and procedures
- Coordinates and participates in counting medications and giving report at the beginning and end of each shift
- Receives and presents change of shift reports as assigned
- Notifies the prescriber and nursing supervisor of any changes in behavior or condition
- Documents the progress of members served toward their Recovery Plan goals
- Attends and participates in community meetings and groups
- Actively participates in multidisciplinary team meetings and treatment planning meetings
- Must assist with restraint of members served in the event of assaultive behavior and pass assault crisis/crisis prevention training
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