Summary: The Registered Nurse provides assessment, monitoring, and intervention for adults experiencing acute intoxication in a low-barrier sobering environment, ensuring safe oversight and supportive care. Highlights: 1. Provide protocol-driven intervention in a low-barrier sobering environment. 2. Perform abbreviated nursing triage for behavioral and physical health needs. 3. Utilize harm-reduction and trauma-informed best practices. The Registered Nurse (RN) provides nursing assessment, monitoring, and protocol-driven intervention for adults experiencing acute intoxication within a low-barrier sobering environment. The RN performs abbreviated nursing triage per standardized procedure, which assesses behavioral and physical health needs, and documents in accordance with harm-reduction and trauma-informed best practices. This role ensures safe oversight, supportive care, and protocol-guided referrals or transfers for individuals who may otherwise be transported to a hospital or jail. Perform abbreviated nursing assessments, including vitals, impairment/intoxication levels, and withdrawal risk screening. • Recognize signs of medical or psychiatric emergencies and initiate EMS or ED transfers when clinically indicated. • Provide supportive care, including hydration, nutrition/snack support, wound care, and medication administration per standing orders for minor injuries or symptoms. • Assess and monitor patients through the sobering process, noting changes in behavior, cognition, or level of consciousness. • Offer education, motivational engagement, and compassionate communication regarding substance use, health risks, and harm-reduction strategies. • Utilize trauma-informed and de-escalation approaches to respond to escalating behaviors. • Conduct incident debriefs and complete required clinical documentation following escalations or emergency outcomes. • Collaborate, as appropriate, with EMS, law enforcement, and emergency department teams as part of alternate destination protocols. • Support center-wide safety and risk mitigation practices across the multidisciplinary team. • Participate in required onboarding and ongoing clinical training; maintain competencies and attend required meetings. • Perform all other duties as assigned within the scope of practice.
Craigslist · HR
Craigslist · HR
