Nursing Team Leader - Inpatient

Currently, Helio Health's Rochester Inpatient program is located on University Avenue. Due to our success in the region, we are moving to a freshly renovated location on Brighton Henrietta Townline Road! Now called Pathways of Helio Health, this location will better serve the community at a larger 53 bed Inpatient Rehabilitation and Medically Supervised Detox program.

The Nursing Team Leader will work a Full Time schedule, evening shift.

Responsibilities:

• Provides services to meet the different needs of clients through coordination with the medical team.
• Supervises medical and day to day operations of substance use disorders/mental health services.
• Enforces adherence to state board of nursing and state nurse practice act requirements and to other governing agency regulations.
• Maintains nursing staff by interviewing, training, supervising, orienting, and training nurses.
• Promotes patients’ independence by establishing patient care goals, teaching and counseling patients and their families individually and/or in groups and reinforcing their understanding of disease, medications, and self-care skills.
• Protects patients and employees by developing and interpreting infection-control policies and protocols, enforcing medication administration, storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Performs Quality Assurance activities.
• Provides services according to agency policies, procedures, program guidelines, and governmental regulations.
• Monitors provision of services when assigned.
• Assures program record documentation compliance with agency and regulatory standards.

Qualifications:

• Must be a valid and active Registered Nurse, licensed with NYS.
• One to three years of clinical experience appropriate to program preferred.
• Minimum three years clinical experience in an appropriate program setting.
• Bachelor’s Degree required, Master’s Degree in a related human service field preferred.
• An equivalent combination of training and experience may be substituted for educational requirements.
• Must possess a valid NYS Driver’s License.

Helio Health provides equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment, without regard to race, creed, color, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), parental status, religion, national origin, citizenship, status as a victim of domestic violence, age, military or veteran status, handicap or disability, family medical history or predisposing genetic characteristics or carrier status, marital status, family status, political affiliation, felony conviction record, status as a victim of a crime, or status as an employee who has complained about discrimination, filed a charge of discrimination, or participated in an employment discrimination investigation or lawsuit, or any other categories, status or activity protected by federal, state or local law.