Treatment Advocate Per Diem Nights
Overview:
If you are searching for a fulfilling place to develop your career and an opportunity to make a difference in helping others, then keep reading on. Here at AdCare of Rhode Island American Addiction Centers, we have a progressive culture; we listen to your ideas, value a work/life balance, invest in education, and we foster trust and respect for all individuals.Our exceptional comp and strong benefits include 401K, medical, dental, vision and life insurance. We are looking for our future leaders, who are not only going to fill the qualifications for this job description, but who are going to exceed expectations.
Be a part of a team whose mission is to provide quality, compassionate, and innovative care to adults struggling with addiction and co-occurring mental health disorders. Our purpose and passion are to empower patients, their families, and our communities by helping individuals achieve recovery and optimal wellness of the mind, body, and spirit.
Responsibilities:
This is a Per Diem opening for Night Shift (11pm-7:30am) (8-40 hours per week and includes weekends and holidays)
Job Summary
The Treatment Advocate (TA) will assist with patient admissions, room transfers and discharges. The role will also support patients’ daily activities/needs, provide 1:1 patient observation, comfort and transfers within the facility and encourage patient recovery.The TA shall be a dedicated, compassionate, and energetic individual who will serve a significant role of identifying and communicating patient needs and addressing them directly or in conjunction with nursing and other facility clinical staff
Duties and Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.- Complete safety checks per company policy.
- Screens baggage in admission room. Accurately records all patient belongings and valuables in the EMR on the Valuables List E-form. Secures patient valuables such as cash, cell phones in accordance with hospital policy.
- Escorts and orients patient to the unit and to the hospital; educates patients on rules and schedules of the unit, provides education as requested by licensed personnel.
- Perform simple laboratory examinations and procedures, including urine drug screening, pregnancy tests, and blood glucose monitoring. Escalate abnormalities to licensed staff.
- Performs a full range of patient safety duties including assisting licensed staff with full body evaluation, clothing and room searches, dispensing/collecting razors, checking call lights and responding timely, assists in minimizing room clutter, patient monitoring during meals, group, physician rounds and on deck.
- Assist patients with room and floor transfers and discharges; orients patient to new unit upon arrival including introduction to on duty staff.
- Assists discharged patient to the lobby; gathers all personal belongings as recorded on the patient valuables list.
- Assists licensed staff with daily living activities including delivering meals to patients, turning, bathing, toileting and ambulating patients and providing fluids/nourishment between meals.
- Provide adjunct care for the patient as directed by nursing team; 1:1 monitoring.
- Adhere to professional standards, follow policies and procedures, and abide by federal, state, and local requirements, as well as Joint Commission standards.
- Reports observations from direct patient care to licensed nurse to assure continued safety of all patients. Ensures patient compliance with fall risk objectives.
- Maintains unit stock levels of supplies.
- Treats patients, and colleagues with dignity and respect; honors each person’s right to privacy/maintains very strict patient and colleague confidentiality; respects all individual differences; supports cultural diversity.
- Provide support and encouragement to patients.
- Understand and abide by State Department standards, facility accreditation, AAC’s policy and procedures.
- Other duties as assigned within scope of work
Qualifications:
Education/ Experience- High School diploma or equivalent required
- Basic computer skills
- Ability to work as part of a team and to handle multiple tasks safely and effectively
- Good communication skills, including the ability to communicate sensitive information with empathy (“bedside manner”)
- Working knowledge of Google Office products and EMR preferred
- 6 months experience with substance/psych desirable
All positions require a TST, MMR Titer, the ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening, and satisfactory criminal background records check.
Physical Requirements
AAC is committed to principles of equal opportunities for all employees. The Company will provide reasonable accommodations that are necessary to comply with State and Federal disability discrimination laws
Prolonged sitting at a desk
Ability to frequently lift and carry up to 10 lbs. and occasionally lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
American Addiction Centers is an equal opportunity employer. American Addiction Centers prohibits employment practices that discriminate against individuals or groups of employees on the basis of age, color disability, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other category deemed protected by state and/or federal law.