$3,000 hiring incentive bonus for specific programs inquire within!

Locations: Gainesville, Lake City, Ocala

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$5,000.00 sign on bonus (Full Time)

$3,000.00 hiring incentive bonus to specific programs and

$500.00 employee incentive referral.

Pay: $35.02 an hour

Position Summary: Shift assessment, intake RN assessment/admission full and screening, and d/c assessment, obtain, assess and disseminate necessary information, incident reports based upon interviews as needed, nursing assignments, peer evaluations to assist RN Shift Supervisor.

The Registered Nurse is responsible for identifying client alterations in health, assessing the client's responses to actual and potential health problems and prescribed treatments, and providing appropriate nursing interventions to return the client to baseline health with appropriate physician orders. Whenever possible, the client, family/significant others is integrated in the care provided. The RN functions within the interdisciplinary team model to provide a safe, therapeutic environment and support the client in reintegration to the community. OSHA Statement: This position has potential for exposure to blood and body fluids.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
Shift assessment, intake RN assessment/admission full and screening, and d/c assessment, obtain, assess and disseminate necessary information, incident reports based upon interviews as needed, nursing assignments, peer evaluations to assist RN Shift Supervisor.

The RN performs assessments and other activities as recognized by the Board of Nursing and supervises and directs the care provided by CNA's, LPN's and unit clerks in activities appropriate to their licensure and experience. The RN coordinates the care provided by the interdisciplinary team.
Willing to be an active participant in client restraints, as needed. *Must attend CSU Staff meetings once a month*

• Assesses and collects data to determine client stability, safety, and pain status on admission.
• Integrates assessment findings with previously reported or documented information to determine changes in the client's status.
• Assesses client cultural and religious practices, education level, readiness to learn and utilizes the information to plan care.
• Recognizes interrelationships between assessment findings, medications, and lab findings.
• Follows up abnormal assessment findings, changes in status, and lack of response to therapy.
• Initiates Treatment Plan and Nursing Care Plan.
• Provide support to the client, family/significant other as needed.
• Implements appropriate interventions for changes in client behavior.
• Contributes to a safe and therapeutic environment for clients, visitors, and staff.

Customer Service:
- Greets clients as soon as possible after screening and provides welcoming atmosphere. - Provides confidentiality during assessment/injection. - When not engaged in work-related tasks or activities, keeps personal conversation quiet to avoid being misinterpreted by clients.- Treats all customers - clients, staff, other departments - with courtesy.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
Specific competencies required are identified on a department/program specific basis and identified in each employee's Competency Checklist.

Meridian is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We are fully committed to attracting, retaining, developing and promoting the most qualified employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, marital status, disability (physical or mental), family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service or because they are a protected veteran or other non-merit based factors.