Registered Nurse Team Lead

About Within Health Provider Services

Within Health has a revolutionary approach to the virtual treatment of eating disorders. We provide clinically continuous care, in the comfort of the clients own home.  We provide excellent care 100% virtually and are a 24/7 company to ensure the care for our clients is superior than others.

About the role

• The Registered Nurse (RN) Team Lead will function as the Lead of a larger multidisciplinary treatment team.
• They will work closely with clients and monitor providers in order to provide the best care possible to our eating disorder clients.
• They will be responsible for assessing clients, contributing to the multidisciplinary treatment plan, providing weekly coaching to parents/loved ones, completing concurrent utilization review, and evaluating a client’s overall care in order to ensure they are progressing towards their treatment goals.
• They will also interface with clients by facilitating, and co-facilitating groups throughout the week.
• They will also serve as a liaison with clients, families, providers, community organizations and other health related service agencies to provide quality care to our clients.
• The RN specializes in working with clients with eating disorders, is thoughtful, sensitive, respectful, flexible, and brings a loving, positive attitude to our expert Clinical Team.
• Shift times will vary and may include on-call hours at night and on weekends.
  

What you'll do

• Perform focused nursing assessments utilizing remote patient monitoring devices.
• Oversee a team of therapists, dietitians, and care partners providing recommended treatments for clients.
• Document all client interactions appropriately and within designated timeframes.
• Conduct weekly family coaching calls.
• Coordinate care and program services with patient, family, treatment team, and outpatient team.
• Educate clients, and family members when appropriate, regarding medical complications of eating disorders.
• Educate clients, and family members when appropriate, regarding psychiatric medications.
• Provide in-the-moment feedback by utilizing between-session messaging to motivate and support clients and families .
• Alert medical and clinical professionals to intervene during emergencies.
• Maintain strict client confidentiality.
• Participate in Staff meetings.
• Participate in scheduled Partnership Meetings.
• Participate in scheduled Family Partnership Meetings.
• Facilitate or co-facilitate groups as appropriate.
• Attend supervision and department meetings.
• Participate in initial and ongoing training.
• Provide case management for clients, ensuring effective communication with those involved in the recovery process, including school administrators, law enforcement, attorneys, etc.
• Communicate with clients, family members, team members, & outpatient teams in a timely and consistent manner.
• Give direction and direct feedback to different team members.
• Other related duties as assigned based on need.

Qualifications

• Active, unrestricted, unsupervised RN license, with willingness to obtain additional RN licenses or Compact license in multiple states.
• 3+ years experience as an RN in an eating disorder or behavioral health setting.
• Minimum 1 year of supervisory experience.
• Strong communicator, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to foster teamwork and create a cohesive work environment in a virtual setting.
• Experience treating clients with eating disorders and Disordered Eating preferred.
• Ability to demonstrate understanding of a variety of models and theories of eating disorders, trauma, mental illness, and related issues.
• Knowledge of philosophies, practices, policies and outcomes of models of treatment, recovery, relapse prevention, and continuing care for dually diagnosed populations.
• Understanding of diagnostic criteria for co-occurring conditions and ability to conceptualize modalities and placement criteria within the continuum of care.
• Understanding of diverse cultures and gender specific issues and ability to incorporate needs of gender and culturally diverse groups into practice settings.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to prioritize workload and work independently.
  
  Physical and Environmental Requirements
  
• Employees are required to read, review, prepare and analyze written data and figures, using a computer or similar, and should possess visual acuity.
• This position answers and places telephone calls as well as video conferences and must be able to converse.
• Must be able to converse with colleagues via telephone and computer programs.
• Must be able to operate a computer and navigate applications within a smart-phone, iPhone, MacBook computer and/or tablet.
• Able to sit for the majority of shifts.
• Must have reliable internet connection.
• This is a work-from-home position. Work should be performed in a private, quiet space with minimal background noise.