Charge Nurse - Calispel Evaluation & Treatment - Monday-Thursday 11PM-7:30AM

About the job

Frontier Behavioral Health is hiring a full-time charge nurse for night shifts at Calispel Evaluation & Treatment in Spokane, an inpatient setting for adults with serious or chronic mental health disorders. The charge nurse supervises and directs all other staff on the shift while also giving direct nursing care, such as taking vital signs, giving medications, completing nursing assessments and documenting how patients respond.

Frontier Behavioral Health is a nonprofit in Spokane that offers evidence-based, trauma-informed treatment for adults, youth and seniors facing many kinds of behavioral health issues. Its services include outpatient and inpatient care, community outreach and crisis services, along with partnerships with schools and law enforcement.

What you'll do

• Supervise all staff on your shift on site, making sure they follow processes, policies and procedures, and provide their clinical supervision, performance reviews, recognition and discipline, and training
• Direct and coordinate staff assignments for admissions, discharges and patient care during the shift
• Lead the response to emergencies on your shift, calling the on-call manager when needed
• Solve problems and resolve challenges that come up during the shift, and share process improvement ideas with inpatient leadership and the ANM
• Give basic patient care through the nursing process, within an RN's scope of practice, including giving and monitoring medications and carrying out physicians' orders
• Carry out care plan goals, help educate clients, and document patients' symptoms and progress thoroughly and accurately
• Communicate therapeutically with patients, visitors and coworkers, using customer service and motivational interviewing skills to support patient-centered care
• Respond to patients' needs and concerns, escalate through the supervisory chain when indicated, and complete incident reports as needed
• Make sure client information is shared at shift report, attend charge nurse meetings, and bring information from them back to your shift
• Follow professional nursing standards, facility policies and state rules for residential treatment facilities

What you need

• Active Washington RN license at the time of hire
• Active BLS within 90 days of hire, kept current
• Able to communicate with people from many backgrounds, education levels and socio-economic groups
• Able to build a positive culture on the shift, handle escalated situations, and identify issues that need to go to inpatient leadership or community resources
• Able to apply trauma-informed concepts and practices in patient care
• Basic computer skills, including documenting in an electronic medical record, electronic time tracking, Outlook, Word and the HRIS system
• Able to stand for long periods in an inpatient setting and lift 10 to 20 pounds when required
• Chance of exposure to blood-borne pathogens (Category I)

Preferred

• Experience in a psychiatric setting (1 to 2 years)
• Previous inpatient experience
• Previous experience as a charge nurse or unit lead

Schedule

• Night shift, Monday through Thursday, 11PM to 7:30AM
• Full-time at 0.8 FTE

Benefits

• A shift differential on top of base pay; the posting ties it to a Monday through Thursday 11AM to 7:30PM shift, while this job's shift is listed as 11PM to 7:30AM
• Paid time off that accrues up to 26 days in the first year, plus 9 paid federal holidays
• Paid sick and safe time, plus extended sick leave
• A compressed workweek option, available for some positions, worth up to 26 extra days off a year
• Medical, dental and vision coverage, and flexible spending accounts
• A 403b retirement plan with a standard 3% employer contribution and an additional 3% employer match
• Company-paid life insurance starting the first of the month after 6 months from your hire date
• A sign-on bonus
• Federal and state loan forgiveness for qualifying programs
• Reimbursement of the license or certification application fee the job requires
• No-cost supervision for staff working toward clinical licensure
• A free employee assistance program and staff discounts with FBH partners around Spokane
• Some benefits vary by FTE