Registered Nurse (RN) - Riverhead

Full-Time Registered Nurse

Registered Nurse is needed in the Opioid Treatment Program, operated by Suffolk County Department of Health Services, Division of Community Mental Hygiene. Nurses in the Opioid Treatment Program function as part of a team also comprised of counseling/social work staff, vocational staff and other medical providers in an outpatient addiction services setting. East End Clinic

Available Shifts:

Monday - Friday 6:00am to 2:00pm OR Tuesday - Saturday 6:00am to 2:00pm

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides nursing care to patients in the Opioid Treatment Program Facility;
• Assists providers with examinations; gives medication, immunizations and nursing treatment as prescribed by a physician, and notes reactions of patients to medications and treatments;
• Obtains medical history of patients and screens for numerous age-appropriate biopsychosocial needs and/or problems, such as domestic violence, smoking, ...