Mental health nurse vs deputy director of clinical specialty services

Differences between mental health nurse and deputy director of clinical specialty services duties and responsibilities

Mental health nurse example responsibilities.

• Interact with patients, coordinate and successfully manage therapeutic group activities with unit staffs under supervision of clinical instructor.
• Provide psychiatric evaluation, medication management and education for patients with serious and persistent mental illness and debilitating personality disorders.
• Provide transportation, medication management, daily ADL's, housekeeping, and feeding.
• Provide hourly room checks and ADL's according to care plan implement by the attending physician.
• Initiate emergency resuscitative measures according to adult resuscitation protocols.
• Perform case management for outpatient veterans that include psychiatric treatment.
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Deputy director of clinical specialty services example responsibilities.

• Lead a restructuring of the office which encourage greater collaboration between subunits and eliminate redundancies.
• Develop and implement rapid training and replacement program to fill critical personnel shortages in support of combat logistics operations in Afghanistan.
• Coordinate inpatient rehabilitation services and assist patients/families with a safe discharge to the community with appropriate referrals and community resources.