Registered Nurse - RTC

Alexander Youth Network

Greensboro, North Carolina

Join Our Team as a Registered Nurse for our Residential Treatment Center

Posted Oct 13 · 1 year of experience

Unit and setting: Residential Treatment Center Join Our Team as a Registered Nurse for our Residential Treatment Center
License: RN license Valid and current NC RN license from N.C. Board of Nursing

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License: Valid and current NC RN license from N.C. Board of Nursing Check your license
Experience: One year of crisis experience
Also asks: Proficiency in MS Office applications
Also asks: Valid NC or SC driver's license Valid NC or SC Driver’s License

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Tuition assistance: Offered

Benefits

BenefitsTuition reimbursementOur teammates enjoy amazing benefits including tuition reimbursement, tuition assistance, 401K, paid time off, and a comprehensive health plan that prioritizes your well-being.
BenefitsTuition assistance
Benefits401K
BenefitsPaid time off
BenefitsComprehensive health plan
BenefitsCareer development opportunitiesWe offer career development opportunities, mentorship and coaching, and pathways for advancement.

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The role and schedule

Day to day: monitor the milieu and all restrictive interventions RN staff must monitor the milieu and all restrictive interventions to ensure the safety and welfare of PRTF clients.
Care model: Neuro-sequential Model of Care RN staff promotes the use of the Neuro-sequential Model of Care
Day to day: manage medication, medical treatments, observe for health status changes, coordinate emergent care and transport manage medication, medical treatments, observe clients for any health status changes, coordinate emergent care and transport
Day to day: collaborate with guardians on each client's essential well-child healthcare needs collaborate with Guardians to ensure each client’s essential well-child healthcare needs are met during their placement in the PRTF
Day to day: provide healthcare education to PRTF team, clients, family and other agency programs provide healthcare education to their PRTF Treatment Team members, clients, family members and other agency programs as needed
Day to day: demonstrate punctuality, dependability and on-call availability demonstrates punctuality, dependability and on-call availability to work additional shifts
Day to day: remain flexible to alter core scheduling when unexpected needs arise remains flexible to alter core scheduling when unexpected scheduling needs arise within the department
Floating: flex into cottage or classroom ratio when needed RN staff will flex to be included in the cottage or classroom ratio when the need arises.
On call: on-call availability to work additional shifts

Support on this unit

Nurse to patient: RN in PRTF ratio 24 hours a day Federal regulations require Registered Nurses (RN) to be in PRTF ratio 24 hours a day.

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Join Our Team as a Registered Nurse for our Residential Treatment Center

Are you passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of children? Do you thrive in a supportive and inclusive work environment? If so, we want you to be part of our team.

Get to know Alexander

Alexander Youth Network is passionate about helping children overcome their mental health challenges. Our teams are committed to creating an environment that empowers every individual to thrive and make a difference.

We offer career development opportunities, mentorship and coaching, and pathways for advancement. Our teammates enjoy amazing benefits including tuition reimbursement, tuition assistance, 401K, paid time off, and a comprehensive health plan that prioritizes your well-being.

What You’ll Do

Federal regulations require Registered Nurses (RN) to be in PRTF ratio 24 hours a day. RN staff must monitor the milieu and all restrictive interventions to ensure the safety and welfare of PRTF clients. RN staff promotes the use of the Neuro-sequential Model of Care; manage medication, medical treatments, observe clients for any health status changes, coordinate emergent care and transport, and collaborate with Guardians to ensure each client’s essential well-child healthcare needs are met during their placement in the PRTF; provide healthcare education to their PRTF Treatment Team members, clients, family members and other agency programs as needed, i.e.

Medication Administration and Blood Borne Pathogen/Infection Control. Applies knowledge of child growth and development as it relates to the Neuro-sequential Model of Care; explains procedures and treatments to clients to gain cooperation, understanding, and allay apprehension through awareness of comfort and safety needs of client; demonstrates punctuality, dependability and on-call availability to work additional shifts; remains flexible to alter core scheduling when unexpected scheduling needs arise within the department; RN staff will flex to be included in the cottage or classroom ratio when the need arises.

A full job description can be provided to interested/qualified candidates.

Education AND Experience

Valid and current RN, NC licensure from N. C. Board of Nursing

One year of crisis experience

Proficiency in MS Office applications

Valid NC or SC Driver’s License

What's around it?

In Greensboro, NC

Greensboro, NCFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 7% below the US average

Median rent: $1,172/mo
Household income: $61,515/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Greensboro, NC

NeighborhoodsFisher Park is the neighborhood most clearly pitched to young professionals: historic streets, an average home value around $386,900, and median rents near $1,000, with Lindley Park and Sunset Hills sharing that tree-lined historic-preservation feel. Irving Park is repeatedly named among Greensboro’s best-fit established areas. Adams Farm comes up for a more suburban, amenity-oriented routine and is also a family favorite, while Lake Jeanette/The Cardinal and Grandover/Sedge Garden sit on the quieter, often HOA-governed edges—peaceful but less convenient for daily errands. Starmount Forest is described as a secluded country-club atmosphere; Guilford Hills and Forest Oaks are recommended when schools and a safer suburban texture matter. Downtown and near-campus living can change street by street, so the house and the block both need a look.

Fisher Park is the neighborhood most clearly pitched to young professionals: historic streets, an average home value around $386,900, and median rents near $1,000, with Lindley Park and Sunset Hills sharing that tree-lined historic-preservation feel. Irving Park is repeatedly named among Greensboro’s best-fit established areas.

Adams Farm comes up for a more suburban, amenity-oriented routine and is also a family favorite, while Lake Jeanette/The Cardinal and Grandover/Sedge Garden sit on the quieter, often HOA-governed edges—peaceful but less convenient for daily errands. Starmount Forest is described as a secluded country-club atmosphere; Guilford Hills and Forest Oaks are recommended when schools and a safer suburban texture matter.

Downtown and near-campus living can change street by street, so the house and the block both need a look.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: youtube.com Source 2: pods.com Source 3: facebook.com

Getting aroundCitywide, the average commute is about 17.97 minutes, and community comments emphasize very low traffic and good roads relative to larger North Carolina metros. Neighborhood rankings treat commute, parking, and convenience as first-order issues: inner historic areas and downtown can involve street parking and block-level differences, while far-edge communities such as Lake Jeanette, Grandover, and the outer suburbs feel calmer but add drive time to shopping and work. Raleigh and Charlotte are treated as easy day trips at roughly 1.5 hours. Hillsborough, if considering a midpoint toward Durham, is about 45 minutes from Greensboro depending on the destination.

Citywide, the average commute is about 17.97 minutes, and community comments emphasize very low traffic and good roads relative to larger North Carolina metros. Neighborhood rankings treat commute, parking, and convenience as first-order issues: inner historic areas and downtown can involve street parking and block-level differences, while far-edge communities such as Lake Jeanette, Grandover, and the outer suburbs feel calmer but add drive time to shopping and work.

Raleigh and Charlotte are treated as easy day trips at roughly 1.5 hours. Hillsborough, if considering a midpoint toward Durham, is about 45 minutes from Greensboro depending on the destination.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: realestate.usnews.com Source 2: facebook.com Source 3: youtube.com Source 4: livingingreensboro.com Source 5: reddit.com Source 6: youtube.com

OutdoorsNamed green space includes the Greensboro Arboretum, Guilford Courthouse National Military Park with trails and battlefield walking, downtown’s LeBauer Park, and Lake Jeanette on the north side. The Greensboro Science Center stacks an aquarium, museum, zoo, zipline, and treetop adventure park in one outing; Safari Nation is another local suggestion. Greenways, pet-friendly parks, and brewery patios show up in spring guides, and parks, trails, and lakes are listed as a core reason people stay. Mountains are about a 2-hour drive and the nearest beach about 3 hours, so weekend outdoor life extends well beyond the city limits.

Named green space includes the Greensboro Arboretum, Guilford Courthouse National Military Park with trails and battlefield walking, downtown’s LeBauer Park, and Lake Jeanette on the north side. The Greensboro Science Center stacks an aquarium, museum, zoo, zipline, and treetop adventure park in one outing; Safari Nation is another local suggestion.

Greenways, pet-friendly parks, and brewery patios show up in spring guides, and parks, trails, and lakes are listed as a core reason people stay. Mountains are about a 2-hour drive and the nearest beach about 3 hours, so weekend outdoor life extends well beyond the city limits.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: facebook.com Source 2: waywardblog.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: livingingreensboro.com Source 5: youtube.com Source 6: visitgreensboronc.com Source 7: youtube.com

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Living in Greensboro

Greensboro is a Piedmont Triad city of roughly 310,000 where healthcare and logistics support a lower-cost life than Charlotte or Raleigh—median home about $258,500, median rent about $1,033, average commute under 18 minutes, and notably light traffic. Young professionals gravitate to historic Fisher Park (homes around $386,900, rents near $1,000) and Lindley Park/Sunset Hills; Irving Park is an established favorite; Adams Farm, Guilford Hills, and Forest Oaks are the family-and-schools suburbs; Lake Jeanette, Grandover, and Starmount Forest buy quiet and HOAs at the price of convenience. Downtown is block-by-block. Life clusters around Friendly Center, LeBauer Park, the Steven Tanger Center, GreenHill, and the International Civil Rights Center & Museum. Locals send people to Green Valley Grill, Print Works Bistro, Kau, Chez Genèse, and Scrambled, plus a growing brewery-and-patio scene. Outdoors means the Arboretum, Guilford Courthouse trails, Lake Jeanette, and the Science Center’s zoo and zipline. Tradeoffs: crime a bit above the U.S. average and concentrated in lower-income areas, thinner nightlife, some older neighborhoods still revitalizing, and far-edge peace that lengthens daily errands. Seasons are mild; mountains about 2 hours, beaches about 3.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: realestate.usnews.com Source 2: pods.com Source 3: youtube.com Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: livingingreensboro.com Source 6: waywardblog.com Source 7: visitgreensboronc.com Source 8: facebook.com

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Greensboro, NCFrom Census ACS 2024.