Registered Nurse

Petersburg, VA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 13 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

SH 714 Registered Nurse- Petersburg Virginia

Purpose of Position/Summary:

This position serves as a member of the ACT multidisciplinary team is responsible for ICT to include being the primary clinician to a small caseload injections phlebotomy conducting nursing assessments; assessing physical health needs; making appropriate referrals to community physicians/NPs; providing management and administration of medication in conjunction with the psychiatrist/PMHNP; providing a range of treatment rehabilitation and support services.

Essential Functions:

Provides psychiatric nursing tasks to ACT patients including coordination and monitoring the activities of the individual treatment team (ITT); assuming responsibility for addressing psychiatric and medical issues symptom management education and supporting clients families and advocating for clients rights and preferences.
Consults with community agencies and families to maintain coordination in the treatment process.
Performs shift management in coordination with other ACT shift managers according to established policies and procedures.
Documents client progress to maintain a permanent record of client activity according to established methods and procedures.
Participates in daily staff organizational meetings and treatment planning review meetings.
Takes the lead role or participates in providing medication administration and medical services.
Assists with/conducts audits of physician orders checking for medication order changes lab or-ders discrepancies informed consents and AIMS utilization. Review of documentation by supervisor will indicate 95% compliance.
Schedules Nursing appointment (labs injections) and assists with scheduling daily MD/PMHNP appointments in a timely manner for patients.

Performs routine scheduled monitoring of medication room and treatment room.

Under the direction of the team psychiatrist/PMHNP and in collaboration with other nurses on the team develops revises maintains team psychopharmacologic and medical treatment and medication policies and procedures including transcribing administering evaluating and recording psychotropic medications prescribed by the team psychiatrist/PMHNP; evaluates and charts psychotropic medication effectiveness complications and side effects; and arrange for required lab work according to protocol.
Under direction of the team psychiatrist/PMHNP and in collaboration with other nurses on the team organizes and manages the system of getting medication to clients and integrating medication administration tightly into clients individual treatment plans.
Under direction of the team psychiatrist/PMHNP and in collaboration with other nurses on the team manages pharmaceuticals and medical supplies.
In collaboration with the team psychiatrist/PMHNP coordinates schedules and administers medical assessments of client physical health making appropriate referrals to community physicians for further assessment and treatment and coordinate psychiatric treatment with medical treatment.
Provides ongoing assessment of clients mental illness symptoms and clients response to treatment. Make appropriate changes in treatment plans to ensure immediate and appropriate interventions are provided in response to changes in mental status or behavior which puts clients at risk (e.g. suicidality).
Provides symptom education to enable clients to identify their mental illness symptoms.
Provides direct clinical services to clients on an individual group and family basis in the office and in community settings to teach behavioral symptom-management techniques to alleviate and manage symptoms not reduced by medication and to promote personal growth and development by assisting clients to adapt to and cope with internal and external stresses.
Prepares all medications for delivery by non-medical staff members & oversees process in collaboration with Lead ACT Nurse.
Provides multi-stage individual and group treatment in the office and in community settings to develop a trusting relationship with clients so that they may more freely discuss substance use and its effects on mental and physical health and daily functioning. May participate in setting treatment goals and plans with clients to reduce or abstain from substance use and to learn replacement behaviors.
Coordinates with outside inpatient services to detoxify clients and establish linkage to outpatient treatment self-help programs (e.g. Alcoholics Anonymous Narcotics Anonymous) outpatient services and residential facilities.
Demonstrates excellent customer service professional communication and teamwork.
Assists with problem-solving side-by-side services skill training supervision (e.g. prompts assignments monitoring encouragement) and environmental adaptations to assist clients with activities of daily living.
Assists and supports clients to carry out personal hygiene and grooming tasks.
Provides nutritional education meal planning grocery shopping and food preparation.
Attends meetings staffing and trainings as they relate to consumer staff and program needs.
Works with payers and consumer insurance plans to coordinate eligibility authorization and treatment.
Works efficiently with minimal errors.
Prioritizes work tasks to meet productivity standards and deadlines with minimal direct supervision.
Documents all services provided in patient record on the same day that service is provided. Review of documentation by supervisor will indicate 95% compliance.
Provides accurate and timely documentation of services to meet standards as set by reimbursement services (Medicaid Medicare commercial insurance and licensure and regulatory agencies).
Completes and files documentation as required by policies and regulations.
Attends continuing education activities and in-service training to maintain current practice standards.
Maintains patient confidentiality.
Conducts self in compliance with laws regulations and agency policies and procedures.

Related Duties and Responsibilities

Performs related duties and responsibilities as required and assigned.

Education and Experience:

Associates degree in nursing or related field required minimum one (1) year position related clinical experience in the provision of services to adults with severe and persistent mental illnesses required up to three (3) years preferred; Registered Nurse (RN) and CPR/FA certification required; or any equivalent combination of education training and experience which provides the required knowledge and abilities.

Valid VA drivers license with an acceptable driving record.

Required Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

Must have a strong commitment to the right and ability of each person with a severe and persistent mental illness to live in normal community residences; work in market jobs; and have access to helpful adequate competent and continuous supports and services.
Skills and competence to establish supportive trusting relationships with persons with severe and persistent mental illnesses and respect for client rights and personal preferences in treatment are essential.
Flexibility to work evenings holidays and weekends.

Demonstrated proficiency with computers experience with documentation according to established rules and regulations.

Ability to work as a team member of a multidisciplinary treatment team.

Our Core Values

Our programs must involve the community in service design and delivery be innovative and be outcome-oriented in the least restrictive setting possible.
Our programs should be fully integrated within the Board and well-coordinated with other community services.
We are committed to ensuring our employees are trained and engaged in meaningful productive work in an efficient effective and safe manner.
We value each employee as a professional and as a contributing member of our service system and are committed to having a workforce that is representative of our surrounding locality populations.
We value delivering individualized services while ensuring all human rights are protected as well as being culturally sensitive.
We value communicating in an honest caring and open fashion.
We are committed to utilizing sound fiscal management to ensure that we maximize our ability to provide a comprehensive continuum of services to patients with varying levels of mental disabilities and substance abuse disorders.
A continuum of services and support should be available to meet the choices preferences and needs of patients and families.
We are committed to having an involved informed and supportive Board of Directors.

SH 714 Registered Nurse- Petersburg Virginia Purpose of Position/Summary: This position serves as a member of the ACT multidisciplinary team is responsible for ICT to include being the primary clinician to a small caseload injections phlebotomy conducting nursing assessments; assessin...