Registered Nurse

SUMMARYThe Registered Nurse works as part of a Forensic Assertive Community Team that provides care and treatment for clients that are experiencing significant mental health/psychiatric symptoms who are demonstrating significant functional impairments and who may have co-occurring chemical dependency and/or personality disorder. Primary duties include health/medication assessment crisis assessment and management planning individual counseling skills teaching psychiatric/medical case management medication monitoring/administration staff training care coordination with outside providers and on-call.*FACT is an adaptation of the assertive community treatment model designed to serve people with a serious mental illness who are involved in the criminal justice JOB FUNCTIONSTo perform this job successfully an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential function listed below. Work in full partnership with the client in his/her recovery for the care welfare treatment and safety of the clients as individuals who may have significant mental health/psychiatric symptoms and may have co-occurring chemical dependency and/or personality health/medication assessment crisis assessment and management planning individual counseling skills teaching psychiatric/medical case management medication monitoring/administration staff training care coordination with outside providers and crisis and behavioral management techniques goal directed counseling and medical/psychiatric case with a forensic assertive community team with an adaptation of the assertive community treatment model designed to serve people with a serious mental illness who are involved in the criminal justice system. Work collaboratively with the mental health professionals and the criminal justice nursing care monitors treatment and administers medication to individuals with varying levels of mental health disorders and/or intellectual and developmental disabilities in accordance with established nursing practices and communications and actions of various disciplines as it relates to health and safety support for the daily monthly quarterly and annual nursing documents as/ if required and ensure documentation of individuals health is in nurses RESPONSIBILITIESNoneMinimum Knowledge and Skills required for the JobThe requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and/or abilities required to perform the job. Education and Experience: Associate arts degree in nursing and has at least 6000 hours of supervised experience in the delivery of services to persons with mental illness; or bachelors degree in nursing and has at least 2000 hours of supervised experience in the delivery of services to persons with mental illness; or holds a graduate degree in nursing and has at least 2000 post BA hours of supervised experience in the delivery of services to persons with mental Licenses and Registrations:All staff are supported in gaining certification as a Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Health Administrator KansasOther Skills and Abilities:Ability to skills orally and in management to work Requirements:Travel as Requirements:Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.