Our organization is seeking a Registered Nurse (Psych) to work in our Outpatient Facility.
Main Duties & Responsibilities :
- Complete nursing and mental health assessments
- Develop care plans and medical/psychiatric treatment plans for clients. Add items to the treatment plan problem lists
- Nutritional Assessments
- Obtain vitals and recognize abnormalities
- Observe and report behavioral changes
- Provide nursing/psychiatric education to clients
- Conduct pain screens
- Conduct Communicable Disease Assessments
- Review and process new client intake medications
- Assist client that need to monitor BP, sugar, and other medical related items
- Conduct medication audits to track and monitor when refills are needed
- Liaison with pharmacy/collaborates with pharmacy for medication fills/deliveries
- Create lab orders based on physician requests
- Liaison to Lab for collaboration and scheduling
- Lab result review and triage for follow ups needed
- Smoking cessation screening and education
- Wound care/basic life support triage and referral for Urgent Care/ER
- Referral and Care Coordination for Specialists (in conjunction with Case Management)
- Triage clients for Psychiatric APN assessments/appointments
- Track and report monthly PI data related to medical/psychiatric services (medications, infection control)
- Crisis de-escalation
- Occasionally run groups related to medical/psychiatric topics
- Work within a multi-disciplinary team to encompass a comprehensive approach for treatment of clients throughout the duration of their care episode
- Help clients improve their coping abilities
- Work with clients and their families to help improve the clients abilities, and help them deal with family member's Substance Use and/or mental illness
- Record all care information accurately and completely within 24 hours in the appropriate format and on appropriate forms within the EHR
- Communicate eating disorder, medication non-compliance, suicidal/homicidal history and/or current concerns to the Clinical Director/designee accordingly
- Perform other position-related duties as assigned
We are an EOE & DFWP
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $80,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Medical specialties:
- Addiction Medicine
- Primary Care
- Psychiatry
Physical setting:
Standard shift:
Weekly schedule:
Experience:
- Psychiatric Nursing: 1 year (Required)
License/Certification:
Work Location: In person