Registered Nurse

Job Description

The role of the Nurse is to work as a team member responsible for conducting assessments, addressing physical health needs, making appropriate referrals to community physicians, providing management and administration of medication in conjunction with the psychiatrist, providing a range of treatment, rehabilitation, and support services. This is a single fixed point of responsibility for treatment, rehabilitation, and support needs for patients with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) who require higher levels of community care and have not been well supported in lower levels of care options.

• Following the supports and services as indicated in the recipients Crisis Plan, which is a component of all person centered plans.
• Participating as member of interdisciplinary team, attending Person Centered Plan (PCP) meetings, developing plans as requested
• Monitoring consumers and taking appropriate action for side effects and adverse reactions to medication.
• Develop strategies to maximize taking medications as prescribed if the individual agrees.
• Manage a secure medication room to support the dispensing of medications, including both oral and intramuscular psychotropic medications for individuals in need of such support. Organize and manage the system of getting medication to clients and integrating medication administration tightly into clients individual treatment plan
• Screen and monitor individuals for medical problems and side effects.
• Engage in health promotion, prevention, and education activities.
• Communicate and coordinate services with other medical providers.
• Educate the team in monitoring psychiatric symptoms and medication side effects.
• Overall monitoring of all medical/clinical aspects of the services delivered.
• In collaboration with the team psychiatrist, coordinate, schedule, and administer medical assessments of client physical health, making appropriate referrals to community physicians for further assessment and treatment and coordinating psychiatric treatment with medical treatment.

Licensure/Certification Requirements:
Registered Nurse (RN), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Nurse Practitioner. Minimum of one (1) year experience working with adults with serious mental illness and a working knowledge of psychiatric medications, regardless of team size.