ACT Team Registered Nurse

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Job Location:

Morganton, NC

Position Type:
Full time.

Licensure:
Registered Nurse License (RN).

A Caring Alternative, LLC (ACA) is a well-established comprehensive care agency providing behavioral health and substance use disorder services to adults, adolescents, and children in Western North Carolina.

The agency was founded on the belief that when people truly care and are willing to go the extra mile, we will not only improve lives, but we will also create success in the lives of the people we support.

• We celebrate diversity, so bring YOU! We want you to be proud and comfortable to bring your true self and we strive to enhance the value of our work through respectful curiosity of one another’s culture.
• Competitive pay rates! We offer a competitive rate of pay.
• Work‑related mileage is paid tax free.
• Be a team member! As a member of our team, we are dedicated to promoting your talents, skillset, and energies to improve the environment and quality for those we serve.
• Strong core values! Join our values‑based, family‑owned company with a culture that we care.
• Flexibility! We work in a team environment and promote flexibility. One of our core values is that our employees have a healthy work‑life balance.
• Training! Solid training is provided & paid for by the company. Free CPR, First Aid, and NPI training. CEUs are available and external training is also paid for by the company.

• Company laptop provided for most positions.
• 401(k) & Roth retirement plans.
• Company matching 401(k) & Roth.
• 11 paid holidays.
• Direct deposit.
• Paid Time Off accrual begins upon hire, 100 hours first year.
• Major medical, dental & vision insurance plus 16 hours paid sick time after 60 days.
• Company paid life insurance policy.
• Short‑term & long‑term insurance available.
• Employee Assistance Program for free financial, emotional & legal help.

An Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team consists of a community‑based group of medical, behavioral health and rehabilitation professionals who use a team approach to meet the needs of an individual with severe and persistent mental illness. The role of the ACTT 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, and providing a range of treatment, rehabilitation, and support services.

• Provide service coordination (case management) for an assigned group of clients, including coordinating and monitoring the activities of the individual treatment team.
• Provide individual supportive therapy and symptom management, ensuring immediate changes are made in the treatment plans as clients need and advocating on behalf of client rights and preferences.
• Organize and manage the system of getting medication to clients and integrating medication administration tightly into the clients’ individual treatment plan.
• 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 coordinate psychiatric treatment with medical treatment.

• Ability to perform tasks on the computer, including working with Microsoft 360, Excel, Word and other basic programs.
• Valid driver’s license, auto insurance coverage and reliable transportation.
• Pass criminal background check and other regulatory checks.
• Provide proof of education.

• Registered Nurse License (RN).
• Minimum of one (1) year experience working with adults with serious mental illness and a working knowledge of psychiatric medications, regardless of team size.

RN.

Resume must include degree earned (major & minor), graduation month & year, relevant employment dates including month and year, and populations served.

Established in 2006, A Caring Alternative, LLC (ACA) is a well‑established comprehensive care agency providing behavioral health and substance use disorder services to adults, adolescents, and children in Western North Carolina. Proudly serving the community since 2006.

We are an equal opportunity employer.

Entry level

Full‑time

Health Care Provider

Mental Health Care