Registered Nurse - Psychiatric

Marion County Adult Behavioral Health is seeking a skilled and compassionate Registered Nurse to join our fast‑paced outpatient team. This position is perfect for someone who is passionate about psychiatric nursing and wants to make a meaningful difference in their community.

In this role, you will provide direct nursing care to adults living with serious mental illness, some of whom also experience co‑occurring substance use disorders. Key responsibilities include completing nursing assessments, monitoring vital signs, administering injections, coordinating medications, and supporting our team of psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners. We’re looking for a dependable, detail‑oriented team player who thrives in a collaborative environment and is committed to providing person‑centered care.

This position is Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Come join our talented treatment team!

Provides nursing services in behavioral health programs; includes assessment and care of clients as a part of the treatment plan; evaluates medication effectiveness and other health care needs.

Works under the supervision of a Health Clinical Supervisor or Medical Director; may work under the lead direction of a Behavioral Health Nurse Senior who assigns duties, establishes goals and reviews results.

Supervision of other employees is not a responsibility of positions in this classification.

Complete nursing assessments (using the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale), take vitals, and administer intramuscular medications. Assist with day‑to‑day management of a patient’s medication regime; provide education to patients regarding compliance with the prescribed regime; fill pill boxes; locate pharmacy services; and assist in managing symptoms that do not require a prescriber’s immediate attention. RN‑delivered comprehensive medication services are separate and distinct from the medication performed by physicians, physician assistants, and advanced practitioners of nursing who have prescriptive authority.

Provide emotional support, compassion, and de‑escalation (when necessary) to patients/guardians/relatives.

Establish a working relationship; collect/confirm brief demographic information; obtain brief past medical history; document brief description of the patient’s illness; identify the chief complaint and most serious symptom; select the correct protocol; triage the patient into an appropriate disposition; provide care advice based on the symptoms; give call‑back instructions; reassure the patient that you are there to help. Perform telephonic triage and respond appropriately to callers who may present with emergencies, varying levels of risk of harm to self/others, varying levels of distress, diverse presenting problems;

and administer brief mental status exams.

Instruct, prompt, guide, remind, and/or educate patients, families, and/or significant others, based on an understanding of the nature of an adult patient’s SMI or a child/adolescent’s serious emotional disturbance (SED), including understanding the role of specific prescribed medication(s), reducing symptoms, identifying potential side effects and contraindications, self‑administration training, and overdose precautions.

• Assessing service needs (patient history, identifying patient needs, completing required documents, gathering information from other sources)
• Treatment/service planning (specifying goals and actions to address patient needs, ensuring patient participation, identifying a course of action)
• Referral and related activities to obtain needed services (arranging initial appointments for patient with service providers/informing patients of available services; providing addresses and telephone numbers of agencies providing services; working with a patient/service provider to secure access to services, contacting agencies for appointments/services after initial referral process)
• Monitoring and follow‑up (contacting…