Registered Nurse​/Licensed Practical Nurse - Part Time

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Regular
- Part Time Vancouver, WA, US

30+ days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $32.01 To $46.91 Hourly

• Participate in ongoing psychosocial assessment of the goals and needs of the patients;
• Assist in development and implementation of a transdisciplinary treatment plan in collaboration with the patients, mental health and substance use clinicians, and others at the patients request;
• Under the direction of the team lead and in consult with the team ARNP/psychiatrist, develop, revise, maintain, and supervise team psychopharmacologic and medical treatment including transcribing, administering, evaluating, and recording psychotropic medications prescribed by the team psychiatrist;
• Evaluate and chart psychotropic medication effectiveness, complications, and side effects; and arrange for required lab work according to protocol;
• Conduct regular assessments of therapeutic responses to prescribed psychotropic medications, and complications and side effects;
• Educate patients regarding psychotropic medications;
• Under the direction of the team ARNP/psychiatrist, organize and manage the system of getting medication to clients, including management of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies and integrating medication administration tightly into patients ' individual service plans;
• In collaboration with the team ARNP/psychiatrist, coordinate, schedule, and administer medical assessments of patient physical health, making appropriate referrals to community physicians for further assessment and treatment, and coordinate psychiatric treatment with medical treatment;
• Ensure that treatment planning and interventions are patient centered, culturally competent and age appropriate. Considers all aspects of the patients, their families, and their community’s psychosocial, economic and cultural needs.
• Provide mental health care with respect for patient’s confidentiality, safety and self-determination;
• Utilize community and natural supports to supplement services, with the intent to better integrate the patients into their community, and to eventually graduate the patients from services when possible and clinically indicated;
• Initiate and/or facilitate admission to inpatient psychiatric treatment as needed; communicates with the attending psychiatrist and collaborates in the planning and implementation of treatment and discharge to the community.
• Collaborates with patient and team in making referrals to community physicians for assessment and treatment of medical issues, and for coordinating psychiatric and medical treatments;
• Complete all required documentation in an accurate, complete, and timely manner per agency policies and procedures.
• Participate in the implementation of agency tracking systems and chart audit procedures.
• Take the initiative to seek supervisory or collegial assistance with follow-through or methodology if problems with documentation quality or timeliness persist.
• Independently identify program needs and take responsibility for realizing those needs through collective processes.
• Actively contribute to program development by participating in agency meetings, serving on working committees, and undertaking agreed upon independent projects for the improvement of the agency and enhancement of services.
• Maintain the safety, security, and confidentiality of patients and their families;
• Ensure own professional development and maintain licensure and/or certification requirements.
• Contribute to the overall professional development of the agency. Contributes to the functioning of the agency as a training institution; and
• Other duties as assigned.

• Licensed as a registered nurse, and should have at least one year of work experience in an inpatient or outpatient psychiatric setting;
• Must have a strong commitment to the right and ability of each person with a severe and persistent mental illness to live in normal community residences; work in market jobs; and have access to helpful, adequate, competent, and continuous supports and services;
• A strong commitment to working collaboratively, assertively and interdependently with co-workers;
• Skills and competence to establish supportive trusting relationships with persons with severe and persistent mental illnesses and respect for client rights and personal preferences in treatment are essential;
• Competency in adult psychopathology and pharmacology; clinical treatments of co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, individual crisis intervention and psychotherapy; professional ethics, and client rights;
• Demonstrated ability to effectively plan and organize work to satisfactory completion;
• Current unencumbered driver license and proof of current car insurance is required;
• Good verbal and written communication skills;
• Great attendance; and
• Ability to work well with…