Nurse, Healthcare Nursing

Are you an experienced Registered Nurse looking for a predictable, daytime outpatient role in mental health? Prairie View is seeking a skilled, independent Outpatient RN to join our team in Wichita, KS
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In this role, you will serve as the key clinical bridge between our psychiatric prescribers, patients, pharmacies, and community partners—delivering direct nursing support, triage, medication management, and crisis intervention in a supportive clinic environment.

Prescriber & Patient Liaison: Triage patient calls, address medication questions/side effects, coordinate prescription refills per protocol, and follow up on physician, ARNP, and PA orders.

Clinic Nursing Care: Administer medications, manage patient medication assistance programs (MAP), coordinate sample distribution, and maintain secure inventory controls.

What We Offer

Work-Life Balance: Outpatient clinic environment with daytime flexibility—no bedside shift work or heavy night rotations.

Professional Environment: Collaborative work culture alongside experienced psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, and clinical staff.

Growth & Learning: Ongoing professional development, continuing education opportunities, and organizational support to maintain licensure and CPR credentials.

Crisis Response & Triage: Handle urgent or emergent patient calls and on-site walk-in crisis situations, arranging admissions, precertification's, or follow-up care as directed.

Clinic Administration & Vendor Relations: Serve as the primary contact for pharmaceutical representatives, schedule pharmaceutical luncheons, oversee proper disposal of regulated medical materials, and execute USDOT-compliant medical waste protocols and spill kit audits.

Care Coordination & Teamwork: Act as a liaison with hospitals, primary care offices, pharmacies, and utilization review staff while collaborating smoothly across other internal departments.

Documentation & Standards: Maintain thorough clinical documentation with progress notes completed within 72 hours, ensuring strict patient confidentiality at all times.

Minimum Education:

Graduate from accredited program of nursing education; BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) degree preferred but not required; current Registered Nurse license with Kansas State Board of Nursing required

• Minimum Experience:
  
  Two years in psychiatric nursing preferred
• Must have good command of the English language; must be able to read, communicate verbally and in writing, in a professional manner
• Must have excellent therapeutic communication and relational skills with patients and staff
• Must be able to observe patient demeanor and non-verbal communication for assessment purposes
• Must be able to obtain information and make judgments in emergent situations
• Must be able to observe and interact with patients of all ages
• Must have knowledge about medications and their side effects, or at least the ability to obtain the information quickly
• Must be able to work independently
• Must be willing to have some flexibility in scheduling, to meet patient and organization needs
• Must be able to sit at a desk for period of up to two hours
• Must be able to bend, squat, and reach over head
• Must maintain CEs and Kansas State licensure
• Must have current CPR license
• Must be able to communicate effectively with referral sources and other treatment providers
• Must be proficient at basic keyboarding/word-processing skills
• Must be able to pass Kansas Bureau of Investigation Screen and the Central Registry Screen for both adults and children