Description
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Registered Nurse (RN) for the Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACT) will assist and provide services to adults with serious and persistent mental illness in the community where they live, instead of a hospital or clinical settings. The ideal candidate will assist adults residing in Salinas and South Monterey County with serious mental illness and serious functioning impairments, new to services, not engaged with services, and/or difficulty connecting to system's services due to psychosocial and/or other barriers. The incumbent will provide culturally linguistic appropriate services while collaborating with other care providers and health team members. The RN coordinates medication prescribed by the Act Psychiatrist.
SALARY
$62.11 - 80.88 $ per hour. Non-Exempt; Full Time; 40 hours/week; Eligible for overtime.
REPORTS TO
Division Director of Program Services.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required: Current California Registered Nurse license; Experience in the Mental Health field. Knowledge of psychiatric disorders and psychotropic medications.
Drivers license for at least two years and driving record acceptable to insurance carrier.
Valid California driver's license; auto in safe operating condition; auto liability insurance; good driving record; criminal record clearance; proof of authorization to work in the United States as required by Immigration and Reform Act of 1986. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Preferred: BSN; Psychiatric nursing experience; Medi-Cal documentation experience; proficient in Outlook email correspondence and computer software's. Ability to; work as a member of a team; accept supervision; maintain appropriate boundaries while working in close inter-personal relationships; learn and apply principles of social rehabilitation; organized, responsible, flexible, empathic and able to relate effectively with clients, other staff, professionals and members of the community. Knowledge of community resources.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Under the supervision of the Clinical Specialist/Team Leader, the Registered Nurse will assist with the following duties:
• Provide on-call services.
• Provide culturally linguistic appropriate, recovery oriented, trauma informed, wellness centered services focused on nursing support for patients in homes and other environments.
• Assist patients with self-administration of medication: knowledge of medication classification and side-effects and expected therapeutic responses. Provide recovery-oriented, wellness centered approach to consumer's substance use.
• Coordinates medications prescribed by the Act Psychiatrist. Assists Psychiatrist as needed to provide patient care.
• Provide services in differing environments, such as consumers' homes, schools, gathering places, homeless shelters, etc. including community-based outreach and engagement.
• Assist clients in attaining community stability and reaching their health, recovery and rehabilitation goals, including helping clients to find and keep employment.
• Assist clients with their physical and mental health recovery process by developing the skills necessary to lead independent or interdependent, healthy and meaningful lives in the community.
• Provide psychiatric and other education and advocacy to patients, patients' families and other support members as appropriate.
• Provide community-based outreach and engagement in homes and other environments.
• Administer IM medications as needed and document.
• Conduct and utilize client needs assessments for development and tracking of client centered treatment planning.
• Review medications and communicate with prescribing physicians to ensure medications are up to date and accurate.
• Obtain and coordinate resources on nutrition training, substance use, diet planning, smoking cessation, and other health related issues as they arise. Counsel clients individually to set, track and achieve rehabilitation and recovery goals.
• Facilitate linkage with doctors and pharmacy as needed.
• Establish and maintain linkage with other medical providers and assist in finding the client a medical home.
• Maintain legible, accurate and timely documentation of treatment plans and other necessary information on clients, including documentation required for Medi-Cal standards.
• Maintain accurate and secure summary information based on documentation in computer files and databases and follow the HIPAA Privacy Rules guidelines for protecting client's medical records.
• Identify, assess and respond to crisis situations. Set clear limits and ensure that both clients and facility are safe.
• Meet and record productivity and outcome standards of the program.
• Travel and work at various program locations. (Marina, Monterey, Salinas)
• Collaborate and coordinate services with multidisciplinary staff team members, i.e. Psychiatrist, Nurses, Family Partner, Peer and other staff to provide effective services.
• Other duties as assigned.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Ability to: operate a motor vehicle; climb stairs; possess good communication skills; meet the requirements of the classification and have mobility, vision, hearing and dexterity levels appropriate to the duties to be performed. Capable of the following extended activities: walking, standing, sitting, stooping, climbing stairs.
Capable of the following intermittent activities: stooping, kneeling, lift up to 25 pounds or more and bending in the performance of infrequently performed office duties.
This job description is intended to have an accurate reflection of the qualifications and job duties; current management reserves the right to revise the job at any given time when circumstances change. This job description replaces all previous description for this position.
