Behavioral Health Nurse (BHN) Clinician/Case Manager - Wellness Circle

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the multi-disciplinary team at the state-of-the-art Wellness Circle Crisis Stabilization Unit, a 16 bed, short-term residential crisis stabilization unit that serves individuals with mental illness and co-occurring disorders or developmental disabilities who are in psychiatric crisis. Services include crisis intervention, individual, group and family counseling, case management, medication management, social and medical detoxification and linking individuals to ongoing behavioral health, substance use, or co-occurring services.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct nursing services including medical/nursing assessments, medication administration, addressing acute medical issues, and referring individuals to area hospitals and clinics.
• Monitor the detoxification process and intervene as necessary per medical protocols.
• Train and educate multidisciplinary staff and individuals being served about medical issues.
• Responsible for program intakes, assessments, treatment planning, individual counseling, facilitating groups, and providing crisis intervention/crisis stabilization services under clinical supervision.

Requirements

Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to: graduation from an accredited college or university with an associate degree in nursing; plus, two years of post-licensure experience as a nurse.

Qualifications

• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia or a multistate licensure privilege to practice as a Registered Nurse in Virginia.
• Valid Driver's License.
• MANDT (required within 3 months).
• CPR/First Aid (required within 3 months).
• Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) (required within 6 months).
• Preferred: at least two years of experience working with adults with serious mental illness and co-occurring disorders in an intensive treatment group home, hospital emergency department or psychiatric unit, community-based behavioral emergency services, and/or crisis stabilization setting.
• Preferred: currently certified as Qualified Mental Health Professional by the Commonwealth Board of Counseling.

Skills

• Bilingual English/Spanish or other language skills may qualify for a foreign language skills stipend of up to $1,600/year (full-time).
• Ability to lift up to 20 lbs.
• Ability to provide care/assistance, including physically assisting large adults in activities of daily living; sit; walk; stand; bend; climb stairs.
• Ability to observe client behavior and appearance, transport clients and supplies in agency vehicles.
• Ability to read/write notes in electronic health record & chart; communicate in person/on phone.
• Ability to provide medical supervision and services to sick residents.

Benefits

• Foreign language skills stipend of up to $1,600/year (full-time) for qualified bilingual employees.
• Licensure supervisors stipend of $1,500 paid biweekly over a 12‑month period (if approved).
• License/certification reimbursement for job‑related licenses and/or certifications once per year.

Schedule

• Shift work required, including awake overnights and weekends.
• Work three 12.5‑16‑hour shifts per week, which may include day, swing,