Nurse (RN )

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing services (primarily med/somatic) on-site and within communities to clients with a psychiatric nursing focus
• Administer medications and injections and provide medical/health screening and minor physical health duties (dressing changes/blood pressure screening/monitoring glucose levels/etc.)
• Provide psychiatric nursing assessment of individual clients as it relates to medication complications
• Assess the effectiveness of psychotropic medication therapy and educate clients on topics such as medications, side effects, and drug interactions.
• Attends ACT team meetings
• May be assigned to initiate, coordinate, and monitor evaluations necessary to identify patient needs in areas to include: living arrangements, financial concerns, physical/psychiatric health, activities of daily living, vocational/educational, social supports, leisure and recreation
• A primary focus will be relapse prevention/mental and physical health promotion; will work closely with the teams to identify/evaluate factors leading to relapse, and will collaborate with team and other providers to develop and implement service interventions to ensure patient holistic health stability

Requirements

• OH Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) license.
• Experience working with persons who have chronic mental illness preferred.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and time management skills.
• Ability to be flexible with work schedule and assignments.
• Experience with working or living in the Warren County area is a plus.

Benefits

• Flexible work schedules
• 10 paid holidays
• Paid Time Off, Paid Sick Time, and Paid Holidays
• 403(b) Retirement with Match
• Quarterly Productivity Bonuses
• Professional development opportunities and no cost to you CEU's
• Public Student Loan Forgiveness