Registered Nurse - NOC

About Us

Lifeline Connections is a community-based behavioral health organization that specializes in providing confidential and compassionate care to individuals who experience substance use and/or mental health conditions.

Vision: As the premier provider of substance use and mental health services in the Pacific Northwest, we are respected and the most trusted resource for behavioral health treatment and whole-person care. We provide a comprehensive continuum of coordinated quality services, foster enduring relationships, and empower our communities to truly thrive.

Mission: Through superior customer service, high quality programs, and well-trained and dedicated staff, we inspire hope and support lifesaving changes for people affected by substance use and mental health conditions.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychiatric assessments; assess physical health needs; make appropriate referrals to community physicians.
• Provide management and administration of medication in conjunction with the ARNP and/or psychiatrist.
• Deliver a range of treatment, rehabilitation, and support services to agency patients.
• Participate in ongoing psychosocial assessment of patient goals and needs.
• Assist in development and implementation of a transdisciplinary treatment plan in collaboration with patients, mental health and substance use clinicians, and others at the patient’s request.
• Under the direction of the team lead and in consultation 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; arrange for required lab work according to protocol.
• Conduct regular assessments of therapeutic responses to prescribed psychotropic medications, 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, make 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, considering all aspects of the patients, their families, and their community’s psychosocial, economic, and cultural needs.
• Provide mental health care with respect for patient confidentiality, safety, and self-determination.
• Utilize community and natural supports to supplement services, with the intent to better integrate patients into their community and to eventually graduate patients from services when possible and clinically indicated.
• Initiate and/or facilitate admission to inpatient psychiatric treatment as needed; communicate with the attending psychiatrist and collaborate in the planning and implementation of treatment and discharge to the community.
• Collaborate with patients and the 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 accurately, completely, and in a timely manner per agency policies and procedures.
• Participate in the implementation of agency tracking systems and chart audit procedures.
• Take 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 and its functioning as a training institution.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Licensed as a registered nurse with at least one year of work experience in an inpatient or outpatient psychiatric setting.
• 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.
• 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; respect for client rights and personal preferences in treatment is 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.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Great attendance and ability to work well with others.

Work Environment

• Working hours are spent indoors in offices or meeting rooms or in the community meeting with patients in their homes or health clinics.
• Occasional supervision of outdoor activities, visits to community agencies, and participation in staff retreats and staff development activities may be required.
• Regularly required to sit, speak clearly, hear, and use hands and fingers to manipulate writing utensils and keys on a keyboard.
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands or arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or lift and/or move a maximum of 15 lbs.
• Regularly required to effectively operate an automobile.

Personal Contacts

Contacts are with members of the treatment team, patients, significant others and supports of the patients, representatives of various community agencies specializing in the treatment of chemical abuse and mental illness, and related community representatives including hospital personnel, lawyers, probation officers, and other court officials. All personal contacts are carried out in accordance with federal and state laws dealing with the confidentiality of patient records.

Pay

$37.80 - $49.26 per hour, depending on experience.

New hire bonus: $5,000.

Benefits

• Multiple options for medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents.
• Employer-paid Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, and Life Insurance, with access to supplemental coverage options.
• 401(k) retirement plan for full-time employees and eligible part-time employees.
• Generous paid time off (PTO) at competitive accrual rates that increase with years of service.
• Paid holidays and personal holidays.