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Registered Nurse - RN ACT
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Description
The Registered Nurse is responsible for providing nursing services for the Integrated Care Clinic and other programs, as assigned. Provides direct psychiatric and general medical nursing care for patients. Provides daily nursing oversight of Licensed Practical Nurses.
Reports to the Nursing Programs Manager or Medical Director as required.
Work is performed in clinical and office environments.
Requires managing a number of competing work priorities in a time-restricted environment.
Works with a challenging population of patients, often from diverse backgrounds, with varying
degrees of life stress and comorbid medical and psychiatric conditions. Includes providing care
to patients with co-occurring developmental disabilities and substance use disorders.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:
1. Participates in the efficient provision of daily nursing service delivery in the Integrated Care
Clinic.
2. Provides psychiatric and general medical nursing services including, but not limited to, medication administration. injections, phlebotomy, CLIA-waived testing, vital sign determinations, AIMS testing, mental status examinations, medication delivery, psychiatric triage, and other assessments as required.
3. Oversee medical protocols relating to the prescribing of clozapine and coordinates blood work with designated laboratory.
4. Communicates education, observations, significant data, and interventions to treatment team members via documentation and other methods (if necessary).
5. Provide preventive healthcare education for chronic diseases (e. g., diabetes, obesity, hypertension, heart disease, mental illness, etc.), in both individual and group settings, including planning and implementing wellness groups and other educational activities that support patients in achieving their wellness goals. May include smoking `cessation, weight management, and other disease management interventions.
6. Participates in peer record reviews to determine compliance with record-keeping requirements and standards of care.
7. In accordance with Board of Pharmacy regulations governing Controlled Substances Registrations (CSR) and Alternate Delivery Sites, participates in the ordering, receipt, storage, dispensing, security, and recordkeeping of medications.
8. May serve as the Responsible Party for the Integrated Care Clinic Medication Room.
9. Assure the security and safety of the Medication Room and its contents to include setting security alarm in the evening and making sure that the alarm is armed before leaving the unit.
10. Inventory and requisition needed supplies for nursing tasks, to include all necessary personal protective equipment and equipment needed to perform nursing tasks.
11. Participates in program team meetings and other required conferences.
12. Provides education to patients individually and within group settings related to proactive and holistic needs in a wellness and recovery-modeled format.
13. Collaborates with the interdisciplinary treatment team and community providers on an ongoing basis to facilitate integrated care.
14. Completes lab slips and call-in prescriptions to pharmacies as authorized by I-Care physicians.
15. Consults with physician and complete pre-authorization forms when required by insurance companies.
16. Educates patients about their medications when delivering medications to them. Notify patient's physician whenever they report side effects and/or have other serious symptoms.
17. Provides crisis counseling as needed.
18. Complies with established legislation, mandates, clinic standards and Norfolk CSB requirements regarding patient services and documentation.
19. Orients new employees to medical and nursing policies and procedures.
20. Participates in staff development activities and in-service trainings.
21. Acts as liaison between the physicians, nursing staff, and other agency staff.
22. Completes required trainings and certifications by their due date.
23. Performs other related duties, as required.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
Although each position has its own ,unique duties and responsibilities. The following areas apply to every employee of the Norfolk CSB. All employees of the Norfolk CSB:
- Will adhere to the Norfolk CSB Corporate Compliance Plan and Code of Conduct and will
report all real and suspected violations to ' their supervisor, director, the Corporate
Compliance Officer, and/or the Alert Line.
- Will strive to maintain positive internal and external customer service relationships.
- Must be able to be depended upon to plan and organize work effectively and ensure its
completion.
- Must be able to demonstrate reliability by arriving to work on time and taking breaks in
expected time frames.
- Will be expected to meet all productivity requirements.
- Must be able to demonstrate team behavior and must be willing to promote a team-oriented
environment.
- Must be able to demonstrate initiative, strives to continually improve processes and
relationships.
- Ensures the implementation of all procedures developed by the director or upper level of
management in a timely manner
- Supports the decided mission and vision of the organization.
CSB Staff roles may include assisting other units at times to assist them with coverage needs,
specialized assistance, or to cross-train.
Staff hired into direct service positions (direct service, monitoring direct service, supervising direct service) can work in units other than their primary role to provide administrative or direct service activities within their skill set, education, and training. They may also serve in "voluntary" activities outside of the CSB's core services working with the public for community outreach events, service fairs, homeless outreach activities, homeless day shelters, neighborhood outreach events, trainings, etc. in a direct service, clinical
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