Registered Nurse (RN) - ACT KY

The Psychiatric RN is responsible for conducting nursing assessments, assessing physical health needs, making appropriate referrals to community physicians, providing management and administration of psychiatric medication in conjunction with the Nurse Practitioner/Psychiatrist, providing a range of treatment, rehabilitation and support services, and sharing shift-management responsibility with other staff.  

Essential Functions:

Medications and Medication Room: Oversees and medication room operations and compliance and properly administers client medication as evidenced by:

• Properly maintains, disposes of, and orders medications.
• Maintains the medication room, ensuring that it remains up to licensing/pharmacy standards
• Creates and maintains, appropriate medication tracking, as well as security and tracking of controlled substances.
• Receives and disseminates medication in accordance with agency and pharmacy requirements.
• Participates in providing medication administration and medical services as appropriate including injection administration.
• Assures that all needed medical supplies are appropriately stocked and medication orders/changes are noted and ordered in a timely fashion.
• Nursing Client Care Activities: Conducts person-centered client care services to support health, wellness and increased independence of the ACT participants.
• Participates as an active treatment team member for ACT participants. Participates in and conducts parts of client centered comprehensive assessment to determine medical stability and level of care.  Assessment may include psychiatric history, mental status, and diagnosis; physical and dental health.
• Schedules, and administers medical assessments of client physical health, making referrals to community physicians as appropriate and coordinates psychiatric treatment with medical treatment as appropriate.
• Arranges for required lab work as appropriate.
• Process refill request, includes review of client chart, assessment of appropriateness of request, and consult with prescriber as required.

Education and Experience:

• Associate’s, Bachelor’s or Master’s level nursing degree.
• Current KY RN license
• At least 1 year relevant experience working with the severely mentally ill in an inpatient or outpatient psychiatric setting.
• Knowledge of psychotic and mood disorders, their related medications and potential side effects, required.
• Having Charge Nurse or other related leadership experience, strongly preferred.
• Valid drivers’ license and meets the driving privileges guidelines established in HR Policy 12.6 “Vehicle Safety and Client Transportation.”

Knowledge and Skills:

Demonstrated success in the following areas:

• Must demonstrate specific additional training or experience in psychological therapies, building a therapeutic alliance, dealing with challenging behavior and the administration of psychiatric medication.
• Must be knowledgeable of psychotropic side effects and how evaluate for them (i.e. AIMS, observation).

We offer:

• Competitive pay based on experience
• Free training
• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, dental, vision, long-term disability, and Teledoc
• Employer-paid life insurance and long-term disability
• Paid vacation and sick leave
• Holiday pay
• State Sponsored Pension and Retirement planning
• Mileage reimbursement for work-related driving
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Career development and growth opportunities
• Employee Assi