Registered Nurse Med Coordination

Job Purpose: To facilitate the improved wellbeing of individuals with mental illness. The registered nurse will work collaboratively with an integrated treatment team to provide medical support and medication management to a pool of clients. CSP RNs will coordinate care with their affiliated treatment team. This is a technical position that provides holistic nursing care for persons involved in the program they support.  This is a highly skilled position involving the ability to assess and treat responses to actual and potential mental and physical health conditions, to promote wellness and refer persons to appropriate medical care.  

Reporting Relationships  

Reports To: CSP Clinical Coordinator  

Direct Reports: none 

Essential Job Functions: 

(Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.) 

• Provide transportation in your personal vehicle to clients, as team need dictates or as requested by supervisor or treatment team.  

• Understand and demonstrates through practice, the treatment guidelines specified in DHS 63 (Community Support Programs for Chronically Mentally Ill Persons).  

• Provides support and administers medications as needed, for clients in the community and in their home, designated residence, or facility.  

• Assists clients in medication management and coordination, including the maintenance of medication record, reconciliation of medications, documentation of medication assistance needed, collaboration with MD and pharmacy on medication changes/reviews, ensuring clients medications are being provided to client as ordered.  

• Medication coordination for clients who have RN medication management as a part of their recovery plan.     

• Collaborates effectively with internal and external systems to assist individuals served in achieving their treatment and recovery goals.   

• Provides comprehensive assessment, re-assessment, care planning, direct nursing care interventions, and termination of care within program guidelines and professional practices.  

• Accurately documents services maintaining a thorough client record following program policies and procedures within stated guidelines and timeframes.   

• Provide consultation and training to program staff regarding health-related issues.  

• Notify the case manager, appropriate program supervisor, and or psychiatric provider, of any psychiatric symptoms or behavior change that may require intervention and any health-related documentation for the client record.   

• Develop strategies for providing patient education and medication monitoring.   

• Provide training to staff on appropriate policy and procedure for medication management within the program areas.   

• Monitors and reports medication errors to appropriate person(s) as deemed necessary.   

• Ensures safe storage of clients’ medications, according to State regulations.  

• Attends and participates in team meetings, all staff meetings, in-service training seminars and conferences as required.  

• Providing Preceptorship supervision for student interns as appropriate.    

• Additional duties as assigned within the ACT team.

Required Education, Experience, Certifications, Licensure and Credentials: (Where appropriate, education and/or experience may be substituted) 

Minimum Required Education:  Associate’s degree is required in the field of Nursing.  

Minimum Required Experience:  Must have at least 1,000 hours of clinical experience working with working with adults with severe and persistent mental illness.    

Required License – Certification – Registration: Current CPR certification or obtained within the first 90 days of employment: Medical Terminology.   

Travel Type: ​Up to 25%​ 

Required Valid Driver’s License:  Yes   

Required Auto Insurance:  Motor vehicle record acceptable to program and/ or contractual requirements. A valid Wisconsin driver's license, and au