Registered Nurse – Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) / Outpatient Nursing Services

Description

Job Title:                             RN - Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)/Outpatient Nursing Services                        

Job Classification:            Non-Exempt

Supervisor:                        Nurse Manager / ACT Supervisor                       

Status:                                 Full Time

Location:                            ACT (Community-Based) / RMHC Outpatient locations (primarily Virginia)                        

Shifts:                                  M-F Days               

Pay Band/Wage Range: $30.00 - $43.62 (Pay band 8) BOE

Benefits:                            Including but not limited to: Medical, Dental, Life, 401k, PTO, MN PFML

About Our Workplace:

Range Mental Health Center is proud to be a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). The goals of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics program in MN are to 1) increase access to community-based mental health and substance use disorder services (particularly to under-served communities), 2) advance integration of behavioral health with physical health care, and 3) improve utilization of evidence-based practices on a more consistent basis.

As part of our commitment to supporting employees in their professional development, we offer 100% employer provided clinical supervision at no cost to staff in therapy positions or any role requiring clinical licensure. This includes weekly supervision in accordance with all licensing board requirements. Our structure also includes weekly multidisciplinary team meetings and monthly staff meetings. This reflects our broader philosophy of integrated treatment coordination and robust clinical support. Join a team where collaboration, professional development, and integrated care are built into the way we work, every single week.   

The Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) program provides intensive, team-based, community-delivered services to adults with serious and persistent mental illness, with services available seven days per week.

Position Summary:

This position is part time spent in the ACT team, in a job share with another RN, and part time spent in our RMHC outpatient nursing services. For ACT: your work is direct patient care and administrative nature and is designed to meet the needs of individuals served by the ACT program in alignment with CCBHC standards. The Registered Nurse works as part of a multidisciplinary ACT team to provide nursing services, medication management, health education, and crisis intervention in community settings. The RN collaborates closely with psychiatric providers, case managers, and other team members to ensure coordinated, recovery-oriented care. For outpatient nursing services at RMHC: it outpatient psychiatry, ARMHS (Adult Rehabilitative Mental Health Services), and Wellstone Crisis and IRTS (Intensive Residential Treatment Services). Working in ARMHS means providing mental health, physical health, medication education and other education and support services directly to patients in their homes and in our service locations. Outpatient psychiatry is a traditional clinic but also includes CCBHC clinical standards such as assuring patients are meeting their physical health needs and following up after a hospital or ED visit. At Wellstone, you are assuring the practitioners are safely providing care given they are not nurses and are checking in with patients on their physical and mental health to support them and the staff.   

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Triage patient needs via phone and in-person, prioritizing clinical urgency and coordinating timely care  
• Administer medications, including oral, intramuscular, and subcutaneous injections (e.g., long-acting injectables), and monitor for therapeutic response and adverse effects  
• Provide patient and family education on psychiatric diagnoses, medications, treatment plans, and symptom management  
• Monitor ongoing patient status, including side effects, adherence, and clinical progress; communicate changes to prescribing providers  
• Collaborate with psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, therapists, case managers, and other team members to support integrated care planning  
• Coordinate care with external providers, pharmacies, hospitals, and community resources to ensure continuity of care  
• Respond to psychiatric crises, including de-escalation, safety planning, and facilitation of higher levels of care when indicated  
• Manage refill requests, prior authorizations, and medication-related follow-up in accordance with clinic protocols  
• Maintain accurate, timely, and complian