Registered Nurse

Description

Communicare is a community mental health center in North Central Mississippi that serves Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate and Yalobusha counties. Communicare offers specialized treatment services for adults with serious mental illness, children with serious emotional disturbances, individuals with substance abuse disorders and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.  

Because we are the people who care, Communicare offers competitive benefits for full-time employees, including health protection plans, income protection, and paid time off.    

Our popular benefits:

• Medical Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Life/AD&D/Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Dental/Vision/Term Life/Cancer coverage available
• Retirement Plan
• 403-B
• 403-B matching
• 11 Holidays per year
• 15 Annual Leave days per year (18 days after 3 years of employment)
• 15 Sick Leave per year
• Professional Development leave
• Jury leave
• Military leave

Communicare is currently seeking a Registered Nurse for nights and weekends at our Crisis Stabilization Unit in Panola County.

Responsibilities: 

1. Coordinating all activities regarding required nursing duties and responsibilities,
2. Assisting the psychiatrist/physician during medication  clinics,
3. Monitoring client progress and problems between medication clinics and reporting relevant findings to the psychiatrist/physician.
4. Counsel clients on the importance of following medication regimen and observe client’s response to medication.
5. Complete reports, records, logs and other required data as required for client records,
6. Conduct in-service training sessions for staff.
7. Conducting intakes.
8. Attending administrative and clinical staffing.
9. Providing various forms of therapy (individual, group, family, marital) as appropriate to level of training.
10. Receiving clinical supervision.
11. Participating in consultation and education activities.
12. Consulting with other staff members regarding clinical cases and issues.  Other duties as assigned by the direct supervisor.

Requirements

1. Registered Nurse with verified degree and current license to practice nursing in Mississippi. Such licensure must be maintained continuously throughout employment at  Communicare.
2. Must work effectively with clients suffering from psychiatric conditions, intellectual disabilities, and substance abuse and addiction. Experience in these fields preferred.
3. Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team setting.
4. Ability to accept supervision and work toward Communicare program goals.
5. Valid Mississippi driver’s license and transportation, with insurable driving record and liability insurance.
6. Acceptable criminal background check. Pass drug screen; Communicare is a drug-free workplace.