Registered Nurse

Description

Job Title:                            Registered Nurse

Job Classification:           Non-Exempt

Supervisor:                       Nurse Manager

Location:                           Virginia, MN

Status:                                Part-time or Full-time

Pay Band/Wage Range: $32.00 - $41.00 (Pay Band 9) BOE

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

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. 

Position Summary:

This role is direct patient care and administrative in nature, designed to meet the needs of our community consistent with our organization’s status as a CCBHC. The Registered Nurse will provide care across the organization, though it will most likely be focused in one area for most of their time. Programs that they will be involved with as part of this position include substance use disorder services (detoxification and inpatient residential treatment services), mental health intensive services (crisis and intensive residential treatment services), outpatient psychiatry services, and is collaborative with our community programs (ARMHS medication education).  

General Duties/Responsibilities:

• Registered nurses (RNs) work closely with supervising providers to assess and monitor patients’ needs and ensure treatment and care are conducted according to the facility’s procedures by:
• Caring for patients
• Record a patient’s medical history, symptoms, and vitals with prompt and professional documentation. 
• Update patient charts and electronic health records (EHR).
• Perform medical tasks, including blood draws and administering shots, and responds to emergent medical needs such as first aid, CPR, wound care.
• Administers medication and other treatment team-recommended treatment plans.
• Complies with federal, state, and local nursing regulations, standards, and policies.
• Collaborates with fellow staff, other departments and outside agencies.
• Completion of continuing education requirements. Participates in yearly performance review process and provides peer reviews as directed.
• Adherence to organization code of conduct, maintaining appropriate communication and boundaries with other staff, patients, and outside agencies.  
• Other duties as assigned are consistent within the RN scope of practice, meeting the needs of the organization and patients. 
• Attend at least 16 hours of training per year in areas specified by IRT and CS rules

Program-specific duties/responsibilities:

• Provide chart audits, policy review, updating of policy and procedures as requested to assure compliance with regulatory requirements and assuring safe delivery of care. Report findings to clinical nurse manager, program director, medical director and other stakeholders as appropriate. 
• Provide training to LPN and unlicensed assistive personnel on medication administration, documentation of medication and health assessment, CPR, withdrawal protocols, etc. 
• Regularly attend program, treatment, and staff meetings, providing recommendations for improvement in patient care, program services, organizational needs.
• Complete patient assessment and education visits consistent with meeting expectations of a CCBHC organization. 
• Collaborate with all inter-organizational departments to facilitate prompt and safe delivery of services to patients.  
• Communicate with other agencies including hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, social services, probation/ law enforcement, etc as appropriate and within privacy guidelines to facilitate prompt and safe referrals and delivery of care. 
• Flexibility to float to other programs/ services within the organization based on staffing needs and acuity of patients. 
• While every effort will be made to not require work outside of the standard hours, our organization does provide 24/7/365 medical services. Ability to work off shifts including evening, night, weekend, and when needed to assure patient and organizational needs are met

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Exhibits strong clinical skills along with excellent verbal and wr