FLSA Status: Exempt

Starting rate: $60,000 per year

The ACT R.N. provides initial and ongoing assessments of clients, including client history, evaluation of problems, and formulation of diagnosis. The R.N. is responsible for a variety of medical and psychiatric functions including:  medical assessments and education, coordination of community-based health care, psychiatric assessment, counseling interventions, crisis intervention, psychotropic medication administration and monitoring. The ACT R.N. develops initial and ongoing treatment plans and offers individual, family and group counseling and psychotherapy to assist consumers in achieving the goals of treatment. The R.N. is currently licensed in the State of New York as a Registered Professional Nurse (R.N.), who is a graduate of a professional nursing institution and has a minimum of one year's experience in a mental health setting.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the management consumer charts.
• Consults with the Program Director and prescriber regarding response to the treatment interventions.
• Provides program consultation and education to community members.
• Documents consumer progress as per established guidelines.
• Trains staff in medical treatment interventions.
• Provides community education to potential referral sources.
• Routinely conducts lethality and mental status assessments.

• Provides nursing-related services in the community and the consumer's natural environment
• Oversees blood screenings and monitors for therapeutic ranges.
• Develops initial and ongoing treatment plans.
• Maintains the medication.
• Prepares and dispenses medications.
• Provides injectable medications to consumers outside of the clinic environment.
• Coordinates all pharmacy, psychiatrist and consumer medication needs.
• Medical case management duties.
• Participates in 24-hour, on-call rotation.
• Schedule and assigned duties are subject to change based on the needs of the program and the clients we serve

Skills:

• Flexible service provision.
• Willing to take on many non-nursing clinical tasks (i.e., case management, counseling, etc.)
• Able to conduct Substance use and lethality assessments, health screenings, and mental status exams.
• Maintains good daily communication with teammates and the prescriber.
• Has good organizational skills.
• Demonstrates good listening skills with the ability to accept a consumer where he or she is at without imposing values.
• Maintains good communication with inpatient facilities to insure appropriate discharge planning for consumers' medical needs.
• Possesses strong medical nursing skills as well as psychiatric nursing skills.
• Able to provide psychiatric and medical education to client, clinic staff, and family members.
• Able to make sound decisions independently.
• Able to use resources independently and appropriately. 
• Able to recognize and manage client crises.
• Able to provide accurate, usable medical information to consumers at a level of their understanding.
• Integrates medical and psychiatric impact on client wellness.
• Is able to be creative in service delivery and planning

Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree in Nursing and relevant credentials (i.e., R.N.) and a minimum of two years' experience as a professional nurse with at least one year's experience working within a mental health setting which includes providing direct services to severely and persistently mentally-ill individuals.

AND

• A valid NYS drivers' license.
• Automobile in good working order.
• Must have Accredited NYS Defensive driving course; or obtain within 15 days of hire.
• Must maintain Active NYS Defensive Driving class every 3 years, upon expiration.
• If driving one's own vehicle, must maintain valid inspection and automobile insurance.
• Must provide proof of insurance upon hire and when requested.