Registered Nurse ACTT - SIGN ON BONUS

Southeastern Integrated Care Llc; Wilmington (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Southeastern Integrated Care Llc in Wilmington, NC is seeking a Registered Nurse to join the Assertive Community Treatment (ACTT) team, providing person-centered care and medication management. This full-time role involves coordinating with psychiatrists, monitoring patients, promoting health, and ensuring accurate documentation.

A $2,000 sign-on bonus is offered. Candidates must hold an RN license in NC or a compact license and have at least one year of experience with adults with serious

Qualifications

• Minimum one year of experience working with adults with serious mental illness.
• Associate's Degree of Nursing (RN) and NC nursing license/compact.
• Ability to communicate empathetically with beneficiaries and families.

Responsibilities

• Manage medication system with psychiatrist; administer and document treatment.
• Screen beneficiaries for medical problems and side effects; perform nursing assessments.
• Build rapport and engage beneficiaries.
• Engage in health promotion, prevention and education activities.
• Develop strategies to improve medication adherence with beneficiary and care provider.
• Coordinate with other medical providers and communicate effectively.
• Educate the team on psychiatric symptoms and medication side effects.
• Provide crisis response and participate in daily ACT team meetings.
• Prepare oral medications and administer injectables as prescribed.
• Document all billable encounters in the EMR within 24 hours; correct as needed.

Skills

Empathy

Clinical skills

Independent work

Education

Associates Degree of Nursing (RN)

NC Nursing License

Tools

EMR system

Job description

Registered Nurse ACTT - SIGN ON BONUS

Full Time Wilmington, NC, US

$2,000 SIGN ON BONUS

Summary:

The Nurse (RN) is part of the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) OR Family Practice team that provides person-centered services addressing a breadth of beneficiary’s needs, helping him or her achieve their personal goals.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manages the medication system in conjunction with the psychiatrist, administers and documents medication treatment;
• Screens and monitors the beneficiary for medical problems and side effects (including nursing assessments, completion of AIMS);
• Build rapport and engagement with beneficiaries
• Engage in health promotion, prevention and education activities;
• If the beneficiary is in agreement, develop strategies to maximize taking medications as prescribed (e.g., reviewing home environment to find cues to remind beneficiary to take medications; work with beneficiary and psychiatric care provider to scale back the number of times medications are taking each day);
• Communicating and coordinating services with other medical providers;
• Educating the team in monitoring psychiatric symptoms and medication side-effects;
• Provide “first responder” crisis response to any beneficiaries experiencing a crisis;
• Attending daily ACT team meetings and actively participating;
• Preparing oral medications for delivery and administering injectables as prescribed.
• Accurately documents all billable encounters into southeastern integrated Care’s EMR (electronic medical record) system within 24 hours. Any corrections will be entered within 24 hours of being notified.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience

• Minimum one year of experience working with adults with serious mental illness;
• Associate’s Degree of Nursing for (RN)

Required Skills/Abilities

• Working knowledge of psychiatric medications;
• Ability to empathetically interact with beneficiaries and their families;
• Strong clinical skills;
• Operate independently or with minimal supervision.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Valid NC Nursing Licenseor Compact License that allows practice in NC;
• Copy of a valid, unrestricted NC Driver’s license, proof of insurance