RN Psychiatry Service Team Lead

ND Health and Human Services; Fargo (ND); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

North Dakota Department of Health & Human Services is seeking a Registered Nurse- Psychiatry Service Team Lead in the Fargo, ND area. You will provide leadership to the psychiatry unit, assist with hiring, training, and supervision, and collaborate with the Center's Director of Nursing to ensure adherence to quality-of-care practices.

Experience in behavioral health nursing and a ND RN license are required; a Pharmacy Technician License is preferred and must be obtained within 2 years if not

Qualifications

• Current RN license issued by the North Dakota Board of Nursing.
• At least 2 years of behavioral health nursing experience.
• Active Pharmacy Technician License preferred; if not, license and certification must be obtained within 2 years.
• Preference given to applicants with lead or supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and oversight to the psychiatry unit at the local Behavioral Health Clinic.
• Assist with hiring, training, and regular supervision of unit staff.
• Collaborate with behavioral health teams and the Center's Director of Nursing to ensure quality of care.
• Travel to meet clients at their location as needed.

Skills

Nursing license

Behavioral health

Supervisory experience

Tools

Pharmacy Technician License

Job description

Southeast Behavioral Health Clinic is seeking a Registered Nurse-Psychiatry Service Team Lead in the Fargo, ND area. Be part of the solution to the behavioral health crisis. As a team member for North Dakota Department of Health & Human Services, you will ensure the most vulnerable have access to a high-quality healthcare system in which prevention works, treatment is effective, and people recover.

As the Psychiatry Service Team Lead, you will provide leadership and oversight to the psychiatry unit at the local Behavioral Health Clinic. In partnership with other team lead and the Center's Director of Nursing, you will ensure adherence to quality-of-care practices and policies and procedures. You will assist with hiring, training, and providing regular supervision to staff members of the unit. You will collaborate with behavioral health teams and community partners to ensure needs of the individual and agency are met.

To thrive in this position, you will need to be familiar with state regulations and on-site pharmacy expectations. Previous supervisory experience is helpful, as is experience teaching individuals how to independently manage their medication and healthcare.

Location

This position provides essential client services face to face and therefore the person in this position needs to be able to travel to meet clients at their location.

About HHS

ND HHS strives to make North Dakota the healthiest state in the nation by reinforcing the foundations of wellbeing: physical, economic, and behavioral. The keys to success are the 2800 committed, team members who are guided by a simple but powerful belief: when we lead with light, we create systems and services rooted in hope, clarity, and possibility. Their work is supported with more than $6 billion in funding from nearly 400 different federal, state, and special sources.

To succeed in this role, you must lead with LIGHT - leading with hope, instilling purpose and meaning, galvanizing gratitude, honoring health, and talking, walking and teaching civility, kindness and love for all.

Minimum Qualifications

You are required to have a licensure as a Registered Nurse by the North Dakota Board of Nursing and at least 2 years of behavioral health nursing experience. An active Pharmacy Technician License in the state of North Dakota is preferred. If not an active Pharmacy Technician upon hire, Pharmacy Technician certification and licensure must be obtained within 2 years of hire for continued employment. Preference will be given to applicants with lead work or supervisory experience.

This position requires a valid driver's license and successful completion of the assigned defensive driving course during new hire orientation.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The Department of Health & Human Services does not offer or provide sponsorships.

This employer participates in E-Verify.

About Team ND

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Equal Employment Opportunity

The State of North Dakota and this hiring agency do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), genetics, religion, age or disability in employment or the provisions of services and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act.

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