Nurse - FACT/Community - LPN

Suncoast Center•St. Petersburg, FL

About The Position

Suncoast Center, a leader in quality behavioral health services, is seeking an LPN/Nurse to join our Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) mental health team. Suncoast Center has devoted over 75 years to ensuring the community has access to mental health services and support to individuals in need.

Requirements

Nursing degree from accredited program
Registered Licensed Practice Nurse in the State of Florida.
Experience with individuals diagnosed with a severe and persistent mental illness preferred.
Negative Drug Screening required 24 hours post employment offer and throughout employment employment
Clear Criminal Background Check and Acceptable Motor Vehicle Record
Required to drive own car and/or company vehicle. Must meet established agency insurance requirements and approved driver status.
On-call covering nighttime and weekend hours as requested.
Computer Literate
The ability to function and operate as a team player, showing dignity and respect for all.
The ability to comply with all equal employment opportunity and ethical standards and regulations.
The ability to take direction in a respectful and productive manner from supervisors and managers.
The ability to work, as scheduled, in a timely fashion, and with an attitude oriented to service.
The ability to have cordial and professional relationships both within the organization and with vendors, clients and third parties.
If appropriate, the ability to produce all appropriate paperwork and reports consistent with contractual, state or federal standard, and to prepare and submit such paperwork on a timely basis.
The ability to understand and comply with Suncoast Center, Inc. policies and procedures.
The ability to render compassionate care and equal commitment to serve clients in need of healthcare assistance.

Responsibilities

In collaboration with the team psychiatrist, coordinates, schedules, and administers medical assessments of client physical health, making appropriate referrals to community physicians for further assessment and treatment, and coordinates psychiatric treatment with medical treatment.
Under the direction of the team psychiatrists and in collaboration with other RN’s on the team, organizes and manages the system of getting medication to clients and ensures that the Medication Delivery Record is maintained for each client.
Under the direction of the team psychiatrist, and in collaboration with other RN’s, records medication prescriptions on each client’s medication record and writes the orders in the Medication Record. Ensures that the records are accurate and up-to-date.
In collaboration with other RN’s, orders medications from the pharmacy for each client as needed, arranges for delivery or pickup and ensures that all clients’ medications are available and packaged so that the client can take the medication as prescribed.
For an assigned group of clients, completes a nursing assessment and collaborates with the case coordinator and other treatment team members on the client’s treatment plan, ensuring that medication administration and education are a part of the plan.
For an assigned group of clients, uses solution-oriented strategies of intervention and principles of recovery that are consistent with best practice principles. Uses respectful and competency-based words and actions with clients and families while providing direct clinical services related to treatment plan goals that focus on medication administration, education regarding medication side effects, symptoms of illness and other treatment plan goals.
As case coordinator for a group of assigned clients ensures that all continuing documentation is completed in the required time frame; including status letters to the court, outcomes, FARS, treatment plan addendums and reviews and obtaining needed releases of information for client hospitalizations, doctor’s visits, etc.
Completes all other documentation correctly and in the required time frame including progress notes with objective to treatment plan clearly stated, and other documentation as requested by the team leader or needed to ensure all client records are complete.
As part of a multi-disciplinary team, cooperates and participates fully with the FACT Team on-call response system. Provides on-call crisis intervention covering nighttime and weekend hours as requested. Demonstrates flexibility in support of the overall mission of the FACT Team Program in the delivery of the on-call services.
Ensures that all assessments, treatment plans and progress notes are completed with accuracy, attention to detail and demonstrate excellent clinical skills and judgment and involve the client and his/her family input, if appropriate.
As case coordinator assists clients in developing realistic, effective and measurable treatment plan goals and objectives. Establishes and prioritizes behaviorally descriptive, realistic desired changes with clients, and develops a realistic plan for their accomplishment with appropriate time frames.
Participates in daily staff organizational meetings and treatment planning review meetings. Discusses cases appropriately at staffings. When not able to be present at a daily meeting, calls in with specific review of client contacts over the previous 24-hour period.
Coordinates with client’s family members, other FACT staff and community supports to ensure client needs are met and all involved with client’s treatment work together.
Accomplishes individual goals