Outpatient Behavioral Health Registered Nurse (RN)

Concord Counseling Services • Westerville, OH

just now • Onsite

About The Position

Concord Counseling is a highly acclaimed, behavioral health non-profit center in Central Ohio. Joining Concord offers a collaborative, multidisciplinary team environment with a work culture that values inclusion, integrity, commitment, and teamwork. The workplace encourages authenticity and is CARF accredited, signifying quality, excellence, person-centered care, continuous improvement, accountability, and trustworthiness. The position offers Monday – Friday daytime work hours, moving away from the fast pace, long shifts, and weekends often associated with nursing roles.

Requirements

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Previous clinical experience in a psychiatric or behavioral health setting is required.
• Must be able to administer psychiatric medications, implement crisis management techniques, and apply therapeutic communication.
• Must have working knowledge of mental illness, psychiatric symptoms, and their impact on functioning and behavior.
• Familiar with psychotropic medications, their effects, side effects, and appropriate dosing.
• Possess attributes of empathy, patience, flexibility, strong communication, and be a team player.
• CPR/First Aid certification up-to-date within 90 days of hire and annually thereafter.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment background check and drug screen.

Responsibilities

• Collecting patient data, identifying symptoms, and monitoring for side effects to treatments (Patient Triage).
• Administering psychiatric medications and educating patients on potential side effects. Assisting prescribers with obtaining prior authorizations (Medication Administration).
• Collaborating with psychiatric providers, therapists, and case managers to contribute to the development of treatment plans (Care Collaboration).
• Responding to urgent patient needs and assisting with crisis de-escalation (Crisis Intervention).
• Providing psychoeducation regarding symptoms, diagnoses, and treatments (Patient Education & Counseling).
• Maintaining timely, accurate, HIPAA-compliant electronic health records (Documentation & Compliance).

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Agency-paid life insurance
• Long-term disability coverage
• Generous PTO including vacation, sick, and self-care days
• 9 paid agency holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees