Bridgeway- PACT Psychiatric Registered Nurse

Woods Services • Little Falls, NJ

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The PACT Psychiatric Registered Nurse is part of the core services team and provides nursing assessment, direct-support services, and primary health care to people with serious and persistent mental illness enrolled in the PACT Program. The RN contributes nursing expertise to comprehensive assessments and individualized recovery plans, monitors people’s mental and physical health, supports population health efforts, and provides education and guidance to both people served and team members.

The role delivers services in homes and other natural community environments, supports medication education and monitoring, helps coordinate care with community and medical providers, and responds rapidly to crises. It also includes rotating 24-hour on-call coverage, health screenings, medication administration and related documentation, and teaching daily living and illness-management skills. The position is full-time, 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., serving Passaic County from the Little Falls, New Jersey location.

Requirements

• Valid New Jersey Registered Nurse license.
• At least one year of experience working with individuals with serious and persistent mental illness.
• Valid driver’s license.
• No more than one moving violation within the past 12 months.
• Vehicle required.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Participate with the team in frequent monitoring and assessment of the mental and physical health status of people served.
• Contribute nursing expertise to nursing and comprehensive assessments and individualized recovery plans.
• Support population health activities by prioritizing medical needs, tracking outcomes, facilitating follow-up, and recommending age- and gender-appropriate screenings.
• Participate in clinical and non-clinical team meetings and supervision, and seek monthly individual supervision and biannual group supervision with the Bridgeway medical APN.
• Teach skills that support individualized recovery and community integration.
• Coordinate services with community mental health and non-mental health providers and other medical professionals.
• Provide mental and physical health education, community living skills training, and supportive counseling to people served and significant others in homes and other natural environments.
• Assess individuals’ concerns, symptoms, behavior, and responses to medication; monitor for side effects during observed self-administration and ongoing face-to-face contacts.
• Provide medication education to individuals and, with consent, family members or significant others.
• Provide rotating 24-hour on-call coverage and respond immediately by phone or in person.
• Refer individuals for a medical doctor’s physical examination within the first three months of treatment.
• Respond flexibly and rapidly to crises, including accompanying individuals to screening centers or psychiatric emergency services and remaining with them during assessment.
• Educate individuals about their illnesses and prescribed medications, including medication effects and side effects.
• Support symptom management by helping individuals identify symptoms and patterns and develop ways to lessen their effects.
• Recognize high-risk medical and psychiatric conditions and take appropriate action.
• Provide psychiatric nursing and physical health technical assistance and education to team members.
• Conduct metabolic syndrome screening, including obtaining HgbA1c, fasting glucose, lipid profile, and blood pressure.
• Administer prescribed medications and injections, draw blood, and prepare laboratory specimens for delivery, if certified to do so.
• Administer medications to enrolled individuals; train team members in medication education, observed self-administration, and medication monitoring; and regularly assess team members’ competency in these areas.
• Maintain accurate records of medications administered in the Medication Record and follow nursing and agency protocols for medication administration and storage.
• Consult with service providers and resource people regarding individuals’ assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation needs.
• Assess daily living skills and teach skills such as budgeting, cooking, laundry, cleaning, shopping, personal hygiene, community transportation, self-advocacy, and maintaining housing.
• Use Illness Management and Recovery and other evidence-based practices, including stage-wise treatment, Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Interventions, and teaching strategies.
• Support individuals in finding and maintaining employment and/or education or training.
• Complete timely, quality documentation in accordance with DMHAS/Medicaid standards and include family members or significant others as permitted by the person served.
• Support families and social networks in managing illness-related symptoms and consequences, reducing stress, promoting wellness, and fostering positive and supportive relationships.

Benefits

• Medical insurance, eligible after 30 days of employment.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• 403(b) plan.
• Basic life and AD&D coverage.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Employee assistance program (EAP).
• Flexible work schedules.
• Clinical training series.
• Leadership development program.
• 10 paid holidays, with an 11th holiday after two years of employment.
• Generous vacation and sick time.
• $10,000 sign-on bonus.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time