Registered Nurse ACT/EASA

Yamhill County • McMinnville, OR

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Yamhill County has one regular full-time position for a Psychiatric Registered Nurse 2 to provide nursing services for Community Support Services – Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and Early Assessment Support Alliance (EASA) programs. The person in this position may provide both general and special nursing services for individuals with serious mental illness emphasizing medication administration and monitoring, medication skills training, medical case management, health prevention and promotion, working with pharmacies, setting up accounts for free medication services, giving injections, and tracking, documenting, and coordinating with physicians as needed. Duties and responsibilities of this position will primarily be carried out in the community and involve work with evidence-based models including, Early Assessment and Support Alliance (EASA) http://easacommunity.org/ and Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) https://www.med.unc.edu/psych/cecmh/unc-institute-for-best-practices/assertive-community-treatment-act/tool-for-measurement-of-act-tmact/.

Requirements

• Minimum of two (2) years’ experience as a registered nurse.
• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Possession of a current license to practice as a registered nurse in the State of Oregon.
• Working knowledge of techniques specifically related to community mental health services.
• Ability to understand the behavior of people under stress.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective cooperative relationships with clients and their families, the community, physicians, and public and private administrators.
• Ability to interpret community mental health and chemical dependency services.
• Ability to prepare concise and complete client treatment and progress records.
• Typing and computer proficiency are required for collaborative documentation.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Dependable, organized, self-directed, detail-oriented.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Ability to interact with co-workers, clients, and the public in a courteous, professional manner.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this classification with or without accommodation.
• Must not be excluded from participation in federal health care programs (Medicaid, Medicare, and other federally funded programs that provide health benefits).
• Must not be excluded from participation in federal procurement (Federal Acquisition Regulation) and non-procurement activities (Executive Order No. 12549).

Nice To Haves

• A bachelor’s degree in nursing is preferred.
• Any satisfactory combination of experience and training which ensures the ability to perform the work may substitute for the above.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing services for Community Support Services – Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and Early Assessment Support Alliance (EASA) programs.
• Provide general and special nursing services for individuals with serious mental illness.
• Emphasize medication administration and monitoring.
• Provide medication skills training.
• Perform medical case management.
• Engage in health prevention and promotion.
• Work with pharmacies.
• Set up accounts for free medication services.
• Administer injections.
• Track, document, and coordinate with physicians as needed.
• Carry out duties and responsibilities primarily in the community.
• Work with evidence-based models including EASA and ACT.

Benefits

• 15 paid holidays per year.
• 19.5 days of Flexible Earned Time (FET) accrual in the first year (based on an 8-hr day).
• PERS (Public Employee Retirement System) - 100% employer funded contributions.
• Full health benefit offerings with employee premiums starting as low as $89.02/month for PPA or $0/month for HMO during current plan year 2026-2027.
• $750 and 40 hours of paid time annually for professional development/training.
• $200 annually toward required license and/or certification fees.
• HRSA/NHSC approved site with many loan repayment opportunities available.
• Qualifying employer for public service student loan forgiveness.
• Most positions are eligible to accrue overtime.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level