RN Crisis - Urgent Recovery Care

Family & Children's Services•Norman, OK

9h•$37•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) at the Urgent Care Center provides comprehensive nursing care to individuals experiencing acute mental health and/or substance use crises. Working in a fast‑paced, psychiatric crisis‑centered environment, the RN conducts physical and mental health assessments, administers and manages medications, monitors stabilization, and collaborates with prescribers and multidisciplinary team members. When assigned, the RN serves as the charge nurse for the unit, providing shift-level clinical oversight, coordinating nursing activities, and supporting safe and effective operations. The RN supports crisis stabilization, medical clearance, care coordination, and discharge planning while ensuring safe, trauma‑informed, and person‑centered care. Promote and maintain a safe, therapeutic, and recovery oriented environment in accordance with ODMHSAS standards and agency policy. Perform initial, ongoing, and comprehensive nursing assessments of clients’ physical and mental health status. Administer, monitor, and manage medications and prescribed medical treatments in compliance with OBN regulations, prescriber orders, and agency medication administration and risk management policies. Monitor for, evaluate, and document psychotropic medication effectiveness, adverse reactions, contraindications, and side effects, and report concerns to the prescriber per policy. Maintain responsibility for pharmaceutical and medical supply inventory, ensuring proper storage, security, expiration monitoring, and regulatory compliance. Maintain accurate, timely, and complete clinical documentation consistent with ODMHSAS, OBN, and agency documentation standards. Under the direction of the prescriber, coordinate consumer transfers to a higher level of care in accordance with Crisis Care Center clinical pathways. Implement and support behavior management interventions within program guidelines, individualized treatment plans, and agency policy. Ensure compliance with psychopharmacologic and medical treatment policies and communicate recommendations for policy revision through appropriate leadership channels. Evaluate and chart psychotropic medication effectiveness, complications and side effects. Ensure that all nursing staff and mental health techs comply with written policies and procedures as established by FCS Escalate and report crisis situations promptly to the Nurse Manager and Supervisor on Duty in accordance with agency incident reporting and chain of command procedures.

Requirements

Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) Required
Must be a licensed Registered Nurse in the State of Oklahoma

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) Preferred

Responsibilities

Conduct physical and mental health assessments.
Administer and manage medications.
Monitor stabilization.
Collaborate with prescribers and multidisciplinary team members.
Serve as charge nurse (when assigned), providing shift-level clinical oversight and coordinating nursing activities.
Support crisis stabilization, medical clearance, care coordination, and discharge planning.
Ensure safe, trauma-informed, and person-centered care.
Promote and maintain a safe, therapeutic, and recovery oriented environment.
Perform initial, ongoing, and comprehensive nursing assessments of clients’ physical and mental health status.
Administer, monitor, and manage medications and prescribed medical treatments.
Monitor for, evaluate, and document psychotropic medication effectiveness, adverse reactions, contraindications, and side effects, and report concerns to the prescriber.
Maintain responsibility for pharmaceutical and medical supply inventory.
Maintain accurate, timely, and complete clinical documentation.
Coordinate consumer transfers to a higher level of care.
Implement and support behavior management interventions.
Ensure compliance with psychopharmacologic and medical treatment policies.
Evaluate and chart psychotropic medication effectiveness, complications and side effects.
Ensure that all nursing staff and mental health techs comply with written policies and procedures.
Escalate and report crisis situations promptly to the Nurse Manager and Supervisor on Duty.