RN - Crisis Stabilization Unit
About The Position
Lakeview Center provides comprehensive behavioral health care to adults and children with mental illnesses, substance dependencies, and intellectual disabilities across Northwest Florida. Its Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) is an acute-care inpatient psychiatric facility serving people with mental health or co-occurring disorders from Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties. The 24-hour continuous-operations unit serves adults age 18 and older, including voluntary clients and individuals admitted under the Baker Act or Marchman Act. Services aim to support recovery, health, and well-being; reduce symptoms and needs; build resilience; and restore or improve functioning. The RN performs work requiring advanced nursing knowledge and uses discretion and independent judgment to provide high-quality, client-centered therapeutic services to people with mental health, substance abuse, or developmental disabilities. The position also serves as a consultant and mentor to other direct-care employees. The RN has a lead role in direct care and is responsible for helping ensure that services are provided and documented in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and organizational and division standards. Services include assessment, treatment planning, direct service provision, person-centered care, and management of client risk and safety.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited nursing school.
- Valid Florida Registered Nurse license.
- Current CPR certification.
- Ability to effectively perform client/patient behavior management techniques (CPI) after appropriate training.
- Ability to provide individualized, integrated mental health, substance abuse, and co-occurring services for individuals and their families.
- Must pass organizational screening requirements, including applicable state or federal background screenings.
- Drug testing is required.
- Level II background screening is required.
Responsibilities
- Provide client-centered therapeutic services to people with mental health, substance abuse, or developmental disabilities.
- Serve as a consultant and mentor to medical and non-medical direct-care employees.
- Provide lead support in direct care.
- Help ensure services are provided and documented in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and organizational and division standards.
- Perform assessments and treatment planning.
- Provide direct services and person-centered care using specialized knowledge and skills.
- Manage client risk and safety.
- Provide individualized, integrated mental health, substance abuse, and co-occurring services to meet the needs of individuals and their families.
Benefits
- Supplemental pay of up to 8% of base pay for the Crisis Stabilization Unit.
- Shift differential pay of $6.00–$10.00 per hour when applicable.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
