RN - ACT Team

Prairie Ridge Integrated Behavioral Healthcare•Mason City, IA

About The Position

The RN on Prairie Ridge Integrated Behavioral Healthcare’s Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team provides nursing care as part of a multidisciplinary, community-based program serving individuals with severe mental illnesses. The team offers psychiatric treatment, rehabilitation, and support in the community, with the goal of reducing hospitalizations and helping individuals live independently and achieve personal recovery goals. The role includes coordinating care with medical and mental health providers; conducting nursing assessments and developing care plans; supporting medication and treatment management; facilitating laboratory testing and medical examinations; and contributing to preventive care, health promotion, and hospital discharge planning. The position also involves maintaining required records, participating in consultation, supervision, and training, and complying with confidentiality requirements, agency policies, and regulatory standards. Travel may be required.

Requirements

RN or bachelor’s degree.
Valid Iowa Registered Nurse license.
Proficiency in oral and written communication and documentation.
Technology skills sufficient to use an electronic health record.
Ability to travel as required for a community-based program.
Ability to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear regularly.
Ability to walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl frequently; stand, reach, and climb or balance often.
Ability to infrequently lift or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 35 pounds.
Close, distance, and color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

At least two years of RN work experience in a healthcare setting, including experience in a mental health treatment setting.
Knowledge of psychotropic medications and DSM-V.
Support for Prairie Ridge’s mission and the patients it serves.

Responsibilities

Coordinate care with primary care physicians, pediatricians, psychiatrists, and other medical or mental health treatment providers.
Perform nursing assessments, develop nursing care plans, and participate in evaluating nursing care.
Recommend interventions and provide education and awareness about preventive care and health promotion.
Engage members and/or caretakers in considering alternatives to emergency or hospital care.
Participate in the hospital discharge process.
Perform medication reconciliation and assist with medication and treatment management and adherence, including administering oral and intramuscular medications as needed.
Facilitate patients’ laboratory testing needs.
Facilitate completion of medical histories and physical examinations in accordance with licensure standard 3.21(16), and maintain records of these activities.
Attend staff consultation, supervision, and training activities.
Treat individuals with dignity and respect while maintaining confidentiality, professionalism, and objectivity.
Maintain HIPAA and 42 CFR confidentiality requirements and comply with CARF policies and procedures.
Comply with agency policies, procedures, and regulatory standards.
Perform other duties as assigned.