Position Overview:
Will provide comprehensive psychiatric care to a variety of patients in the community and coordinate health services between the Agency, community and home settings. Responsible for conducting psychiatric assessments, assessing physical health needs, coordinating all somatic appointments including referrals to necessary specialists, and assuring lab work ups are conducted as needed. Person will provide assistance and conduct medication management in coordination with ACT Team Psychiatrist. Person will also provide treatment, rehabilitation, and support services.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
-Evaluate clients upon admission to ACT; obtain complete psychiatric and medical health history.
-Formulate diagnostic impressions; develop and implement initial treatment plans, in collaboration with Psychiatrist by performing assessments, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation with regards to client care.
-Revise standards of practice to meet the changing needs of the clients as required.
-Provide direct treatment, utilizing intensive or supportive individual, group, or family psychotherapy, psycho education or crisis intervention techniques as clinically indicated.
-Maintain and update client records; document information regarding client status and progress.
-Perform ongoing physical and psychiatric assessment, updating and evaluating individual treatment plans.
-Recommend, monitor and evaluate uses of psychotropic medications in collaboration with the physician; administer medications and injections as necessary.
-Coordinate client care and collaborate with other social and community agencies, advocating for clients; refer clients to other treatment facilities/community resources as required.
-Participate in community ACT related meetings, client care conferences, clinical programs, etc.
-Participate in the planning, orientation and precepting under graduate and graduate students in psychiatric and mental health nursing.
-Implement Psychiatrist assigned actions: sign off on necessary orders for non-nursing personnel.
-Instruct clients and families in regards to: nutrition, medication, side effects, and all physical/psychiatric illnesses, dental care, substance abuse prevention, health maintenance and preventative care, including activities related to diagnostic testing preparation and prescribed treatment for acute and short-term treatment.
-Provide training in communicable disease prevention; prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, as needed and if credentialed.
-Monitor chronic medical conditions that are managed by a primary health care provider and reinforce instruction given by primary health care provider.
-Evaluate acute health problems of clients to determine the most appropriate health care provider and make referrals.
-Supervise treatment coordinator duties; serve as resource for other staff members in the development of the case management role with their clients.
-Become an expert of the ACT philosophy and follow and maintain high fidelity to the ACT Model of Care.
-Provide case management for an assigned group of clients including coordinating and monitoring
Qualifications:
Minimum of Registered Nurse license with two years’ experience and one year in area of specialization. Master’s preferred.
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