The Clinic RN provides nursing services to pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric clients with mental illness, chemical dependency, and dual diagnosis or mental illness with developmental disabilities. Responds to physicians’ orders, dispenses or administers prescribed medications, and monitors for symptoms and side effects.
This position will float to all medical offices.
Essential Functions
The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:
- Performs assessment of the client in a systematic, organized manner, according to Family Health Center policy.
- Develops and reviews client's individual treatment plans with client and family as indicated, utilizing patient-centered treatment plan approach; completed and signed by client and physician within policy guidelines.
- Provides nursing care and responds to physicians’ orders, dispenses, or administers prescribed medications following standard nursing practice and Samaritan Center policy.
- Completes all documentation and required paperwork in EMR according to Family Health Center policy.
- Reaches productivity standards set, completing and submitting billing for all services within policy guidelines.
- All other duties as assigned.
Experience
Experience in psychiatric nursing desired. Must have demonstrated ability to work with a variety of individual clients and diagnoses. Must be familiar with DSM IV as well as psychotropic medications/side effects, etc. Must have skill and knowledge of age-specific issues relating to specific clinical areas in which clients are served. Knowledge can be obtained through work experience, formal education, workshop attendance, literature reviews.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
Mental: Demonstrates knowledge of the physical and psychosocial needs of the psychiatric population. Must exhibit communication skills and ability to work with psychiatrists as well as other members of the multi-disciplinary treatment team. Ability to interpret written and verbal orders by the psychiatrists.
Physical: Occasionally lifts, pushes, and transfers patients. Lifts supplies and large equipment. Manual dexterity and mobility. Occasional reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching. Visual acuity for reading thermometers and equipment and for recording in the electronic medical record. Must be able to hear sufficiently to perform routine physical examinations. Must have the capability to drive.
Skills & Abilities: Must be able to communicate effectively. Must have the ability to use patient care equipment. Must have the ability to work with computers and be familiar with EMR documenting and learning the Family Health Center EMR. The outpatient nurse must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide the appropriate treatment, care, and services for the clients they will serve.
Working Conditions: Clean, well-lit, and ventilated office environment.
This job description does not state or imply that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee incumbent in this position. Employee will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments at all times, including during times of emergency and disaster response. A review of this position has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions or requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.
Education
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Must obtain and maintain licensure through Indiana Health Professions Bureau. CPR certification. Demonstrates knowledge in ROM, nutritional needs, behavior modification, psychotropic medications, and assessment skills pertaining to the psychiatric population.
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