Job Location: Warwick, RI
Job Title: REGISTERED NURSE
Department: COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES
Employment Type: FULL TIME - EXEMPT
Company Overview: Thrive Behavioral Health, the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic for Kent County, has been delivering mental health and substance use services since 1976. Thrive Behavioral Health understands the benefits of delivering high quality, low-cost care for Rhode Islanders. Thrive's unique programs and services are built on evidence-based, person-centric care models.
General Summary: To provide clinical mental health services, both psychotherapy and nursing services along with consultation to staff and community agencies.
Schedule: Mon-Fri, First Shift
Salary: Starting at $80,000 - depending on experience
Essential Responsibilities:
- Provide comprehensive nursing assessments.
- Utilize comprehensive nursing assessments, plans, interventions, and evaluations in direct client care.
- Monitor medication and administer injections with strict adherence to Thrive policy and procedure.
- Monitor signs and symptoms of psychiatric functioning; assist in community networking and education.
- Provide intake/assessment services and ongoing short-term case management and psychotherapy services to adult outpatients.
- Consult/liaison with psychiatrist and/or medical doctors and other treatment staff.
- Provide individual, couple, family, or group counseling.
- Provide crisis intervention.
- Provide referral consultation and education to the community regarding issues of chemical dependency and mental health.
- Provide consultation, education, and training to Thrive personnel.
- Develop and implement treatment plans and document services consistent with Thrive standards and/or insurance requirements.
- Collaborate with other providers, agencies, and individuals in the client's network of care.
- Provide education, training, and modeling in basic daily living skills, social or parenting skills.
- Teach clients effective techniques for managing their medication as prescribed.
- Coordinate services within Thrive as needed.
- Assist clients in developing and strengthening their support network to accomplish goals and objectives.
- Produce, complete, and maintain billing forms, logs, data collection forms, clinical documentation, and client records in accordance with Thrive standards and state and federal regulations.
- Ensure clients have appropriate medical coverage at all times.
- Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Team members are required to work nights, weekends, and holidays, per BHDDH regulations.
- Carry and enliven a positive Thrive image consistent with Thrive's Guiding Principles and professional code of ethics.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or an equivalent combination of education and experience required.
- Minimum (2) years experience in a mental health setting working with clients with disabilities preferred.
- Experience or training in related state and federal assistance programs also preferred.
- Basic computer literacy skills are necessary.
Certifications, Licenses Requirements:
- Rhode Island registered nursing license required.
- Valid driver's license and automobile insurance which meets Rhode Island minimum standards required, or the ability to obtain necessary transportation in order to perform the responsibilities/tasks of the job.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee may lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
EEO/VET/LGBTQ+ Employer
Benefits:
- 3 weeks' vacation to start, increases to 4 weeks after 2 years of employment.
- 10 sick days per year.
- 1 Float day.
- Birthday off.
- 11 paid holidays.
- Paid lunch.
- Low-deductible medical insurance plan.
- Dental insurance as low as $0/month.
- Vision Insurance.
- Company-paid life insurance worth 2x your annual salary + Long Term Disability.
- 401k with 2% company match.
- Optional Aflac, additional life insurance, and pet insurance.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Employee referral bonuses.
All employees are considered benefit eligible if their schedule is 17.5 hours per week or more. Time-off balances are pro-rated for part-time employees. Insurance plans remain the same regardless of FT or PT benefit eligibility.
Thrive believes in healthy work/life balance and a friendly/family working environment, whose values include Dignity, Respect, Teamwork, and Professional Support and Development.
Reports To: REGISTERED NURSE-ACT reports directly to ACT Team Leader and will be supervised according to Thrive Behavioral Health Supervision Policy.
