RN with October Road's ACT Team
Pyramid Healthcare Asheville, NC
- Posted: over a month ago
- Full-Time
Job Description
October Road is looking for a Nurse to join our Assertive Community Treatment Team!
This candidate will be Responsible for the following:
- Participate in regularly scheduled treatment team meetings
- Provide clinical expertise and interact with multi-disciplinary treatment team
- Maintain regular contact with referral sources as indicated
- Develop appropriate discharge plans collaborating with referral sources
- Monitors Medication compliance, adverse effects
- Gives IM injections per prescription to consumers
- Coordinates pharmaceutical inventories, supplies.
- Coordinates with registered pharmacists to meet agency needs
- Maintain doctor schedule to ensure clients are seen regularly
- Perform vitals on clients seeing the doctor and complete AIMS at admission and every 6 months
- Complete PAP on clients as necessary
- Prepare pillboxes daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly as appropriate
- Assist psychiatrists as needed while they are seeing clients. Work closely with doctor to assure medication refills are up date
- Provide medication education to staff/ clients as needed
- Case Management
- Provide transportation for clients to access community resources
- Emergency services/ on call duty on rotation that may include commitment procedures, after hour assessments, crisis planning, and hospital diversion
- Travel to community to see clients and provide needed assistance
Requirements
- Must Complete all Initial & Required Annual Training (CQI, CPR, First Aid, Ethics, ect.)
- Must have at least 2 years of experience working with individuals with severe and persistent mental illness.
- Prefer QP status or be an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN)
- Prefer Bachelor or Graduate degree in nursing.
- Valid Drivers License
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- 401K with company match
- Paid Days Off
- Tuition Reimbursement and much more!
Pyramid Healthcare
Address
Asheville, NC
USA
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