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Location: Wichita, KS

Schedule: Daytime Hours Mon-Fri 8a-5p

Are you an experienced Registered Nurse looking for a predictable, daytime outpatient role in mental health? Prairie View is seeking a skilled, independent Outpatient RN to join our team in Wichita, KS.

In this role, you will serve as the key clinical bridge between our psychiatric prescribers, patients, pharmacies, and community partners—delivering direct nursing support, triage, medication management, and crisis intervention in a supportive clinic environment.

• Prescriber & Patient Liaison: Triage patient calls, address medication questions/side effects, coordinate prescription refills per protocol, and follow up on physician, ARNP, and PA orders.

• Clinic Nursing Care: Administer medications, manage patient medication assistance programs (MAP), coordinate sample distribution, and maintain secure inventory controls.

• Crisis Response & Triage: Handle urgent or emergent patient calls and on-site walk-in crisis situations, arranging admissions, precertification's, or follow-up care as directed.

• Clinic Administration & Vendor Relations: Serve as the primary contact for pharmaceutical representatives, schedule pharmaceutical luncheons, oversee proper disposal of regulated medical materials, and execute USDOT-compliant medical waste protocols and spill kit audits.

• Care Coordination & Teamwork: Act as a liaison with hospitals, primary care offices, pharmacies, and utilization review staff while collaborating smoothly across other internal departments.

• Documentation & Standards: Maintain thorough clinical documentation with progress notes completed within 72 hours, ensuring strict patient confidentiality at all times.

 What We Offer

• Work-Life Balance: Outpatient clinic environment with daytime flexibility—no bedside shift work or heavy night rotations.

• Professional Environment: Collaborative work culture alongside experienced psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, and clinical staff.

• Growth & Learning: Ongoing professional development, continuing education opportunities, and organizational support to maintain licensure and CPR credentials.

Minimum Education: Graduate from accredited program of nursing education; BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) degree preferred but not required; current Registered Nurse license with Kansas State Board of Nursing required

Minimum Experience: Two years in psychiatric nursing preferred

Must have good command of the English language; must be able to read, communicate verbally and in writing, in a professional manner

Must have excellent therapeutic communication and relational skills with patients and staff

Must be able to observe patient demeanor and non-verbal communication for assessment purposes

Must be able to obtain information and make judgments in emergent situations

Must be able to observe and interact with patients of all ages

Must have knowledge about medications and their side effects, or at least the ability to obtain the information quickly

Must be able to work independently

Must be willing to have some flexibility in scheduling, to meet patient and organization needs

Must be able to sit at a desk for period of up to two hours

Must be able to bend, squat, and reach over head

Must maintain CEs and Kansas State licensure

Must have current CPR license

Must be able to communicate effectively with referral sources and other treatment providers

Must be proficient at basic keyboarding/word-processing skills

Must be able to pass Kansas Bureau of Investigation Screen and the Central Registry Screen for both adults and children