About this opportunity
Elwyn lists this Registered Nurse (RN)-ACT opportunity in georgetown, Delaware. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Overview
Join a Team That Changes Lives
For more than 170 years, Elwyn has been leading the way in supporting children, teens, and adults with autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and behavioral health challenges. As a mission-driven nonprofit, we’re here to create real change – helping people lead meaningful, fulfilling lives.
Now, we’re looking for passionate team members to join us. Here, your work will change lives – including your own. You’ll make an impact every day, find purpose in what you do, and grow in a career that truly matters.
At Elwyn, we take care of you while you care for others. We offer:
Generous Paid Time Off
Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision Benefit Packages
Earned Wage Access/On-Demand Pay
Paid On-the-Job Training
Tuition Reimbursement
Career Advancement Opportunities and Growth
Flexible Schedules
Retirement Savings Plan
Join us and be a part of something bigger.
Responsibilities
POSITION SUMMARY: As the Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) Registered Nurse, you are a member of a multidisciplinary team, utilizing your nursing skill and experience to assess, plan, develop, coordinate, and provide treatment, rehabilitation, and support services to (PACT) clients under the clinical supervision of the team leader and the prescriber. A team member equally shares the responsibility to perform various activities and interventions that support (PACT) clients in the community.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Integratesthe Prism Model for effective treatment of serious and persistent mental illnessinto everyday practice and intervention.
Provides person-centered, strength-based, trauma-informed care
Ensures that clients receive effective, understandable, and respectful care that is provided in a manner compatible with client's cultural beliefs and practices and preferred language
Carries out medical functions, including essential health and medical assessment and education; coordination of health care providing clients in the community; psychiatric medical assessment, treatment, and education; and psychotropic medication administration
Acts as a lead nurse, when designated by the team leader, provides nursing supervision to the team.
As assigned, designated as the assigned 'medication nurse' for the day.Being available to administer medication
Updating medication orders and handling tasks related to medication distribution
Assessing and triaging, in consultation with the team prescriber, any emergent medical problems or needs
Provides medication administration and medical services:Under the direction of the team prescriber, and in collaboration with other registered nurses on the team, develop, revise, maintain, and supervise team psychopharmacologic and medical treatment and medication policies and procedures, including transcribing, administering, evaluating, and recording medications prescribed by the team prescriber; assess and document medication effectiveness, complications, and side effects; and arrange for required labs according to protocol.
Organizes and manages the system of getting medications to clients, administering and tracking the medication supply, and ordering and offering education to clients to gain knowledge and independence.
Maintains the PACT headquarters medical supplies
Preventative medical care: tracks, educates, links assessed medical/dental needs with a community provider, collaborates with providers, accompanying to appointments, providing support and advocacy.
Along with the team, on an ongoing basis, reviews the required outcomes to evaluate community tenure and independence.
Works with the team to complete the Tool for Measurement of Assertive Community Treatment (TMACT)
Provides service coordination for an assigned group of clients, including coordination and monitoring the activities of the individual treatment team (ITT); assumes primary responsibility for developing, writing, implementing, evaluating, and revising the overall Community Service Plan in collaboration with the client and ITT; provides therapy utilizing evidence-based practices (i.e., CBT-P, CBT, DBT, CAMS, MI), symptom management, ensuring immediate changes are made in the Community Service Plan as clients' needs change; educate and support clients' families, and advocate for clients rights and preferences.
Works with the team to complete a Comprehensive Assessment as an engagement tool and to understand and respect the client's views of the ways mental illness impacts their life and how they want to be supported in their process of recovery
Utilizes evidence-based assessment tools that support matching a client's needs to their services
In partnership with the client and ITT, develops the Community Service Plan within seven days of the team finalizing the comprehensive assessment.
Provides de-escalation techniques to aid the client (s) in managing a crisis, providing intervention to decrease risk, manage symptoms, and maintain safety
Maintains the electronic card-ex
Performs shift management in coordination with other ACT shifts managers
Participates in the Daily Organizational Meeting
Provides on-call crisis intervention covering nighttime and weekend hours
Documents client progress, activities, and outreaches in the Electronic Health Record
Practices a Housing First approach
Practices engagement skills across the adult lifespan
Support:provides practical help and support, advocacy, coordination, problem-solving, training, and supervision to help clients obtain the necessities of daily living; assist clients in finding and maintaining safe housing, coaches clients to learn and carry out ADLs, assist and support clients to perform household activities, including house cleaning and laundry, teach money-management skills, nutrition education, meal planning, grocery shopping, access transportation, help clients to have and efficiently use primary care, dentist, and other medical specialist, support clients with structuring their time (community resources, social and leisure activities, hobbies, etc.)
QUALIFICATIONS, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Associate's degree in nursing, bachelor's degree, preferred
3+ years in leadership, management role, experience in behavioral healthcare, and working with individuals with mental health conditions preferred
Licensed in the State of Delaware as a Registered Nurse
Preference will be given to candidates that meet the cultural and linguistic needs of the geographic area
Must possess a current, valid driver's license in state of residence, have a minimum of two (2) years of driving experience within the United States, and have an acceptable driving record
RELEVANT POST-JOB OFFER TESTING/CONDITIONS:
Knowledge and practice of Adult Behavioral Health, DPH, and DMH policies, regulations, and standards.
Must complete PACT Module Training within 30 days of hire
Participate in other required/ recommended training according to the training calendar
Maintain required clinical license
Meet or exceed professional development goals
Demonstrates fidelity to the PACT model
Ability to make contacts and establish relationships with internal and external supports that allow for the program to function within the more extensive system
Ongoing education and training in culturally and linguistically appropriate service delivery
Equal Opportunity Employer
Elwyn is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Elwyn does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, pregnancy status, medical condition, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, sexual orientation or identity, age, national origin, citizenship, handicap status, marital or family status, mental or physical disability, perceived disability, military or veteran status, political activities or affiliations, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law, ordinance, or regulation.
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Worksite address
georgetown, DE, 19947, US
Who can apply
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