Registered Nurse CSP

Job Purpose: To facilitate the improved wellbeing of individuals with mental illness. The registered nurse will work collaboratively with an integrated treatment team to provide medical support and medication management to a pool of clients. CSP RNs will coordinate care with their affiliated treatment team. This is a technical position that provides holistic nursing care for persons involved in the program they support. This is a highly skilled position involving the ability to assess and treat responses to actual and potential mental and physical health conditions, to promote wellness and refer persons to appropriate medical care. Essential Job Functions: (Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.) Understand and demonstrate through practice the treatment guidelines specified in DHS 63 (Community Support Programs for Chronically Mentally Ill Persons). Provide support and administer medications as needed for clients in the community and in their home, designated residence, or facility. Assist clients in medication management and coordination, including the maintenance of medication records, reconciliation of medications, documentation of medication assistance needed, collaboration with MD and pharmacy on medication changes/reviews, monitoring and reporting medication errors, safe storage of clients’ medications, ensuring clients medications are provided to client as ordered. Key communicator in discharge planning with hospitals or long-term care facilities. Facilitate communication about changes in medication, psychiatric symptoms, or behavior with appropriate program supervisor and/or psychiatric provider. Provides comprehensive assessment, re-assessment, care planning, direct nursing care interventions, and termination of care within program guidelines and professional practices. Accurate documentation of services maintaining a thorough client record following program policies and procedures within stated guidelines and timeframes. Provide consultation and training to program staff regarding health-related issues. Provide Preceptorship supervision for student interns as appropriate Develop strategies for providing patient education and medication monitoring. Provide transportation in your personal vehicle to clients, as team need dictates or as requested by supervisor or treatment team. Additional duties as assigned within the ACT team.