Behavioral Health Visiting Nurse

Behavioral Health Visiting Nurse

Center for Life Management (CLM) provides the area's most comprehensive array of outpatient mental health services for adults and elders. Our Integrated Care department seeks to reduce the premature mortality of individuals living with mental illness by providing chronic disease prevention and wrap-around chronic disease management services. This specialty care team helps clients build greater independence, reconnect with their communities, and access treatment in the least restrictive setting appropriate for them, while recognizing that clients living with complex or chronic medical conditions sometimes need us to bring care to them. The Behavioral Health Visiting Nurse is responsible for providing community-based nursing services and outpatient community-based support to assist client's with improving symptoms and behaviors that otherwise interfere with daily functioning, medical needs, and personal wellness goals. This is a full time, 35 hour per week position.

Major Functional Areas and Description of Duties

• Provide nursing services in client's homes or other community-based settings according to the objectives, interventions, and desired outcomes identified in the client's treatment plan.
• Take vitals regularly and communicate results with internal and external medical providers.
• Provide education on chronic disease self-management.
• Provide Individual Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBSI) to develop, apply, and reinforce coping strategies to reduce and/or ameliorate mental health symptoms and behaviors that interfere with functioning and goal achievement.
• Provide Family Training and Counseling (FTC) services as needed to educate natural supports and promote how to best encourage the client's resiliency and recovery toward treatment goals.
• Provide Medication Training and Support (MTS) services as needed to support clients in maintaining their prescribed medication regimen while integrating behavioral tailoring strategies into daily routine to promote effective medication management.
• Provide crisis management and intervention (CI) when clients experience acute exacerbation of symptoms to ensure their safety within the home and/or community.
• Use clinical skills and available data to complete nursing assessments to guide individualized service provisions for Integrated Care clients.
• Coordinate medication refills and administer intramuscular injections as ordered by prescribing medical staff.
• Work collaboratively with other treatment team members, Healthy Together program, natural supports, and external providers, to ensure a wrap-around approach is provided for continuity of client care.
• Provide set hours of billable service each week. Eligible for incentive pay upon exceeding productivity expectation.
• Provide timely documentation on each service delivered.
• Serve on appropriate committees, both internally and externally, as determined by supervisor.
• Function professionally and in a manner that protects the integrity, confidentiality and rights of all clients.
• Execute all required services and documentation in accordance with agency policies and federal/state standards.
• Maintain professional memberships, licenses, accreditation, certifications, etc.
• Adhere to Center's Code of Ethics.
• Represent CLM in a professional and appropriate manner in all settings.
• Perform all other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Benefits

At Center for Life Management, we offer a robust benefits package because caring for our staff is just as important as caring for our clients. Benefits for benefits eligible employees include:

• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
• Health Reimbursement Arrangement
• Flexible Spending Account
• Paid earned time (3 weeks in year one, caps at 6 weeks)
• Paid holidays (8) with bonus birthday holiday in your birth month
• 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan with 3% company contribution upon 1 year of employment
• Life Insurance paid by company
• Short- and Long-Term Disability paid by company
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance paid by company
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), accessible to staff and their natural supports
• Company issued cell phone and laptop as needed for role
• Scholarship for professional advancement
• Mileage reimbursement for applicable positions
• On the job training and continuing education opportunities
• Rewarding and supportive work environment with excellent opportunities for career growth
• Meaningful relationships with your co-workers and the individuals we serve
• Flexible work schedule
• Teamwork, teamwork and more teamwork!

The Center for Life Management has partnered with New England College to offer a Master's Degree! This is an exciting opportunity for CLM staff to earn a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (MS) degree in 3 years. Who's Eligible and What's Required:

• Must be a regular, full-time CLM employee in good standing for 9 months or more.
• Must hold a Bachelor's Degree.
• Must agree to a five (5) year commitment of full-time employment in good standing with the Center for Life Management (beginning from start date/year of Professional Development Program participation).
• Participants must maintain a B average to continue participation in the program.

Cost of tuition is covered by Center for Life Management. Employee is responsible for applicable taxable portion of tuition remission.

Join CLM and make your career dreams a reality!

Requirements

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Active Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of New Hampshire.
• Experience working with psychiatric disorders required.
• Minimum of two years LPN or RN experience preferred.
• Ability to exercise sound clinical judgment in routine, urgent, and emergent clinical situations.
• Proficient computer skills, specifically with all Microsoft office applications.
• Strong documentation skills and prior experience utilizing electronic records.
• Strong ability and desire to work as part of an integrated clinical and medical team while also able to be self-directed and motivated with minimal supervision.
• Ability to acquire and effectively practice new skills as needed according to evolving agency needs/services.
• Ability to demonstrate effective communication skills, organizational skills, and ability to multi-task.