Assertive Care Treatment - Registered Nurse (RN/APRN/LPN)

Job Description

Job Description

Registered Nurse (RN/APRN/LPN)

Position Summary:
Delivers medical care coordination, medication administration, and health education as part of integrated ACT services.

An RN working on a full-time basis, who provides nursing services for all ACT team consumers. The RN works with the ACT team to monitor each consumer’s clinical status and response to treatment, and who functions as a primary practitioner on the ACT team for a caseload of consumers

ACT is an intensive, integrated, rehabilitative, crisis, treatment, and mental health community support service provided by an interdisciplinary team to individuals eighteen (18) and over with serious and persistent mental illness with dedicated staff time and specific staff-to-consumer ratios.

Service coverage by the ACT team is required twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week. Provides co-occurring disorders treatment using evidence-based and stage-appropriate interventions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer psychotropic meds and monitor effects.
• Coordinate physical health care with PCPs.
• Educate clients on medications, health, and wellness.
• Promote medication adherence and manage med rooms.
• Document and communicate health status updates.

Qualifications:

• RN or APRN (at least 1 with SPMI experience); LPNs may support under supervision.
• Knowledge of psychiatric meds.
• Strong health education and organizational skills.

Additional Notes

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.