About this role
Responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities:
- Directs the clinical nursing services provided at Children’s Outpatient Program clinic.
- Identifies problems, evaluates alternative and implements effective solutions.
- Monitors program contracts, budgets, staff productivity as directed.
- Ensures compliance with DMH, Joint Commission and Medicaid standards.
- Ensures compliance with SAMHSA grant and UDS data requirements.
- Communicates effectively with the physician regarding the consumer’s physical and mental condition as needed.
- Interfaces with the multi-disciplinary team and actively and cooperatively participates in development of the interdisciplinary treatment plan as needed
- Administers medications, observing the Seven Rights of medication administration.
- Contacts laboratory, requests and monitor results, and reports all abnormal findings to the physician.
- Provides emergency care as needed (CPR, MindSet, PRN Medications), per AltaPointe Policy & Procedures as needed.
- Provides supervision and oversight of MAC services and ensures ongoing compliance with the Nurse Delegation Program for the Transitional Age residential program.
- Demonstrates the ability to recognize the elements of a crisis state and knows how to deescalate or resolve the situation as needed.
- Acts as MAS nurse for the division.
- Adheres to professional code of ethics.
- Effectively demonstrates the application of child/adolescent and adult specific competencies.
Administers appropriate personnel functions:
- Interviews and screens nursing applicants when necessary and completes appropriate forms as outlined by Personnel Policy and Procedures
- Provides staff training in the general orientation of the facility, policies and procedures, program operations and specific skill areas.
- Is knowledgeable and applies personnel policies and procedures on a consistent basis.
- Objectively completes employee performance evaluations on program staff and routes to Personnel department on a timely basis.
- Promotes concept of treatment teams. Acts as a member of treatment team.
- Provides positive and effective leadership.
- Provides staff with consultation and supervision as needed, individually or through regular group staff meetings.
- Ensures competence of program nursing staff
Supervision and Consultation:
- Seeks clinical supervision and consultation needs.
- Accepts and employs suggestions for improvement.
- Actively works to enhance clinical skills.
Clinical Record Keeping
- Documents in a timely fashion per AltaPointe policy.
- Documents in a clear, concise manner, types of consumers problems, treatment goals and services provided
- Ensures documentation shows that forms, notes, logs, and other applicable written information is completed promptly, accurately and updated when appropriate
- Documents legibly
Courteous and respectful attitudes towards consumers, visitors and co-workers:
- Treats consumers with care, dignity and compassion
- Respects consumer’s privacy and confidentiality
- Is pleasant and cooperative with others
- Assists consumers and visitors as needed
- Personal values don’t inhibit ability to relate and care for others
- Is sensitive to the consumer’s needs, expectations and individual differences
- Is gentle and calm with consumers and families
Administrative and Other related duties as Assigned:
- Actively participates in Performance Improvement activities
- Actively participates in MMHC committees as required
- Completes assigned tasks in a timely manner
- Accesses appropriate community resources according to consumer needs
- Follows MMHC Policy & Procedures
- Maintains current state license and requirements for renewals (i.e. CEU’s), and attends the required in-services and workshops
Qualifications
Possesses current RN’s license to practice in the state of Alabama. Knowledge in child/adolescent and adult specialty, outlined below, to be attained within (6) six months of employment:
- Knowledge of psychiatric disorders in the child/adolescent and adult population
- Knowledge of general and psychiatric nursing care
- Basic knowledge of medical terminology
- Familiarity of psychopharmacology and the use of psychotropic medications with the child/adolescent and adult population
- Knowledge of behavior management, crisis intervention and, interventions common to acute psychotic consumers as well as to non-violent crisis intervention practice
- Knowledge of the principles of growth and development
- Knowledge of educational methods appropriate to children/adolescents with severe and persistent psychiatric disorders.
- Knowledge of cultural diversity
- Knowledge of DMH, Medicaid and Joint Commission standards
- Knowledge of the standards for the Nurse Delegation Program and successful completion of MAS certifications
- Knowledge of utilizing electronic health record
- Knowledge of private insurance reimbursement
- Knowledge of Trauma Informed Care Principles