Job Description
Starting Salary: $60,927--Depending on Experience
NRVCS is actively seeking difference-makers to enhance our team at the 23-Hour Crisis Center or New Horizons in Radford, VA. You will have a daily opportunity to change the direction of individuals' lives in this supportive, client centered setting. We take our motto "It's Our Responsibility to Care," seriously. While we add highly skilled staff to our supportive teams, we recognize that caring for our employees is critical as well. Employees receive 11.75 hours of PTO every two weeks, comprehensive and competitive health insurance plan options, agency-funded life insurance, and enrollment in the Virginia State Retirement System.
Intensive Registered Nurses use their knowledge and experience to come alongside individuals experiencing a mental-health related crisis. They are invaluable members of the wellness and recovery team. In addition to providing hope for healing, Intensive RN's work collaboratively to ensure service coordination for optimal living in the community.
To take advantage of the opportunity to assist individuals from all backgrounds during one of the most difficult periods of their life, the following requirements must be met:
- Graduate from an accredited school of Nursing with a valid Virginia Registered Nursing License.
- Valid Virginia driver's license with an acceptable driving record/
- QMHP eligibility or status.
- Clinical knowledge of the nature of serious mental illness, substance use disorders, intellectual, and developmental disabilities.
- Thorough knowledge of the use of medications in the care of the populations served.
- Knowledge of community supports and eligibility criteria to include health care, community resources, and treatment options for individuals with a mental health, substance use, or developmental disability.
- Knowledge of diverse types of assessments, including functional assessments, and their uses in service planning.
- Knowledge of treatment modalities and intervention techniques, such as behavior supports, independent living skills training, supportive counseling, family education, crisis intervention, discharge planning, and service coordination.
- Knowledge of federal and state laws, regulations, and local ordinances (examples include: Human Rights, Medicaid and Medicare guidelines as they pertain to Waiver, State Plan, Medicare-D, and Clinic Options, Assisted Living Regulations, etc.)