Registered Nurse For Behavioral Health - Community Based

Progressive Consumer Counseling is a Medicaid approved and CARF accredited Community Based counseling center offering a wide range of outpatient rehabilitative mental health and substance use treatment services.

The Registered Nurse performs physical nursing assessments and uses the information to develop a preliminary nursing plan in the community and occasionally in the office.

Duties:

• Collect vital signs and specimens (urine, saliva, or hair) for specific testing
• Conduct and monitor ADLs (Activity of Daily Living Skills) and provide skills training as needed
• Provide psycho-education regarding mental illness; and the effects and side effects of prescribed medications
• Conduct symptom checkup and management efforts directed to help each client identify/target the symptoms and occurrence patterns of his or her mental illness and develop methods (internal, behavioral, or adaptive) to help lessen the effects
• Generous psychological support to clients, both on a planned and as-needed basis, to help them accomplish their personal goals, to cope with the stressors of day-to-day living, and to recover
• May teach, in an individual or group setting, behavioral symptom management techniques to alleviate and manage symptoms not reduced by medication and/or adaptation/coping techniques for internal and external symptom reduction.
• Educate patients and their families on disease management and treatment options
• Provide medical documentation to accompany consumers on medical appointments
• Adhere to infection control policies and maintain a safe and clean working environment

Qualifications:
- Valid Registered Nurse license in the state of [STATE]
- BLS certification required; ACLS certification preferred
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities

This is a contract Position.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract

Pay: $45.00 - $50.00 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 20 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Psychiatry

Standard shift:

• Day shift

Weekly schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Atlanta, GA 30349