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Psychiatric Nurse II- Psych Services Outpatient Clinic

Psychiatric Nurse II- Psych Services Outpatient Clinic

Are you a great mental health nurse with strong relationship building and communication skills? Chesapeake Integrated Behavioral Healthcare is seeking a Psychiatric Nurse II for our Outpatient Services Clinic. As the City That Cares, we value a healthy work-life balance! The Psychiatric Nurse II position collaboratively supervises the Psych Services Unit with no evening, weekend, holiday, on-call or after hour responsibilities…and more than 12 paid holidays a year! Come join our team in the #1 most trusted profession—Nursing!
Typical Tasks Include but are not limited to:
    • Perform nursing assessments of adults, as well as children, with mental health, substance use or co-occurring disorder who are receiving medication management services in an outpatient setting
    • Administration of injectable medications, completion of primary care screenings, (height, weight and BMI) and follow up if recommended, assess and recording vital signs.
    • Provide medication education, crisis intervention and resource information.
    • Performs Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) assessments such as Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS)
    • Coordinate care with both internal (therapists, Case Managers) and external providers, which may include but not limited to coordination of care with primary care providers (PCP)
    • Complete urine drug screens (UDS), administer breathalyzer testing, as well as blood glucose monitoring as ordered by providers.
    • Assists Program Supervisor in the supervision of nursing staff including selecting or recommending selection, training, assignment, and evaluation of work, counseling, disciplining, and terminating or recommending termination.
    • Completes all necessary paperwork in accordance with agency, state and federal regulations
    • Assists Nursing Supervisor with planning, coordinating, directing and supervising processes within the unit.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
VOCATIONAL/EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT: Requires an associate’s degree in nursing. EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT: Requires a minimum of three years of related, full-time equivalent experience. SPECIAL CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES:
    • Requires licensure as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia or a reciprocal state (according to the Nurse Licensure Compact as prescribed by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing).
    • May require a valid driver’s license with a driving record that is in compliance with the City’s Driving Standards.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Employees may be expected to work hours in excess of their normally scheduled hours in response to short-term department needs and/or City-wide emergencies.
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