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Radias Health

Community-based behavioral health services and housing

Registered Nurse

Nursing & Frontline Patient CarePosted on Nov 9
Full-timeOakdale, MN, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • Current license as a Registered Nurse in the State of Minnesota.
  • Experience in an inpatient, outpatient, or community psychiatric setting is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Take the lead role and participate in providing medication administration, education, and medical services.
  • Develop, maintain, and supervise team psychopharmacologic and medical treatment and medication policies and procedures, including administering, evaluating, and recording psychotropic medications prescribed by the team psychiatrist.
  • Evaluate and chart psychotropic medication effectiveness, complications, and side effects, and arrange for required lab work according to protocol.
  • Participate in daily team meetings and treatment planning meetings.
  • Work with the team to provide Assertive Community Treatment services for clients, assuming primary responsibility for developing, writing, implementing, evaluating, and revising overall recovery goals and plans in collaboration with the client and treatment team per Assertive Community Treatment fidelity.
  • Manage medication distribution to clients and integrate medication administration into clients’ individual treatment plans.
  • Administer intramuscular medications to clients.
  • Manage pharmaceuticals and medical supplies.
  • Maintain records of controlled medications and samples and manage the destruction of outstanding medications.
  • Coordinate, schedule, and administer medical assessments of clients’ physical health, make appropriate referrals to community physicians, and coordinate psychiatric treatment with medical treatment providers to ensure continuity of care.
  • Work with Assertive Community Treatment psychiatrists to coordinate care with the team and external providers and encourage consistent and appropriate ongoing care of clients.
  • Assess and establish medication management plans for clients, including obtaining necessary prescriptions, medication administration, and monitoring side effects; promote skill building for medication self-management.
  • Provide cross-training to the Assertive Community Treatment team on integrating mental and physical health and medication.
  • Work with clients on psychiatric rehabilitation, support, and psychotherapeutic interventions identified in the treatment plan.
  • File reports with Vulnerable Adult, the Ombudsman’s Office, Child Protection, and other mandated or required entities when appropriate.
  • Participate in evening, weekend, and holiday coverage and be on call as needed by the team.
  • Transport clients in the community.
  • Complete paperwork, reports, and charting contemporaneously and in an organized manner.
  • Participate in ongoing professional growth and development, maintain appropriate professional behavior, and participate in appropriate supervision.
  • Maintain regular work hours.

Desired Qualifications

  • A bachelor's degree.

About the Company

Radias Health

Community-based behavioral health services and housing

Radias Health provides community-based behavioral health services in the Twin Cities for adults and youths, including mental health, substance use treatment, and housing support. It follows a Full Circle of Care model that combines mental and physical health care, medications, and housing services, with programs like ACT, targeted case management, outpatient therapy, medication management, crisis residential treatment, and supportive housing. Its edge comes from being a large nonprofit offering an integrated continuum and centralized Central Access for easy referrals, with a focus on housing stability and care for co-occurring disorders. The goal is to improve overall well-being by delivering accessible behavioral health and housing services that help people recover, stay housed, and lead healthier lives.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
St Paul, MN
Founded
1986

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