Share Email Opening Title RN Full-time - Outstanding Opportunity for Mental Health RN! - $2,000 Sign-on Bonus!  Category Nursing   Description $2,000 Sign-on Bonus! Do you love working with children and adolescents?  Do you love perks like flexibility in scheduling, plus a competitive salary?  Do you have psychiatric or behavioral health experience?  Then you will excel and love this great opportunity at our REACH Youth Crisis Therapeutic Home in Culpeper VA!  Our 6-bed home is new and modern. Our team is outstanding and they are rewarded regularly for their loyalty and commitment to this vital community service.  If you want to step out of the fast-paced-rat-race and enjoy the work you do, while positively impacting the lives of youths and their families, then we want to hear from you.  We are currently offering a $2,000 sign on bonus! Position Summary: REACH is a crisis prevention, intervention and stabilization system to support individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, as well as a mental health condition or challenging behavior that is negatively affecting their quality of life. REACH provides youth crisis therapeutic and short-term residential services in Culpeper VA. Essential Job Functions: Responsible for the implementation of therapeutic nursing services and other supports for individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities and co-occurring mental illness or behavioral health needs. Responsible for ensuring therapeutic services are provided in accordance with regulations of the Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services (DBHDS) and the Virginia Board of Nursing (BON). Responsible for reviewing documentation in combination with the medical director, for accurateness of admission paperwork and clinical appropriateness, and ensuring admission criteria are met. Takes verbal orders for medications and treatment from licensed physicians or their designees. Assistant Supervisor of direct support professionals performing delegated nursing duties including medication administration. Responsible for medication administration training (provided) to direct support professionals (DSP) and medication education to individuals and their families. Responsible for operation of the home when Program Supervisor is away.     Position Requirements Current, unrestricted license as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia.   Knowledge of Mental Health and I/DD systems of care preferred Documented experience and knowledge of psychotropic medications and side effects   Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time   Shift Days   Position REACH Registered Nurse   Division VA REACH   Exempt/Non-Exempt Exempt   Location Culpeper   About the Organization Easterseals UCP has been part of the fabric of North Carolina and Virginia for 75 years. We started in counties all over NC and VA filling gaps and addressing the needs of children and adults with disabilities. Our legacy organizations Easterseals NC, United Cerebral Palsy NC, and Easterseals Virginia joined forces as Easterseals UCP to intentionally work side-by-side with more than 20,000 individuals and their families, providing the broad network of services and support they need to achieve better days. Today we are affiliated with both Easterseals, Inc. and United Cerebral Palsy Inc. Our mission is to create opportunities, promote individual choice, and change the lives of children and adults with disabilities by maximizing their individual potential to live, learn, work and play in their communities.   EOE Statement We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.   SuperVFlg None Specified  HoursPerWk None Specified  This position is currently not accepting applications. To search for an open position, please go to http://EasterSealsUCP.appone.com WE ALSO RECOMMEND Other Jobs Within Same Category -- None found -- Other Jobs Within 60 Miles -- None found -- Follow us See who works here:

 

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