Description

The Registered Nurse shall have sufficient individual competence, professional qualifications and experience to provide service coordination, crisis assessment and intervention, symptom assessment and management, administration, monitoring, documentation, activities of daily living services, social, interpersonal relationship and leisure-time activity services, and education, support, and consultation to individuals’ families and other major supports.
The ACT Team shall have staff-to-individual ratio that does not exceed one full-time equivalent (FTE) staff person for every 10 individual
Core Competencies:
Technical knowledge in the use of relevant counseling and psychotherapy techniques that apply to the services authorized. Understands and can articulate technical concepts and information that relate to the disorder(s) treated and the therapies used to provide treatment. Recognize signs and symptoms of mental health needs and co-occurring disorders related to the population served.

Have cultural awareness in the delivery of service to a diverse population. Understands and can articulate the psychological, sociological and political aspects of providing MH/DD/SAS services to diverse populations. Has the ability to communicate and provide competent and appropriate services to a diverse population.

Have analytical skill in screening, assessing and evaluating persons receiving services. Understanding psychological, physical, emotional, spiritual, cultural and developmental issues, determines accurate diagnosis and/or assessment, and interprets evaluative instruments correctly in order to accurately reflect the individual strengths, preferences, and needs.
The position requires decision making in the accurate appraisal of problems and conditions of person being served in a variety of settings and systems. Have the ability to synthesize individual information from involved agencies or sources, and to formulate and implement an appropriate clinical course of action in collaboration with these agencies and sources. Have the ability to recognize person needs and to refer individual to appropriate professionals and resources. Will make appropriate decisions and/or referrals in a timely manner.
Possess Interpersonal skills ability to establish rapport, openness, and trust. Ability to interact effectively with individuals, families, and involved agencies to promote active treatment and relapse prevention.
Communication skills to effectively formulate and clearly articulate ideas in both verbal and written form. The ability to effectively interpret and convey verbal and non-verbal information through appropriate means for the individual and the population served.
Clinical skills with the ability to successfully assess, evaluate and provide individuals with the treatment and therapies appropriate to the person& identifies needs and conditions.

Requirements

Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Member of interdisciplinary team that will provide treatment, rehabilitation, and support services 24 hours a day, seven days per week.
Successfully participate in the DMH approved ACTT training
Serve as a FTE registered nurse.
Supervision: This position will be supervised by the Team Leader.

Treatment Teams/PCP development: Participate in treatment team meetings as scheduled.
Agency Responsibilities: These include attendance at required meetings (include peer and clinical supervision, supervision meetings) and trainings to keep abreast of agency regulations and procedures, increase knowledge and skills in clinical areas, and provide needed agency services, documentation of clinical work with clients and keeping of medical records per agency and Medicaid standards. Straight Walk requirements include annual Blood Borne Pathogens, CPR, First Aid, and NCI training.

Accuracy of work by the individual in this position will have a tremendous impact on treatment outcome for clients and parents/families. Exact accuracy with respect to the management of emergencies and the diversion of inappropriate hospitalizations are required. Effective as well as efficient direction of allocation of fiscal resources is mandatory in supporting and realizing the primary goals and objectives of recipient’s services. This accuracy requires visual/perceptual, verbal and written communication skills.

Consequences are commensurate with the error, ranging from inconsequential to severe.

Maintain current NCI, First Aid, CPR, and Bloodborne Pathogens

Knowledge of Straight Walk guidelines and policies, confidentiality guidelines, professional standards for treatment, DSM V, and LME Program guidelines.
Minimal physical effort should be required for the fulfillment of the requirements of this position.
The tasks of this position will be performed in the homes of consumers, community and office.

A registered nurse who is licensed to practice in the State of North Carolina by the North Carolina Board of Nursing who also has four years of full-time accumulated experience in mh/dd/sa with the population served; or be an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) according to NCGS Chapter 90 Article I, Subchapter 32M.
This training and experience should fully prepare an individual for this work. There is no informal training and experience that could substitute for these qualifications.
Licensure preferred: the individual must also have a valid North Carolina Driver & license, auto insurance, a driving record that is acceptable to Straight Walk insurance carrier.