Position Type **Full Time - Union** Education Level **2 Year Degree** Travel Percentage **Up to 25%** Category **Health Care** **Description** **Job Purpose:** To facilitate the improved wellbeing of individuals with mental illness. The registered nurse will work collaboratively with an integrated treatment team to provide medical support and medication management to a pool of clients. CSP RNs will coordinate care with their affiliated treatment team. This is a technical position that provides holistic nursing care for persons involved in the program they support. This is a highly skilled position involving the ability to assess and treat responses to actual and potential mental and physical health conditions, to promote wellness and refer persons to appropriate medical care. **Essential Job Functions:** _(Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.)_ + Understand and demonstrate through practice the treatment guidelines specified in DHS 63 (Community Support Programs for Chronically Mentally Ill Persons). + Provide support and administer medications as needed for clients in the community and in their home, designated residence, or facility. + Assist clients in medication management and coordination, including the maintenance of medication records, reconciliation of medications, documentation of medication assistance needed, collaboration with MD and pharmacy on medication changes/reviews, monitoring and reporting medication errors, safe storage of clients' medications, ensuring clients medications are provided to client as ordered. + Key communicator in discharge planning with hospitals or long-term care facilities. Facilitate communication about changes in medication, psychiatric symptoms, or behavior with appropriate program supervisor and/or psychiatric provider. + Provides comprehensive assessment, re-assessment, care planning, direct nursing care interventions, and termination of care within program guidelines and professional practices. + Accurate documentation of services maintaining a thorough client record following program policies and procedures within stated guidelines and timeframes. + Provide consultation and training to program staff regarding health-related issues. Provide Preceptorship supervision for student interns as appropriate Develop strategies for providing patient education and medication monitoring. + Provide transportation in your personal vehicle to clients, as team need dictates or as requested by supervisor or treatment team. + Additional duties as assigned within the ACT team. **Qualifications** **Required Education, Experience, Certifications, Licensure and Credentials:** _(Where appropriate, education and/or experience may be substituted)_ **Minimum Required Education:** Associate's degree is required in the field of Nursing. **Minimum Required Experience:** Must have at least 1,000 hours of clinical experience working with working with adults with severe and persistent mental illness. **Required License - Certification - Registration** : Current CPR certification or obtained within the first 90 days of employment: Medical Terminology. **Travel Type:** Up to 25% **Required Valid Driver's License** **:** **Yes** **Required Auto Insurance:** Motor vehicle record acceptable to program and/ or contractual requirements. A valid Wisconsin driver's license, and automobile insurance with minimum limits of $50,000/$100,000 bodily injury and $10,000 property damage. **Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:** + Knowledge of mental illness, substance use disorders, psychopharmacology and evidenced based practices specific to needs of the clients. + Awareness of personal, cultural, educational, and environmental aspects of community living for individuals living with a mental illness or substance use disorder. + Knowledge of biological, psychological, and social problems and appropriate therapeutic interventions. + Knowledge of psychotropic medications and side effects. + Knowledge of community health, social service, and advocacy resources available within the community. + Must be familiar with Microsoft Word, Outlook, Teams, and Excel. + Professional workplace appearance and conduct; friendliness and courtesy to consumers, coworkers, and vendors. + Knowledge of community support programs in Milwaukee County is desirable. + Ability to communicate clearly and concisely in English, both orally and in writing. + Familiarity with the Electronic Health Records (EHRs) system is desirable. + Access to a personal vehicle. + This position must be able to effectively communicate complex ideas and instructions to a variety of people from different backgrounds in both writing and verbally. + Diligently attends to details and pursues quality in accomplishing tasks. + Builds and maintains customer satisfaction with the products and services offered by the organization. + Par