What are the responsibilities and job description for the Registered Nurse of BestResponse Intensive Crisis Center position at BestSelf Behavioral Health?
FLSA Status: Exempt
Range: $60,000 to $63,000 per year. Personalized salary reflecting your related experience and academic/credentialed background.
Schedule: Flexible scheduling available across Days, Midday, Evenings, and Overnights, including Weekend options.
We offer a variety of shift lengths to fit your needs, including 7, 8, 10, and 12-hour shifts.
We're proud to offer competitive differentials to reward your commitment and specialized skills:
- Crisis Differential - Earn up to $2,500 annually
- Shift Differential - Earn an additional $1.00/hour for shifts from 4PM-12AM, and $1.50/hour for shifts from 12AM-8AM
- Language Differential - Bilingual? Let us know during the hiring process, you may be eligible to earn an extra $1.25/hour
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES
- Administers and documents administration of medications in case record.
- Venipuncture for lab work as ordered by providers.
- Assures accuracy and completeness of all case notes.
- Conducts health monitoring quarterly for program recipients to include (but not limited to):
- Adult BMI Screening
- Generic Health Monitoring (BP, R, Temp, etc.)
- Tobacco use screening and smoking cessation counseling
- Assures communicable disease risk assessments is done on all admitted consumers
- Assists and recommends medical follow-up for individuals who have not had a physical exam within one year, assessment for need of physical exam and assists with scheduling of physical exam by medical provider.
- Provides age appropriate medical screening and preventive interventions to adults and older adults.
- Requests prior authorizations for medications.
- Provides health monitoring service groups for minimum of 30 - 60 minutes
- Assists in linkage to PCP, Health Home, or other community resources.
- Through releases of information, communicates with community resources such as personal care physicians, insurance companies, and others involved in client care.
- Works closely with staff consulting psychiatrists or providers.
- May supervise student interns.
- Maintains inventory of on-site store medications in compliance with NYS regulations.
- Properly disposes of medical waste in compliance with NYS standards.
- Completes all trainings required by the agency.
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Associates degree from an accredited school for professional nursing and four (4) years of paid work experience as a professional nurse -OR- Bachelor's degree in professional nursing
- Valid NYS licensure as a Registered Nurse.
- 2 years of experience working with children & families preferred.
- Experience in mental health or substance use disorder treatment setting preferred.
- Ability to work successfully in a team setting and fast paced environment.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Venipuncture skills preferred.
- Knowledge of motivational interviewing techniques preferred.
- Valid NYS Driver's License.
- Must have accredited NYS Defensive Driving course; or obtain within 15 days of hire and send certification of completion to Human Resources.
- Must maintain active NYS Defensive Driving course every 3 years and send a copy of the new certification of completion upon expiration.
- Must maintain valid vehicle inspection, registration, and insurance cards and send updated copies to Human Resources upon expiration.
Some things you can look forward to:
- Welcoming, team environment, that inspires you to thrive and be your BestSelf!
- Rewarding work experience!
- Generous paid time off
- Flexible schedule
- Quarterly productivity bonus up to $2,000 per quarter
- Various student loan forgiveness programs
- Multiple and diverse health insurance options
- Many other unique lifestyle & personal insurance options
- Tuition reimbursement
- CASAC certification tuition support
- Professional license/certification renewal reimbursement
- Defensive driving course reimbursement (if required for position)
- Career growth and advancement opportunities
- We look forward to telling you more!
Location
- BestResponse Intensive Crisis Center: 430 Niagara Street, Buffalo NY 14201
Salary : $60,000 - $63,000