LINESOF AUTHORITY: This position is supervised by the attending Licensed MedicalPractitioner(s) and/or Medical Director. Unless specifically designated, this position does not supervise anypersonnel.

POSITIONSUMMARY: The primary function ofthis position is to provide enrolled clients of Mohave Mental Health Clinic,Inc.'s Outpatient Clinic with outpatient injections and to draw labs as orderedby MMHC Licensed Medical Practitioner(s), physician assistants and nursepractitioners. In addition, the RN is responsible for maintaining the correctcount of all sample and indigent medications at their assigned site. This responsibility includes, but is notlimited to, stocking, coding and dating said medications and pulling alloutdated medications at their site, and forwarding for proper disposal.

PRINCIPALDUTIES/RESPONSIBILITY:

1.Draw labs as ordered by MMHC Licensed MedicalPractitioner(s)as evidenced by lab requisitions and SALs.

2.Give outpatient injections as ordered by LicensedMedical Practitioner(s) as evidenced by SALs and chart documentation.

3.Take off Doctor's orders or take verbal orders from theLicensed Medical Practitioner(s). Fax order sheet to MMHC Pharmacy as evidencedby daily order sheet.

4.Dispensing of medication samples as directed byLicensed Medical Practitioner(s) and as evidenced by entries in log book.

5.Maintain inventory of sample and indigent medicationsat assigned site as evidenced by directobservation, running inventory of sample medications and indigent medications.

6.Notifying client of lab results as directed by LicensedMedical Practitioner(s) as evidenced by doctors' initials on test results.

7.Provide customer service to internal and externalcustomers and stakeholders as evidenced by direct observation. As evidenced byblood draw competency test and completion of nurse medication test.

8.Participate in the Performance Improvement Processes inthe Clinic as evidenced by review of meeting minutes.

9.The employee must work well under pressure meetingmultiple and sometimes conflicting deadlines. The employee shall, at all times,demonstrate cooperative behavior with colleagues and supervisors as evidencedby direct observation and personal interviews.

10.Perform other duties as assigned.

Abel to effectivelyde-escalate clients using techniques as trained and outlined in approved crisisintervention models.

PRIMARY CONTACTS:

• Site Licensed Medical Practitioner(s)
• Customer Service Specialist
• Physician's Clerk
• Internal staff and peers
• Clients and client's family

POSITION REQUISITES:

Qualifications andExperience:

Required:

• Finger print Card - Class I Clearance.
• Current Arizona LPN license.
• CTC Certification.
• Current driver's license and insurance clearance to drive clinic vehicle.
• Current CPR Certification.

Preferred:

• 4 years public nursing experience.
• Prior experience working with adults, children and adolescents with mental health problems.

Skills and Abilities:

Required:

• Fluent in English both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to assist clients to feel at ease in situations where lab draws and/or injections are required.
• Ability to explain procedures.
• Must be proficient in drawing labs.
• Must be proficient in giving injections.
• Ability to assess for side effects and/or complications pursuant to blood draws and/or injections.

Preferred:

• Understanding of managed care.
• Familiar with requirements for Special Populations.
• Familiar with commonly used psychotropic drugs and their side effects.

REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS: Personsconducting assessments and/or providing treatment and/ or supervision forspecial populations are able, through training and experience as well asthrough agency-specific observation or competency testing of performance to:

CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY

Staff responsible for providingservices to chemically dependent members have appropriate training, education,experience, performance and demonstrate competency.

Staff must be able to gather andassess information about:

• The relationship of each member's physical status to the dependence.
• The nature of the emotional compulsion to use alcohol and/or other drugs.
• The intensity of the member's preoccupation with using alcohol/and/or other drugs.

Staff must also demonstratecompetency in their ability to:

• Interpret information about a member's use of alcohol and/or other drugs.
• Develop a written summary and/or treatment plan based on member's problems and needs;
• Provide appropriate services.

CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

Staff responsible for providingservices to child and adolescent members have appropriate training, education,experience, performance and demonstrate competency.

• Staff demonstrate knowledge of growth and development of children and adolescents.
• Staff demonstrate their ability to develop treatment plans and services based on member's problem and needs.
• Staff demonstrate knowledge and skill in working with family systems.

SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL

Staff responsibleforproviding services to seriously mentally ill members have appropriate training,education, experience, performance and demonstrate competency.

• Staff have knowledge and ability to gather and interpret information about seriously mentally ill members.
• Staff understand the member's needs and the range, intensity, and duration of care, habilitation and rehabilitation required.

INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED

Staff responsible for providingservices to members with intellectual disabilities have appropriate training,education, experience, performance and demonstrate competency.

• Staff have knowledge and ability to gather and interpret information about a member with an intellectual disability.
• Staff understand the member's needs and the range, intensity, and duration of care, habilitation or rehabilitation required.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Physical Requirements:

• Able to cope with emotional demands as they arise.
• Able to sit for extended periods of time.
• Able to hear ordinary conversation and phone.

Equipment Operation:

• Fax, copy machine and company vehicles.

• Centrifuge.

Environmental Conditions:

• Air conditioned and/ or heated office setting.

• Air conditioned and/or heated company vehicles.

Accommodation(s):

Mohave Mental Health Clinic,Inc. will provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities,unless it would cause undue hardship. Wedefine reasonable accommodations as any change in the work environment or inthe way a job is performed that enables a person with a disability to enjoyequal employment opportunities. We willmake a good faith effort to list any special requirements in our jobdescription.