Job Description:

Job Title: Registered Nurse

Location: Kansas City, MO
Department: Recovery Services

Employment Type: Full Time

Shift: Monday - Monday - Friday (8:00am - 5:00pm CST)

Job Summary:

Are you looking for a dedicated, compassionate, and highly skilled healthcare professional who can make a real difference in your life or the lives of your loved ones? Look no further than our team of experienced Registered Nurses (RNs)! Our RNs are committed to delivering exceptional patient care, combining medical expertise with unmatched interpersonal skills to build trust, ease anxiety, and improve outcomes. With rigorous training and ongoing certification programs, our nurses stay current on industry standards and emerging trends, offering cutting-edge treatments and evidence-based approaches.

Registered Nurses (RNs) are responsible for providing high-quality, holistic care to patients in a variety of healthcare settings. Their main responsibility is to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care for individuals, families, and communities. To accomplish this goal, RNs perform a number of essential functions, including evaluating patients' physical and mental health status, analyzing test results, developing care plans, administering medications and treatments, and documenting observations and actions taken. Additionally, RNs often serve as liaisons between patients and other members of the healthcare team, communicating relevant information about each patient's condition, prognosis, and response to treatment. To ensure continuity of care, RNs coordinate patient transitions between departments, facilities, and levels of care, facilitating smooth handoffs and minimizing potential errors. They also educate patients and families about diseases, treatments, and prevention strategies, empowering them to take charge of their own health and participate fully in the healing process. Furthermore, RNs assume leadership roles within their organizations, mentoring junior staff, overseeing complex cases, and advocating for policy changes that benefit both patients and providers.

Living in the Kansas City area provides a wonderful blend of Midwestern charm and urban sophistication. Known for its world-class barbecue, jazz heritage, and professional sports teams, Kansas City offers a plethora of activities to entertain and engage residents. With a vibrant arts scene, an extensive park system, excellent school districts, a plethora of family-friendly attractions, and an affordable cost of living, the Kansas City area allows you and your loved ones to enjoy a high quality, balanced, and enjoyable lifestyle.

Position Perks & Benefits:

• Employee benefits package - health, dental, vision, retirement, life, & more
• Paid time off - 29 days per year including vacation & holiday pay
• Mileage reimbursement - company paid for work functions requiring travel

* Top-notch training - initial, ongoing, comprehensive, and supportive

* Career mobility - advancement opportunities/promoting from within

* Welcoming, warm, supportive - a work culture & environment that promotes your well-being, values you as human being, and encourages your health and happiness

Key Responsibilities:

• Functions as a resource person for nursing & medical issues. Oversees infectious disease control, client hygiene, and related client & facility health issues, under the supervision of nursing leadership.
• Performs all appropriate nursing assessments per service line requirements, utilizing a high level of clinical competence. Examples include but are not limited to: Initial admission assessments, post-restraint assessments, AIMS, physical & mental health assessments, and psychiatric screeners.
• Administers or oversees administration of medications via various methods (oral, injection, & others as indicated) according to service line requirements. Carries out complete documentation of medication administration per service line requirements. Conducts Medication Administration Record (MAR) reviews as indicated and daily medication counts according to regulatory & service line standards. Monitors house stock of medications & refill status for housing clients. Prepares pass medications as needed according to service line. Conducts medication destruction as needed and on a routine basis, according to service line.
• Communicates with clients regarding medication questions & needs; stages refill requests to providers according to standard operating policies & procedures.
• Rooming of clients, verification of client data / medical history, confirming purpose of visit, obtaining necessary physical preliminary requirements such as blood draw, urine sample, height, weight, blood pressure, pulse, and temperature.
• Completes all required documentation in a timely manner as indicated per our company policies & procedures. Examples of required documentation may include but are not limited to: nursing assessments, all physical & spoken interventions with clients (such as phone calls, check-ins, and laboratory tasks), conducts nursing-led educational groups & one-on one sessions, and completes & reviews client safety plans & psychiatry screeners as indicated.
• Guarantees that all medical & medication records are up-to-date and accurate. Ensures appropriate prior authorization paperwork is completed for maintenance of client medication compliance.
• Assists as needed with general lab & phlebotomy duties such as venipuncture & obtaining urine samples while following universal infection control precautions. Enters lab requisitions electronically via outside lab processing company. Coordinates communication of results of all labs performed to ordering providers via entry into the EHR. Communicates critical results immediately via entry into the EHR, email/instant messaging, & verbally, as appropriate to providers.
• Functions as a resource person for nursing & medical issues. Oversees infectious disease control, client hygiene, and related client & facility health issues, under the supervision of nursing leadership. Assists, according to service line with ensuring medical appointments are made & kept. Is available as on-call resource for needs after-hours per service line requirements, as assigned.
• Interviews clients, families &/or guardians to gather pertinent nursing & medical history. Secures client records from outside agencies when necessary.
• Participates in all required meetings as assigned.
• Performs other related duties as required, assigned, &/or delegated by nursing leadership.

Education and/or Experience Qualifications:

• Valid licensure as a registered nurse; one year of experience preferred.
• Secures client information and maintains confidentiality by completing and safeguarding medical records. Knowledge and implementation of safeguarding protected health information by methods such as maintaining private user names and passwords, encryption, and other methods as indicated.
• Ability to read & interpret documents such as lab results, notes & documents within an electronic health record, safety rules, operating & maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports & correspondence clearly & effectively via multiple methods, in various platforms. Communicates effectively & therapeutically to clients, family members, employees, & other contacts within the community in-person, via telephone, and via video conferencing.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, & divide all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, & decimals.
• Ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out instructions provided in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to problem solve involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Shall be able to follow direction and accept supervision.

Required License/Certification (one of the following):

*A valid licensure of a Registered Nurse

Additional Qualifications:

* A valid driver's license and a reliable vehicle.

* Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

* Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

* Flexibility and adaptability in a fast-paced environment.

* Compassion, empathy, and a genuine desire to help others.

Brightli is on a Mission:

A mission to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, a mission to have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance use care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients.

As a behavioral and community mental health provider, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce and encourage applications from individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences. If you are passionate about empowering your local communities and promoting health equity, we invite you to join our mission-driven organization that is committed to building a diverse, equitable, inclusive and authentic workplace.

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability or veteran status, or to other non-work related factors.

Preferred Family Healthcare is a Smoke and Tobacco Free Workplace.