Registered Nurse - Secondary (INTERNAL ONLY)
This is an opportunity for BRBH RN staff to work additional hours in CSU!
If you cover an overnight or evening shift, we pay shift differential!
Registered Nurses in our Crisis Stabilization Unit provide psychiatric nursing and medical detoxification to individuals in a short-term residential and therapeutic environment.
Our nurses join multi-disciplinary team of professionals who have the ability to make an immediate and lasting impact in our community. We provide an environment that thrives on positive interactions with both clients and coworkers. Our nurses are part of a small, handpicked team of valued staff who enjoy challenges, fast pace, autonomy and supportive management.
Responsibilities include assessing and prioritizing client health needs and concerns upon admission and during monitoring, developing a treatment plan, maintaining electronic medical record to promote coordinated care, initiate and monitor detoxification protocol, provide crisis intervention as needed, monitor response to psychotropic medications as prescribed, provide nursing care, education, and administer medication to clients with mental health, substance use disorders, and/or developmental disabilities to assist in recovery. The eligible candidate will work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team consisting of clinicians, therapists, residents, and physicians.
Qualifications:
- Must have an active, unrestricted license as an RN in the State of Virginia.
- Requires a minimum of one year's combined experience as RN and/or in a psychiatric setting.
- Electronic health record experience preferred.
Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare (BRBH) is one of forty Community Services Boards established under the Code of Virginia to provide comprehensive services for individuals who have mental health disorders, developmental disability, or substance use disorders. We are charged also with continuously monitoring and evaluating our services to ensure their cost effectiveness and applicability to current citizen needs. BRBH operates multiple programs throughout the Roanoke Valley with over 400 employees working to provide or support our services. We are proud to have served our community for over 50 years. Blue Ridge Behavioral Healthcare maintains a drug-free workplace and equal opportunity employment. This position is located in Roanoke, VA.