Registered Nurse (RN)

WHY PRAIRIE RIDGE?

As a RN at Prairie Ridge, you’ll have the opportunity to use your clinical skills in a behavioral healthcare setting where your work directly supports patients and their overall care. You’ll work closely with psychiatric and medical providers, build relationships with patients, and play an important role in helping ensure their medical and medication needs are addressed throughout treatment.

Prairie Ridge offers a collaborative environment where your role goes beyond traditional clinical support. You’ll be part of an integrated team committed to providing compassionate, patient-centered care while making a meaningful difference in the lives of the individuals and communities we serve.

POSITION SUMMARY

The RN supports Prairie Ridge’s medical and psychiatric providers by providing direct patient care and assisting with the coordination of medical services. This position prepares patients for appointments, administers medications and injections as ordered, responds to patient medication questions and concerns, completes lab work and other clinical procedures, and maintains accurate documentation in the electronic health record.

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Treat all individuals with dignity and respect while maintaining agency standards of confidentiality, professionalism and objectivity.
• Prepare patients for the practitioners, including taking and documenting vitals, reviewing and updating current medications, and providing patients with and recording appropriate screening documents.
• Prepare the practitioner for the patient with pertinent information.
• Travel to satellite locations and prepare patients in those locations to be seen by practitioners when necessary.
• Fax/call in medications when requested by practitioner.
• Record all medications (current and prescribed) in patient chart.
• Respond to “nursing line” messages and answer phone calls.
• Communicate necessary information regarding patient medications with pharmacies.
• Complete any required public heath forms and mail them.
• Check staff mailbox in the copier room daily.
• Provide injections.
• Meet with drug representatives.
• Facilitate appropriate responses and documentation to the courts re: any patients on committal.
• Distributing and charting sample medications and maintaining inventory log.
• Facilitate and document urinalyses when lab technician is unavailable.
• Ongoing communication with practitioners regarding any patient concerns or needs.
• Clean exam rooms.
• Talk/meet with patients who present with medication problems and/or questions.
• Lab draws, when ordered.
• Documentation of medical information in electronic health record.
• Administer esketamine per practitioner’s orders
• All other duties as defined by supervisor.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Must be a Registered Nurse in the State of Iowa, in good standing.
• Two years’ experience in a clinic setting preferred.
• Supportive of the mission of Prairie Ridge and the patients we serve.
• Proficiency in oral and written communication skills, as well as documentation requirements.
• Technology skills allowing for proficiency in use of electronic health record.
• Ability to be flexible, organized, and functional under stressful situations.
• Valid driver’s license and insurance on vehicle
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is often required to stand, reach with hands and arms, and climb or balance.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Position is listed for fulltime but could be part-time!