Job Description

Make a Difference in Someone’s Life!

At Monarch, we work together to provide life-changing care in communities across North Carolina and Rhode Island. As a team, we provide hope, promote wellness, and empower individuals and families impacted by mental illness, substance use disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and traumatic brain injury.

You Belong at Monarch

You deserve a positive and encouraging work environment - a place where you can do your best work and grow as a professional. That is just what you’ll find at Monarch. Here, we care for people, including our team members. We offer a comprehensive, competitive benefits package that supports full-time and part-time team members and their families. More than just a job, this opportunity with Monarch will give you room to spread your wings and grow because we believe in promoting from within and developing future leaders.

Job Highlights:

This Opportunity:

The ACTT Licensed Practical Nurse will assist and support individuals who are served in the development of skills, behaviors, responsibilities, and supports needed to live, learn, work and be integrated into the community with the greatest possible degree of self-determination and independence. This person will provide nursing services including administration and monitoring of medication, nursing assessments and interventions.

What You'll Do:

•    Deliver nursing services, case management services, and supportive counseling, under the supervision of a registered nurse, to the individuals served by the Assertive Community Treatment Team.
•    Provide medication monitoring, medication administration and medication education.
•    Review laboratory values and report to team psychiatrist.
•    Evaluate physical health and make appropriate referrals to community physicians.
•    Order and monitor medical supplies.
•    Evaluate potential bloodborne pathogen exposure incidents.
•    Link individuals with the Assertive Community Treatment Team psychiatrist.
•    Facilitate training of independent living skills, establish access to community services and agencies, assist individuals in establishing support networks in the community and assess individual needs on a daily basis.
•    Coordinate services with the program, staff, inpatient facilities, and detoxification facilities and establish linkage to residential programs, self-help programs and community resources.
•    Review treatment progress and monitor and provide continuous consultation with other Assertive Community Treatment Team staff and community agencies to ensure the consistent therapeutic management of the individual’s needs.
•    Act as liaison with the program after hours staff on a daily basis through exchange of participant information; briefly detailing the presenting problem and after hours plans for the individuals being served by the Assertive Community Treatment Team.

•    Meet regularly with the other Assertive Community Treatment Team members to formulate and disseminate information and be available by telephone and/or pager.
•    Complete an intake assessment including: medical history, general physical condition, alcohol and drug histories and current use, educational issues, family structure and relationships, vocational history and goals, legal history and issues, psychiatric history (including, onset, course, effect of illness, treatment history, medication history risk behaviors).
•    Ensure immediate and appropriate interventions are provided in response to changes in mental status which may put individual at risk.
•    Document participant activities consistent with the service records manual. Write an event note that reflects participant activities, goals, interventions, and outcomes.
•    Develop service plans and/or person-centered plans as appropriate, and screen referrals in coordination with the other Assertive Community Treatment Team members.
•    Meet regularly to review the total caseload, problem-solve, develop plans, and determine daily duty assignments.
•    Attend and actively participate in meetings and training as required. Maintain certification in all agency, state and federal training requirements.
•    Demonstrate knowledge of and comply with all agency policies and procedures, as well as state and federal statutes and regulations related to specific program areas.
•    Follow service definition guidelines for services being provided.
•    Driving and travel may be required.

Education We're Looking For:

Associates: Nursing, High School Diploma (Required)

Certifications We're Looking For:

Drivers License (Valid) - USA, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - State Board of Nursing

Experience We're Looking For:

Experience working with adults with mental illness, Nursing Experience

Schedule:

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

Target Weekly Hours:

40

Monarch is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Monarch offers opportunities as diverse as the people we support and the communities we serve. Monarch is an equal opportunity employer and we are firmly committed to supporting and celebrating all forms of diversity. 

Monarch does not accept paper applications. Any person with a disability who needs any reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to apply for a position or otherwise to participate in Monarch job search or selection process, should contact HR@MonarchNC.org or call (704) 986-1550.

This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed. You will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties and responsibilities upon the request of a supervisor. This job description is subject to revision at the discretion of Monarch.