Travel registered nurse Jobs in New Bedford, MA

Registered Nurse

Elwyn Adult Behavioral Health Services (formerly Fellowship Health Resources) fosters hope and recovery. Since 1852, Elwyn provides behavioral health services to improve the quality of life for individuals living with mental illness and addictions, serving over 7,000 individuals across 6 states. The cornerstone of our success is Elwyn's deep and longstanding commitment to the principles of recovery and the inclusion of peers in the recovery

Join the Elwyn Team - As the Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) Program Nurse , you are a member of a multidisciplinary team, utilizing your nursing skill and experience to assess, plan, develop, coordinate, and provide treatment, rehabilitation, and support services to (PACT) clients under the clinical supervision of the team leader and the prescriber. A team member equally shares the responsibility to perform various activities and interventions that support (PACT) clients in the community.

36- $42 per hour

5000 sign on bonus

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Integrates the Prism Model for effective treatment of serious and persistent mental illness into everyday practice and intervention.
• Provides person-centered, strength-based, trauma-informed care
• Ensures that clients receive effective, understandable, and respectful care that is provided in a manner compatible with client's cultural beliefs and practices and preferred language
• Carries out medical functions, including essential health and medical assessment and education; coordination of health care providing clients in the community; psychiatric medical assessment, treatment, and education; and psychotropic medication administration
• Acts as a lead nurse, when designated by the team leader, provides nursing supervision to the team.
• As assigned, designated as the assigned 'medication nurse' for the day.

Being available to administer medication

Under the direction of the team prescriber, and in collaboration with other registered nurses on the team, develop, revise, maintain, and supervise team psychopharmacologic and medical treatment and medication policies and procedures, including transcribing, administering, evaluating, and recording medications prescribed by the team prescriber; assess and document medication effectiveness, complications, and side effects; and arrange for required labs according to protocol.

QUALIFICATIONS, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE :

Relevant Post-job Offer Testing / Conditions

Why You Should Join Elwyn :

We are committed as an organization to creating the best workplace experience for our employees and ensuring those that care for our clients are cared for. Elwyn offers a generous benefits package to all employees starting 30 days from the date of hire including health insurance through Aetna as well as free to low-cost dental and vision coverage to employees and their dependents. Employees can also participate in a 403(b) program with a discretionary match contribution from Elwyn. We encourage excellence in the workplace with our "Making A Difference" employee recognition program which offers bonus compensation for those who go above and beyond in the workplace. Elwyn invests in its employees through a generous Tuition Reimbursement Program as well as a master's degree incentive available to all employees working 30 or more hours weekly.

Elwyn reserves the right to revise or change job duties and responsibilities as needed. This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive statement of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor does it constitute a written or implied contract.

Elwyn is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and identity, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, genetic information, disability status, military, or veteran status, marital or family status, political activities or affiliations, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, and federal law.