REACH Registered Nurse (RN)-Adult CTH ** **
Richmond, VA
General
Posted Jun 19
- Unit
- Psych
What the listing says
Role
- Term
- Permanent
- Accepts
- RN
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About this role
The Richmond Behavioral Health Authority is seeing a full time Registered Nurse (RN) to join our REACH Adult CTH Team. The successful candidate will perform difficult skilled human support and administrative work administering daily medications, providing daily medical assessments, ordering medications, managing medication administration records, transcribing doctor’s orders, drawing blood, documenting activities, attending clinical staffing and training meetings, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the supervision of the REACH Nurse Supervisor.
Essential Functions
Admits clients to the program; obtains physician orders; orders medications; collaborates with pharmacy; transcribes orders.
Administers medications both intramuscularly and orally.
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Completes medically related assessments including taking vital signs.
Conducts comprehensive medical and psychiatric review for REACH clients; provides individual assessments.
Provides and distributes a daily update for all assigned cases.
Facilitates psycho-educational groups for patients.
May perform urine drug screens; labels specimens via computer printout; administers and interprets TB tests; monitors and tracks lab results.
Maintains thorough documentation of daily activities including nursing and treatment services.
Attends and participates on treatment team; attends staff meetings as required.
Coordinates, schedules and ensures appropriate level of nursing services to clients to include monitoring, administration and documentation of injections, vena punctures and other nursing services; collaborates with treatment providers.
Schedules lab tests, injections and electrocardiograms; reschedules appointments missed by clients with case manager.
Responds to medical emergency situations and calls emergency medical services for consumers and staff when warranted.
Enters data into computer database for new clients; updates client data when needed; researches client information/insurance status.
Refers clients to resources in the community for housing, dental clinics, NA and AA groups, food pantry, health clinics, primary care physicians, library for research or computer use, etc.
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Requirements
- RN
Benefits
- Sign-on bonus
Place
- City
- Richmond, VA
- Median rent
- $1,372/mo
- Local household income
- $64,587/yr
- Metro price level
- 2% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Richmond area index 97.9, where 100 is the national average.
Richmond blends Civil War history with a growing arts scene and James River outdoor access. Virginia's capital offers a manageable pace, respected hospital systems, and neighborhoods like Carytown and the Fan District that give nurses a grounded, livable feel between shifts.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities.
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About the employer
Richmond Behavioral Health (RBH) is a community behavioral health organization in Richmond, Virginia, operating through two entities: Richmond Behavioral Health Authority (RBHA), a community health agency, and Richmond Behavioral Health Foundation (RBHF), a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. RBHA provides crisis intervention,…
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Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
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