RN Adolescent Behavioral Health

At SummitStone Health Partners, we are seeking a skilled Registered Nurse to join our team in the Adolescent Crisis Stabilization Unit. This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of adolescents and their families.

Job Summary:

As a RN Adolescent Behavioral Health, you will provide specialized nursing care to adolescents 12-17 with mental health disorders, emotional challenges, or behavioral issues. You will work closely with a multidisciplinary team to assess, treat, and support young patients in managing conditions like depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, patients in crisis, schizophrenia, substance use, or trauma-related disorders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide clinical assessment and problem identification, crisis interventions, documents significant interactions, and maintains clinical charts and other reporting data.
• Administer medication and then evaluates and monitors clients for medication side effects.
• Coordinates, consults, and problem solves medical care and intervention with other team members and providers.
• Develops, implements, and maintains a medication administration system.
• Will screen and evaluate lab reports and refer abnormalities to the provider.
• Audits medications, destruction of medications and MARS according to state regulations.
• Educates clients and consumers on medications.
• Documents progress notes on therapy and medications and reports medication errors.

Requirements:

• Unencumbered Colorado license as a registered nurse.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience specific with adolescents preferred.
• 1-year experience in a behavioral health setting.
• Bilingual/bi-cultural preferred.

Salary : $40,320 - $85,920