Job description

Overview: $79,000 - $81,000
PLUS $5,000 Sign-on Bonus
Monday – Friday; 8:00 am – 4:30 pm

Trilogy is seeking a full-time Behavioral Health Nurse to join our team. We are looking for an individual who is caring and compassionate, has a solution-focused mindset, excellent communication skills, and is an advocate for the wellbeing of patients. In addition, the ideal candidate is adaptable to meet needs of clients/population, and has an eye for detail. Trilogy provides our nurses with excellent benefits, flexible schedules, supervision, support, and amazing team collaboration.
Responsibilities:

• Make preliminary assessments of clients’ health problems based on medical history and diagnostic results and prioritize for medical attention.
• Address health needs of clients with serious mental illness and substance use disorders; i.e. administer specified medications, including long-acting injectable antipsychotics, obtain vital signs, point-of-care testing (POCT), GeneSight specimens for genetic testing, and document in the electronic health record
• Collaborate with clinical and non-clinical staff on client care plans and ensure quality standards are met. Evaluate effectiveness, monitor progress, and effect change as needed.
• Attend daily ACT meetings to provide updates to team on client’s current needs
• Attend agency wide nursing meetings as scheduled
• Ensure clients and staff have opportunities to receive further education related to client’s individualized health needs and medications prescribed
• Attend to medication reconciliations and updates on MAR (Medication Administration Record) accordingly
• Serve as an advocate for clients, linking them to needed community services related to medical necessity; assess client’s personal, medical, social, emotional, and environmental situation to plan for linkage and treatment course
• Assist in transporting clients in the community to medical appointments when necessary
• Provide individually-based motivational treatment to clients to assist them in their recovery from mental illness
• Provide client-centered and trauma-informed services to clients with severe mental illness and co-occurring substance abuse/addiction disorders.
• Potential for occasional phone availability off hours or on weekends to answer questions from staff on the team about specific clients that the nurse has a direct working relationship with to help give direction.
• Perform other related duties and/or projects that may be assigned to support the agency as a whole

Qualifications:

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Must have received or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccination and booster by the date of hire to be considered. Proof of vaccination required.

• Associate degree in Nursing required; Bachelor’s/Master’s preferred
• Current Registered Nurse license in the State of Illinois.
• Active Basic Life Support (BLS) or Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification required
• Valid Illinois driver’s license with daily access to a well-maintained vehicle with $100,000/$300,000 liability insurance
• Experience working with people with serious mental illness and medical comorbidities preferred
• Experience in care coordination highly preferred

Location: 2251 E. 73rd St., Chicago, IL 60649

Job Type: Full-time

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