RN Outpatient, Children's Outpatient

Job description

Overview Children's Outpatient Services provides treatment for children and adolescents and their families and is intended to improve and maintain a child’s or an adolescent’s stability in the community. Treatment focuses on problem resolution, symptom reduction, stabilization and/or prevention of movement to a higher level of care. Services include individual, family and group therapy, medication evaluation and management, case management, in home intervention, case consultation and summer day treatment services. The type of treatment is highly variable and depends upon the individual’s existing symptoms and developmental level. Responsibilities: Primary Job Functions: Clinical Responsibilities: - Assists with the completion of the assessment process for consumers including but not limited to the following: Medical Checklist/Physical Health/Nursing screening, Consumer/Family Education screening, Medication Checklist, Medication List, Suboxone assessment, height/weight, AIMS and vital signs as applicable. - Administers medications, observing the Six Rights of medication administration - Provides education regarding consumer’s psychiatric illness. - Provides medication education for...