Nurse (RN/LPN) - Medication Assisted Treatment

Join our mission to help individuals with mental illness and addictions to lead healthy and productive lives. Greater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services (GCBHS) has an immediate opening for a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Registered Nurse (RN) in our medication assisted treatment program to provide nursing services to adults experiencing substance use disorder in Cincinnati.

Why Work at GCBHS? As the region's most comprehensive community behavioral healthcare organization, GCB seeks to make life better and brighter for those challenged with severe mental illness and addiction. Specifically, GCB is a non-profit behavioral health agency with over 650 staff serving over 30,000 persons annually.

Benefits

• Boost your earning potential - we offer Productivity Bonuses up to $50 an hour!
• Did you know you could earn up to $20,000 in state-funded bonuses? Ask our team for more information about Ohio's State-Sponsored Workforce Initiatives!
• Flexible work schedules with mileage reimbursement
• Reimbursement for licensure renewal
• Paid Time Off and Sick Time (accrued separately)
• Public Student Loan Forgiveness
• Tuition Assistance ( Up to $2,500 per semester )
• Comprehensive health insurance (dental/vision)
• 403(b) Retirement with agency matching
• Eligibility for discretionary annual incentive bonus
• Professional development opportunities and no cost to you CEU's

Position Summary for RN:

1. Provides direct nursing care in accordance with the Ohio Board of Nursing and established GCB policies, procedures, and protocols in a medication assisted treatment program serving individuals with substance use disorders.
2. Follows the steps in the nursing process to implement and monitor a holistic plan of care for behavioral health patients, including patients with substance use disorders. The GCB nurse may serve as a coordinator in collaboration with other disciplines for purposes of coordination of patient care issues.
3. Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition and carries out physician and nursing orders.

Position Responsibilities for LPN:

1. Perform duties under the direction of the medical prescribers, psychiatric prescribers and/or RN.
2. These duties include but are not limited to; vital signs, phlebotomy, point-of-care labs and testing, vaccinations and psychiatric medication administration.
3. Prepare clients and assist physicians with patient exams and/or treatment - obtain vital signs, draw laboratory specimens.
4. Provide education and training to staff, family members and other significant patient supports related to illness, disease, and medications.

Requirements:

• Licensure by the Ohio Board of Nursing as a Registered Nurse or a Licensed Practical Nurse is required.
• Experience in working with individuals who have substance use disorders and/or co-occurring disorders is preferred but not required (Selected candidate must be open to training)