RN - ACT Team

Why Prairie Ridge?

At Prairie Ridge Integrated Behavioral Healthcare, our mission is to empower individuals to live healthy, purpose-filled lives on their terms. We believe in the potential of every person and recognize that meaningful care starts with understanding their experiences, strengths, and goals. Through personalized, whole-person care, we help individuals build the skills, connections, and support they need to move forward.

Our work is guided by five core values: Unyielding Empowerment, Relentless Resiliency, Inspirational Integrity, Active Accountability, and Radical Respect. These values shape how we care for the people we serve, work alongside one another, and connect with our communities. We value the different experiences and perspectives each team member brings and the collaboration it takes to provide thoughtful, coordinated care.

As part of our new Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team serving the Marshalltown area, you’ll have the opportunity to help build something meaningful from the beginning. You’ll work alongside colleagues from different professional backgrounds to bring treatment and practical support directly to individuals in their everyday lives, helping them work toward greater stability, independence, and the goals that matter to them.

What Is the ACT Team?

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a team-based approach to supporting adults living with serious and persistent mental illness. The team brings treatment and practical support into people’s homes and community settings, helping them manage symptoms, navigate challenges, and work toward their personal goals. Team members from different professional backgrounds work closely together to provide coordinated, individualized care.

As the RN, you will help individuals living with serious mental illness understand and manage their physical and behavioral health needs. You’ll provide nursing assessments, medication management and administration, health education, and coordination with medical and behavioral health providers. Your work will also include supporting preventive care, laboratory testing, and hospital discharge planning. You’ll provide services in office and community settings, transport individuals as needed, and participate in the team’s on-call rotation.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Coordination with Primary Care Physicians, Pediatricians, Psychiatrists and other medical or mental health treatment providers.
2. Performance of nursing assessments, development of the nursing care plan, and participation in the evaluation of nursing care.
3. Make recommendations on interventions and provide education and awareness for preventive care and health promotion.
4. Engage member and/or caretaker on alternatives to emergency or hospital care.
5. Participate in hospital discharge process.
6. Participation in the team on-call rotation
7. Perform medication reconciliation and aid with medication, treatment management and adherence, including administering oral and IM medications as needed.
8. Facilitate laboratory testing needs of patients.
9. Facilitate completion of a medical history and physical examination in accordance with licensure standard 3.21(16). Maintain record keeping of these activities.
10. Attend staff consultation, supervision and training activities.
11. Treat all individuals with dignity and respect while maintaining agency standards of confidentiality, professionalism, and objectivity. 
12. Maintain all HIPAA and 42 CFR confidentiality requirements and regulations as outlined in CARF policies and procedures.
13. Comply with agency policies, procedures, and regulatory standards.
14. All other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED FOR POSITION

1. Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred; must have a valid Iowa license as a Registered Nurse.
2. A minimum of two years work experience as an RN in a healthcare setting with experience occurring in a mental health treatment setting preferred.
3. Knowledge of psychotropic medications and DSM-V.
4. Supportive of the mission of Prairie Ridge and the patients we serve.
5. Proficiency in oral and written communication skills, as well as documentation requirements.
6. Technology skills allowing for proficiency in use of electronic health record.
7. Must possess a valid driver’s license, have reliable transportation, and maintain automobile insurance that meets agency requirements.
8. Travel is required as part of this community-based position, including transporting patients as part of job responsibilities.
9. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate equipment and technology. The position requires mobility sufficient to provide services in office and community-based settings, including entering and exiting vehicles and navigating a variety of home and community environments.
10. The employee must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close and distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.