Registered Nurse (NOLA ACT)

About Start Corporation

Start Corporation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1984. Our Mission is to promote opportunities, which enhance the self-sufficiency of people to empower them to live and function independently.

Job Description

We are hiring for a RN to provide nursing services on a multi-disciplinary team that services individuals with severe and persistent mental illnesses in their homes and community

Minimum Requirements

• License to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Louisiana (required) 
• Be over 18 years of age (required) 
• Possess a valid driver’s license (required) 
• Prior psychiatric nursing experience (preferred)
• No restrictions or adverse actions that would disqualify for Medicaid or other billing (required)

Core Competencies

• Communicates respectfully and effectively and establishes professional relationships through active listening and demonstration of empathy and positive regard. 
• Promotes recovery, independence, and personal choice for participants. 
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge of primary and behavioral health symptoms, diagnoses, interventions, and impact. 
• Maintains professional boundaries and operates within agency / ethical guidelines. 
• Knowledge of agency and community resources and referral processes.

Job Duties / Skills Required 

• Participates as part of a multidisciplinary team providing services for primary and behavioral health care to clients according to the scope of licensure. 
• Conducts themselves with a manner of professionalism that is conducive to patient care in an organized and efficient manner. 
• Provides nursing care within scope of practice that is patient centered and individualized and utilizes the nursing process of assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating. 
• Draws and obtains laboratory specimens for appropriate testing. 
• Administers medications, and injections in home and communities. 
• Conducts a wide range of healthcare screenings/ assessments. 
• Assists clients in identifying strengths, needs, and realistic goals to develop a treatment plan. 
• Accurately identifies risk and responds appropriately, and provides consultation to peers regarding high-risk situations and appropriate interventions. 
• Consults with LPNs and APRNs. 
• Participates in setting treatment plan goals/objectives. 
• Interviews clients, families, etc. and completes assessments and other clinical documentation.

Benefits include: Medical, dental, and vision insurance; disability and life insurance; paid time off; 13 paid holidays per year for regular full-time employees; and a 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching.