Advance Practice Registered Nurse - Psychiatric
Apply NowCompany: Valley Health Systems
Location: Springfield, MA 01109
Description:
Join our team here at River Valley Counseling Center, Inc.!
We are hiring a Psychiatric Advanced Practice Registered Nurse!
About Us:
At River Valley Counseling Center, Inc. (RVCC), our mission is to improve the health and well-being of every person in our community. We provide expert, compassionate care grounded in honesty, respect, and dignity. Through collaboration, innovation, and education, we inspire hope and empower positive change in those we serve.
We are committed to being responsible stewards of our resources, ensuring efficient and cost-effective care for all.
Position Summary:
This role involves providing clinically competent, coordinated care that respects each client's dignity, autonomy, and independent decision-making. It includes completing timely and accurate documentation, incorporating comprehensive, age-appropriate assessments that address biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, and educational needs to support holistic and individualized client care.
Key Responsibilities:
Required:
Preferred:
Summary of Benefits:
Based on years of experience, level of education, specialty and licensure/certifications
River Valley Counseling Center, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
If you're passionate about helping others and want to be part of a team that values integrity, compassion, and innovation - we'd love to hear from you!
Posting remains open until filled.
For internal purposes only: Hot Job Referral
We are hiring a Psychiatric Advanced Practice Registered Nurse!
About Us:
At River Valley Counseling Center, Inc. (RVCC), our mission is to improve the health and well-being of every person in our community. We provide expert, compassionate care grounded in honesty, respect, and dignity. Through collaboration, innovation, and education, we inspire hope and empower positive change in those we serve.
We are committed to being responsible stewards of our resources, ensuring efficient and cost-effective care for all.
Position Summary:
This role involves providing clinically competent, coordinated care that respects each client's dignity, autonomy, and independent decision-making. It includes completing timely and accurate documentation, incorporating comprehensive, age-appropriate assessments that address biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, and educational needs to support holistic and individualized client care.
Key Responsibilities:
- To competently and clinically coordinate and provide client care in a manner that respects the client's dignity, autonomy, and independent decision-making.
- To initiate and/or complete required documentation in a timely, systematic, accurate form; to include age-related assessment of biophysical, psycho-social, environmental, self-care, age-specific, and educational factors
- To participate actively in the quality improvement process and incorporate quality improvement findings into clinical proactive and coordination of client care in the department. To also be involved in any administrative meetings as a representative of the medical staff.
- To develop/initiate or assist in developing/initiating the treatment plan for each assigned client within appropriate timeframes, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary treatment team.
Required:
- Education Level - Master of Science in Nursing
- Years of Experience - Five or more years' experience as a clinical nurse specialist; experience working with chronically mentally ill populations required
- Licensing - Current DEA Controlled Substance Registration; current Controlled Substance Registration within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; current certification as a Clinical Specialist in Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing from the American Nurses Credentialing Certification.
Skills/Abilities - Excellent verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal skills; crisis intervention skills; organizational skills; attention to detail; computer skills; good customer relations skills; knowledge of legal and ethical issues pertaining to the profession.
Preferred:
- Experience or desire to work with pediatric patients and bilingual (Spanish/English) ability a plus.
- A supportive, mission-driven work environment
- Opportunities for professional development and continuing education
- Competitive benefits package
- Collaboration with a compassionate, multidisciplinary team
- The chance to make a real difference in our communities
Summary of Benefits:
- Salary Range: $90.00 - $100.00 / hour
Based on years of experience, level of education, specialty and licensure/certifications
- Hiring Bonus: $5,000
- Generous time off benefits for eligible positions
- Exclusive employee discounts
- Excellent and affordable insurance including health, vision, dental and pet insurance
- Free access to VHS Fitness & Relaxation center
- Mileage reimbursement
- 403b match
- CEU reimbursement up to $1,000 per year
- Tuition reimbursement up to $7,000 per year
- Retention Payments offered to APRN, licensed and licensed eligible clinicians!
River Valley Counseling Center, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
If you're passionate about helping others and want to be part of a team that values integrity, compassion, and innovation - we'd love to hear from you!
Posting remains open until filled.
For internal purposes only: Hot Job Referral