Registered Nurse – Union & Passaic, NJ $5000 Sign on Bonus

Work for a company that cares about you!

Salary Range: $80,000-$90,000

Work hours Full time 40 hours Professional

Bridgeway is offering a $5,000 incremental sign-on bonus for Registered Nurse

Who we are: Bridgeway values and promotes quality clinical and administrative practices to foster the best outcomes for persons who come to us for behavioral healthcare. We offer a work environment that supports teamwork, creativity, innovation, professional growth and dedication to the work. At Bridgeway, we never stop growing and innovating our vision of behavioral healthcare for the future.

Why you should apply: As a Bridgeway Registered Nurse you will experience the joy of helping people thrive in their community. You will Join an evidence-based program and a dynamic team for the opportunity to learn and refine your nursing and engagement skills and accomplish your dream of helping people to make progress on their unique recovery journeys. The work is sometimes challenging and always rewarding by engaging with persons we serve and co-workers as we all learn, grow, and thrive. PACT: Program of Assertive Community Treatment.

POSITION OVERVIEW: Registered Nurses on PACT teams are critical to the success of the people served by Bridgeway. RNs provide nursing assessment, direct-support services, and primary health screening to individuals whose goals include recovery from mental illness and substance use conditions. PACT RNs use their skills to provide leadership, support, and education to other team members in nursing/medical treatment and health care. Registered Nurses are an essential part of a multi-disciplinary team working together to provide individuals the tools to become and remain stable and healthy in the community. PACT RNs receive ongoing training, and supportive supervision as they deliver evidence-based interventions, and wrap-around services.

Roles and Responsibilities of the Substance Registered Nurse

• Completes nursing assessments and participates with the team in the development of the comprehensive assessment and individualized recovery plan providing knowledge and expertise from the nursing discipline
• Delivers direct care to individuals: mental and physical health education, community living skill training and supportive counseling in the home and other natural environments to people served and significant others, often focusing on psychiatric medication benefits and side-effects, and physical health
• Administers prescribed medications and injections in-home as necessary
• Assesses individuals’ daily living skills, and teach individuals needed health and wellness skills in the home

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associate or Bachelor degree in nursing, Bachelor degree preferred
• Minimum of one-year experience working with persons with serious and persistent mental illness

Benefits:

• Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 403b, basic life and AD&D, flexible spending accounts, EAP
• Eligible for Medical Benefits after 30 days of employment Health
• Flexible work schedules, clinical training series, leadership development program
• 10 paid holidays (an 11th after 2 years of employment), generous vacation and sick time