Psychiatry Nurse - Temporary

The Nurse, Psychiatry provides patient-centered, trauma-informed support for patients with mental illness and co-occurring substance abuse/addiction disorders. They are a patient advocate: coordinates care and links patients to needed services; assess patient's personal, medical, social, emotional and environmental situation; provides motivational support in treatment and therapy.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

* Assists the health center manager and provider with daily flow of patients in the health center, such as walk-in/phone triage, non-urgent patient calls, medication management and refills

* Performs patient assessment including physical and psychosocial status; collaborates with provider for treatment plan.

* Assesses health literacy of patients and families, providing appropriate, ongoing support and well-being.

* Coordinates the delivery and support of health care plan to patients, family members, guardians and appropriate care-team members.

* Evaluates patient's response to interventions and collaborates with care team to revise goals, objectives and interventions appropriate to changes in the patient's status. Coordinates transitions in care. Works with behavioral health team providing oversight in the coordination of referrals and reports.

* Communicates and collaborates clearly and effectively with program operations to enhance patient centered care as needed.

* Completes all documentation accurately thoroughly and within deadline. Participates in development of quality targets and measures and gathers reports and data..

* Supports Medical Assistants with training, ongoing development and clinical support, as needed.

* Performs nurse visits for medication management, patient education, vaccines and/or other assessments and interventions treatments as needed.

* Performs other duties in the clinic per competency and/or as assigned, some examples include:

* Group education

* Point of care testing

* Medication Safety Surveillance

* Annual staff competency assistance

* Walk-in and phone triage

* Assistance with overall health center nurse coverage, as directed by the manager

Qualifications:

* Education and/or

Experience:

Active Illinois Registered Nurse License and CPR certification required prior to hire date. BSN preferred. RN with a Bachelors in a related field also desirable. Preference given to persons who have one or more years of experience in behavioral health nursing, social services and/or other related populations.

* Community Health Nursing: experience in a community health setting is desirable

* Communication

Skills:

Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as Compassionate listening skills.

* Analytical

Skills:

Ability to read and interpret documents.

* Problem Solving:
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

* Travel:
This position may require work at multiple work locations throughout the Chicagoland area.

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

* While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.

* The employee is regularly required to sit, stand and walk.

* The employee is regularly required to use hands to key, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.

* The employee is regularly required to bend, kneel and squat.

* The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

* Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

* The noise in the work environment is moderate.

This is a temporary role expected to end on 4/11/2026.

Benefits:
Tapestry 360 Health offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, dental insurance, retirement savings plans, paid time off, continuing education support and eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

Pay Transparency:
The salary range for this position is $45 per hour.

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EEO Statement

Tapestry 360 Health is an equal opportunity employer. We make employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, veteran or military status, marital or parental status, arrest or conviction record (as permitted by law), receipt of an order of protection, use of protected leave (including FMLA and VESSA), or any other status protected by applicable law.

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