Psychiatric Registered Nurse

Yamhill County has one regular full-time position for a Psychiatric Registered Nurse 2 to provide nursing services for Community Support Services – Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and Early Assessment Support Alliance (EASA) programs. The person in this position may provide both general and special nursing services for individuals with serious mental illness emphasizing medication administration and monitoring, medication skills training, medical case management, health prevention and promotion, working with pharmacies, setting up accounts for free medication services, giving injections, and tracking, documenting, and coordinating with physicians as needed.

Duties and responsibilities of this position will primarily be carried out in the community and involve work with evidence-based models including EASA and ACT.

• The Benefits:

Yamhill County offers generous employee benefits:

• 15 paid holidays per year.
• 19.5 days of Flexible Earned Time (FET) accrual in the first year (based on an 8-hr day).
• PERS (Public Employee Retirement System) - 100% employer funded contributions.
• Full health benefit offerings with employee premiums starting as low as $70.18/month for PPA or $0/month for HMO during current plan year .

Additional benefits for HHS employees:

• $750 and 40 hours of paid time annually for professional development/training.
• $200 annually toward required license and/or certification fees.
• HRSA/NHSC approved site with many loan repayment opportunities available.
• Qualifying employer for public service student loan forgiveness.
• Most positions are eligible to accrue overtime.

* Subject to the AFSCME Collective Bargaining Agreement (7/1/2023 – 6/30/2026).

• Minimum of two (2) years’ experience as a registered nurse.
• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and possession of a current license to practice as a registered nurse in the State of Oregon.
• A bachelor’s degree in nursing is preferred.
• Any satisfactory combination of experience and training which ensures the ability to perform the work may substitute for the above.

The successful candidates must have a working knowledge of techniques specifically related to community mental health services and the following abilities: to understand the behavior of people under stress; to develop and maintain effective cooperative relationships with clients and their families, the community, physicians, and public and private administrators; to interpret community mental health and chemical dependency services, and to prepare concise and complete client treatment and progress records.

Typing and computer proficiency are required for collaborative documentation. Additionally, the successful candidates will have excellent communication skills, and will be dependable, organized, self-directed, detail-oriented, and possess the ability to work in a team environment and to interact with co-workers, clients, and the public in a courteous, professional manner.

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of this classification with or without accommodation.

In order to qualify for most HHS positions, applicants:

Must not be excluded from participation in federal health care programs (Medicaid, Medicare, and other federally funded programs that provide health benefits); and

Must not be excluded from participation in federal procurement (Federal Acquisition Regulation) and non-procurement activities (Executive Order No. 12549).

Yamhill County has approximately 109,000 residents and is a very desirable place to live in the heart of the Willamette Valley wine country. Yamhill County is home to Linfield University and Chemeketa Community College in McMinnville and George Fox University and Portland Community College in Newberg. Yamhill County is centrally located in the Willamette Valley, within close proximity to the Oregon Coast, the Portland and Salem metropolitan areas, and the Oregon Cascade Mountains.

Wide varieties of indoor and outdoor recreation opportunities are available. We have the benefits, appeal and superior quality of life found in a small-town community, while enjoying active social and cultural lifestyles…