Registered Nurse
Launch Your Nursing Career With Purpose
Are you wrapping up your nursing program or recently licensed and looking for a meaningful first step in your career? MBI Health Services is hiring passionate Registered Nurses who want to make a direct impact in behavioral health, community-based care, and recovery services across Washington, DC.
This is a great opportunity to grow your skills alongside a supportive interdisciplinary team, gain hands-on experience with diverse populations, and help individuals live healthier and more empowered lives. If you enjoy education, advocacy, and building trust with patients and families, you will feel right at home here.
Join a mission-driven organization where your voice matters, your ideas are valued, and your nursing foundation can grow into a long-term clinical career.
Everyday Responsibilities and Duties:
- Gather information about the patient's/client’s psychological, physiological, sociological, cultural and nutritional, and spiritual status through interviews with the patient, family, case manager, and/or designated power of attorney.
- Collaborates with a team to include patient/client, family, health care provider, ( medical or mental health) case/care manager, non –licensed staff to develop a person-centered plan of care of the patient/client
- Develops and implements educational plans and/or goals to assist the patient/client in achieving maximum health care benefits.
- Promotes and provides patient/client safety through established nursing care processes, the scope of service, and/or regulatory components to include medication storage, medication reconciliations, medication administration, and measuring medication compliance of the patient.
- Responds to and reports any changes in the patient’s/client’s condition in a timely manner, documenting any changes in the patient intervention and goals within 24 hours.
- Stays informed of state and federal regulations and compliance related to the nursing practice of designated work areas to include but not limited to: behavioral/mental health, developmental disabilities, youth services, home health care services.
- Documents nursing assessments and interventions utilizing the established electronic health record within 24 hours of patient/client interaction
- Provides follow up and feedback to the patient/client related to their health care concerns and problems
- Administer medication and treatments under the supervision and orders of the Physician and/or Nurse Practitioner and documents the administration and treatment immediately after rendering
- Provides the Physician and/or Nurse Practitioner with medical/nursing information related to patient’s clients’ response to medications and/or treatments to include but not limited to side effects of medications
- Advocates for the patient/client through the reporting and follow up on patient/client health care issues and concerns
- Assist the relevant MBI departments in developing, evaluating, and revising nursing policies and procedures
- Maintaining and facilitating HIPAA compliance/Privacy laws
- Supports MBI’s mission, vision, and value statement
- Other related duties and responsibilities
Qualifications:
- Graduate of an accredited/approved school of Nursing
- A minimum of 2 years of recent nursing experience as a licensed nurse in the relevant area to include: Mental/behavioral health, developmental disability, youth/adolescent services, working with the elderly, and/or home care experience
- Current license or eligibility RN licensure in DC
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Electronic Health Records experience ( preferred )