Nurse - REACH
Community Counseling Solutions·Hermiston, Oregon
Community Counseling Solutions·Hermiston, Oregon
The nurse provides mental health nursing care, medication oversight, and treatment to clients at the REACH facility. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, leading therapy sessions, and providing 24-hour emergency crisis intervention services.
Hiring Bonus Available until 10/31/26! $4,950 for .9FTE and $1,650 for .3FTE Community Counseling Solutions provides a team-based Servant Leadership environment! Located in Eastern Oregon with year-round recreation based near the Columbia River and at the base of the Blue Mountains. Big city amenities in rural family-oriented communities.
Apply Directly at https://ccswebsite.org/employment/ Our mission is to provide dynamic, progressive, and diverse supports to improve the well-being of our communities and we’re looking for motivated employees to help us continue our vision! CCS has a benefit package including, but not limited to: Health, dental and vision insurance 6% initial 401K match Potential for tuition reimbursement Generous paid vacation, floating holiday, mental health days, etc. Paid holidays Relocation Benefit of up to $4,000 if moving over 100 miles, $ depending on distance Student loan forgiveness Paid licensure supervision. Employee Assistance & Wellness Benefits
DESCRIPTION Provides mental health nursing care, medication oversight and treatment to clients of the REACH Facility. Promotes recovery from mental illness.
SUPERVISION Supervision Received This position is supervised by the facility administrator. Supervision Exercised This position does exercise any formal supervision.
Administers oral medications and hypodermic injections, following physician’s prescriptions and procedures. Takes and records measures of patient’s general physical condition such as pulse, temperature and respiration to provide daily information. Observes patients to detect behavior patterns and reports observations to medical staff. Leads prescribed individual, group therapy and/or education sessions as part of specific therapeutic procedures. Contact patient’s relative by telephone to arrange family conferences. Issues medications from dispensary and maintains records in accordance with specified procedures. Educates staff and patients about personal hygiene such as bathing and keeping beds, clothing and living areas clean. Educates and trains staff on medication administration, ensures documentation is kept according to policies. Must report all abuse to appropriate legal office, complete all necessary paperwork and investigations, and develop safety plans as required. Actively participate in joint case planning and coordination with agency employees and relevant agency contractors. Act as a liaison between clients and other agencies. Act as a client advocate when appropriate. Provide after-hours emergency services on a 24-hour, rotating basis to adults. This includes telephone consultation and crisis intervention in the community and facility. Complete all paperwork in a way that is professional, clinically sound, and timely as prescribed by the OAR’s and other pertinent guidelines. Required to ensure that all paperwork is present, and/or the client record is well maintained. Participates in seclusion and restraint practices, as necessary. Conducts various assessments, as needed. Other duties as assigned.
Requirements: Qualfications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.
Education and Experience Be registered with the State of Oregon as a registered nurse (RN). Be in good standing with the Oregon Board of Nursing. Individual must be able to pass a criminal history background check. Preference given to individuals who have worked with individuals who have mental illnesses in a residential or psychiatric hospital setting.
PERSONAL AUTO INSURANCE Must hold a valid driver’s license as well as personal auto insurance for privately owned vehicles utilized for CCS business such as client service purposes, travel between business offices and the community, to attend required meetings and trainings. Must show proof of $300,000 or more liability coverage for bodily injury and $100,000 or more in property damage and maintain said level of coverage for the duration of employment at CCS. The employee’s insurance is primary with CCS insurance being secondary. CCS reserves the right to deny any employee the use of a vehicle owned by CCS.
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 use hands to finger, handle, smell or feel.
The employee frequently is required to stand, walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance.
The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.
WORK ENVIRONMENT Work is performed in an office/home environment as well as in the community.
The noise level in the office environment is usually moderate, but occasionally one may be exposed to loud noises.
The noise in the community, including the homes of customers, is often difficult to predict.
Occasional out of area travel and overnight stays will be required for attendance at meetings and/or training.
However, the employee also will be required to work in the community.
Handicap access may not be available at all places where this position must go.
There are some situations where this position may be required to respond to environments where a client is in crisis.
The environments in these situations are difficult to predict and may be in uneven terrain.
This position exposes the employee to the everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as an office or home environment.
Market context
In Oregon, nursing roles are typically in steady demand across hospitals, clinics, and long-term care settings, especially for candidates with acute-care experience and current licensure. These positions can be competitive because employers often look for an accredited nursing degree, an active RN license, BLS certification, and prior experience, with added value for those who can complete NIH Stroke Scale certification quickly. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save research time, then confirm your license status and prepare examples of recent patient-care experience before applying.
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