REGISTERED NURSE

❤️ Make an Impact Every Day to Improve Lives

Registered Nurse

Part-Time | Flexible Schedule | Starting at $35.00/Hour

Looking for More Than Just a Job?

At Alternative Consulting Enterprises (ACE), we're not just hiring employees—we're building a team of compassionate healthcare professionals dedicated to providing high-quality psychiatric care to children, adolescents, and adults.

If you're looking for a part-time opportunity where your clinical expertise can make a meaningful impact, we offer the support, collaboration, and professional environment you need to thrive while helping individuals improve their mental health and overall well-being.

Alternative Consulting Enterprises, an affiliate of Apis Services, Inc., provides comprehensive outpatient behavioral health services throughout Berks County, Pennsylvania. Our multidisciplinary team is committed to delivering compassionate, evidence-based care that empowers individuals and families every day.

When you join our team, you become part of an organization that values compassion, clinical excellence, collaboration, and a commitment to improving lives.

Why Join Our Team?

💰 Competitive Pay & Benefits

• Competitive Compensation

• DailyPay – Access Your Earned Wages Before Payday

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance - Available after 30 days of employment

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Paid Time Off

• Employee Assistance Program

• Wellness Programs

• Employee Referral Bonuses

• Company-Paid Training

🎓 Professional Growth & Development

• Work alongside experienced psychiatrists and behavioral health professionals
• Ongoing collaboration and clinical support
• Opportunities for continued professional growth
• Gain experience with a diverse patient population
• Build rewarding clinical experience in outpatient behavioral health

❤️ Meaningful Work That Matters

As a Registered Nurse at ACE, you'll have the opportunity to:

• Improve the lives of children, adolescents, and adults
• Deliver compassionate psychiatric care
• Support patients receiving long-acting injectable medication treatment
• Help patients achieve better mental health outcomes
• Promote medication adherence and continuity of care
• Make a lasting difference within a mission-driven organization

What You'll Do

As a Registered Nurse, you'll provide clinical nursing support within an outpatient psychiatric setting, with a primary focus on safe medication administration, patient monitoring, education, documentation, and coordination of care.

💉 Medication Administration & Patient Care

Your responsibilities include:

• Administer long-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotic medications according to prescriber orders, manufacturer guidelines, and clinic protocols.
• Use appropriate dilution/reconstitution procedures, needle gauge, and Z-track or deltoid/gluteal injection techniques as indicated.
• Verify patient identity, medication, dose, injection site, and due date against the Medication Administration Record (MAR) before each injection.
• Perform pre-injection assessments, including psychiatric status, current medications, allergies, injection-site condition, symptoms, and side effects.
• Maintain and monitor injection schedules for an assigned patient panel.
• Proactively contact patients who are due or overdue for injections to support treatment adherence and relapse prevention.
• Observe patients for immediate post-injection reactions and initiate emergency protocols when necessary.
• Monitor and document medication side effects, including EPS, akathisia, tardive dyskinesia, sedation, metabolic changes, and injection-site reactions.
• Promptly escalate clinical concerns to the prescribing provider.

📋 Clinical Monitoring & Documentation

• Coordinate metabolic and other required laboratory monitoring, including weight, glucose, lipids, and prolactin, according to provider orders and clinic protocols.
• Accurately document all injections administered, including medication, lot number, dose, site, and patient response.
• Maintain accurate Electronic Health Records (EHR).
• Provide patient and caregiver education regarding the purpose, benefits, potential side effects, and importance of maintaining the LAI treatment schedule.
• Maintain accurate medication and supply inventory.
• Ensure appropriate storage, refrigeration, expiration-date tracking, and disposal of medications and supplies.
• Handle and dispose of biohazardous materials and sharps according to OSHA and clinic safety standards.

🤝 Care Coordination & Team Collaboration

• Coordinate with pharmacies and prescribers regarding prior authorizations, medication procurement, and timely refills.
• Consult the Psychiatrist/Medical Director regarding cases outside the nurse's scope of practice, missed or refused injections, or signs of clinical decompensation.
• Communicate with case managers, care coordinators, and outpatient treatment teams to support continuity of care.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and comply with HIPAA and applicable behavioral health confidentiality regulations, including 42 CFR Part 2.
• Use trauma-informed, de-escalation, and therapeutic communication techniques when working with patients experiencing agitation, psychosis, or distress.
• Demonstrate professional, cooperative behavior with patients, providers, and colleagues.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Director or Medical Director.

🌟 Who We're Looking For

You may be a great fit if you are:

✔ Compassionate
✔ Professional
✔ Collaborative
✔ Detail-Oriented
✔ Ethical
✔ A Strong Communicator
✔ Patient-Focused
✔ Committed to Clinical Excellence

📚 Qualifications

Education, Licensure & Experience

• Current, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in Pennsylvania
• Current CPR/BLS certification required
• Training and competency in administration of long-acting injectable antipsychotic medications required prior to independently administering treatments
• One year of clinical nursing experience required
• Psychiatric, behavioral health, or community mental health experience strongly preferred
• Working knowledge of antipsychotic medications, common side effects, and psychiatric monitoring requirements
• Training or experience in de-escalation and trauma-informed care preferred

Additional Skills & Requirements

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to build rapport with patients experiencing serious mental illness
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary psychiatric care team
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced outpatient clinic environment
• Sensitivity to the needs of a diverse psychiatric patient population

🕒 Schedule

Part-Time

Flexible Schedule

📍 Location

Alternative Consulting Enterprises (ACE)
Berks County, Pennsylvania

🌟 Start a Career with Purpose

Some jobs provide flexibility.

This opportunity changes lives.

Your clinical expertise can help individuals receive consistent psychiatric care, stay connected to treatment, and work toward improved mental health and overall well-being.

If you're looking for a part-time nursing opportunity where your compassion, clinical expertise, and dedication can positively influence the lives of children, adolescents, and adults, we invite you to join the ACE team.

Apply today and make an impact every day to improve lives.

🏠 About Our Organization

Alternative Consulting Enterprises (ACE), an affiliate of Apis Services, Inc., is a Pennsylvania-based outpatient psychiatric clinic specializing in the treatment of children, adolescents, and adults with a wide range of behavioral health needs.

Our services support individuals experiencing challenges including depression, autism spectrum disorders, trauma, impulse control disorders, family conflict, and other mental health conditions.

Our multidisciplinary team is committed to providing compassionate, evidence-based care that helps individuals and families move toward healthier and more fulfilling lives.

❤️ Equal Opportunity Employer

Alternative Consulting Enterprises, Apis Services, Inc., Inperium Inc., and their affiliates provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.