RN Medication Clinic Children's [1350]

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Texas Panhandle Mental Health

Posted 3 months ago

Full Time

Amarillo, Texas

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

Provide professional psychiatric nursing services and medication care for consumers in outpatient behavioral health units. Collaborate with treatment teams and community partners to ensure high-quality mental health education and care coordination.

Qualifications

You have a Bachelor's or Associate's degree in nursing from an accredited program and a current, valid license as a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) or Registered Nurse (RN) through the Texas State Board of Nursing Examiner. You also possess a valid Texas driver's license and are at least 18 years of age.

Must Have Skills for ATS

LVN

RN

Nursing

Psychiatric nursing

Medication administration

Mental health education

Care coordination

Trauma-Informed Care

Job Description

Position: RN Medication Clinic Children's [1350]

Program: Amarillo, Texas – Medication Clinic Children's

Salary: $70,865.60 - $81,660.80 Annually

Shift available: Full-time

At Texas Panhandle Centers (TPC), you’ll be part of a caring team dedicated to making lives better for over 10,000 individuals and families each year across the Texas Panhandle. As a non-profit, TPC provides a wide range of services from mental health and substance use support to intellectual and developmental disability care, empowering clients of all ages to achieve dignity and independence. With seven service centers located throughout the region, our staff work together with our clients to achieve our mission to create an accessible system of care that supports individual choice and truly make a difference. We invite you to join us in our vision of “Making Lives Better!”

Essential duties and responsibilities:

  • Staff will maintain ethical and professional communications at all times using respectful Trauma-Informed Care language
  • The Licensed Vocational Nurse I-Registered Nurse II provides professional psychiatric nursing services for the Outpatient Behavioral Health Units of TPC
  • Responsible for the care and treatment of assigned consumers in accordance with accepted nursing and medical standards
  • Works closely with all TPC treatment team members and community partners to attend to the psychiatric needs of consumers
  • Interacts with consumers in a person-centered, trauma-informed manner and provides direct services in the area of medication, mental health education and care coordination
  • Adheres to TPC Business Code of Conduct and reports concerns if ethical and/or business standards defined in the code are compromised

Required qualifications to be successful in the job:

  • Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in nursing from an accredited program
  • Licensed through the Texas State Board of Nursing Examiner (TXBNE) as a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) or Registered Nurse (RN)
  • License must be current and in good standing
  • Must be able to demonstrate compliance with a TXBNE’s rules and regulations to maintain required license
  • Employees may be required to utilize their personal mobile phones for two-factor authentication (2FA). Full statement under Informational Documents: www.texaspanhandlecenters.org/careers 
  • Must have a valid Texas driver’s license and be insurable under agency vehicle policy
  • Must be 18 years of age or older

Preferred qualifications to be successful in the job:

  • N/A

At TPC, passion and meaningful work are rewarded! We offer employees:

  • Click here for TPC’s FY2026 Summary of Benefits
  • 501(c)(3) designation – you can apply for the Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness
  • Robust benefit offerings – Medical, Urgent Care visits for a low $10 co-pay, Dental, and Vision
  • Employer paid life insurance (1.5 times employee’s salary)
  • Staff automatically enrolled into a 457 Retirement Account at 1% of their annual salary. Employer Match 1% higher than employee’s contribution up to 6% in the 403 (b) or 457 Retirement Savings Plan
  • Paid time off – PTO accrual, Holidays
  • One (1) annual Mental Health Floating Holiday, one (1) annual Celebrate Diversity Floating Holiday, and one (1) annual A Day to Remember Floating Holiday available to staff after 90 days of employment
  • Additional Supplemental Coverage available i.e. Disability, Accidental, Cancer, Critical Care, and Section 125 Flexible Spending Account Plan
  • Teladoc – gives you or your immediate family members in the household access to a medical provider free of charge via telephone or video
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – gives you or your immediate family members in the household access to behavioral health, financial, and legal counseling in person or via telephone

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Texas Panhandle Mental Health

Texas Panhandle Centers Behavioral and Developmental Health (TPC), formerly known as Texas Panhandle Mental Health Mental Retardation, is part of the Texas Community Center system and is governed by a local board of trustees representing the citizens of the upper twenty-one counties of the Texas Panhandle. We serve individuals with behavioral health needs (mental illness), intellectual and developmental disabilities and children with developmental delays. At the heart of TPC’s work is our mission: To respond to the diverse needs of all people who require behavioral and developmental health services by creating an accessible system of care which supports choices and results in lives of dignity and independence.
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