RN Behavioral Health Job Description
RN behavioral health
provides structure and maintains a safe therapeutic recovery oriented environment; uses the therapeutic relationship and counseling interventions to assist health care consumers.
RN Behavioral Health Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Administer to all Inpatient Behavioral Health programs and to all associated supportive staffing
Supervise Incident Management/Quality Assurance staffing Clinical Educator staffing
Provide administrative support/ backup for outpatient services and the AVP of Behavioral Health
Recognize and implement individual treatment plans
Perform patient assessments, review client medications and monitor client and caregiver understanding
Utilize a medical/psychosocial model to individualize care plans based on Physician orders for patients with depression/anxiety, or dementia
As a RN Case Manager you will coordinate patient care with a multi-disciplinary team to include PT, OT, ST, MSW, and Home Health Aide
Build relationships with Physician offices, Assisted Living Facilities and Memory Care Units
Advocate for your patients, their families/caregivers, to help keep our clients in their home and out of the hospital
Perform comprehensive behavioral health evaluations of mental status, mood and behavior
RN Behavioral Health Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for RN Behavioral Health
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BLS, CPI, CPR, ACLS, PALS, PEARS, NIHSS
Education for RN Behavioral Health
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the RN behavioral health job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Nursing, Graduate, School of Nursing, Associates, Education, Patient Care, Teaching, Nursing Program, Health, Science
Skills for RN Behavioral Health
Desired skills for RN behavioral health include:
Appropriate nursing assessment
Diagnoses
Interventions with patients
Milieu management
Biological and complimentary interventions to restore health and prevent further disability
Pharmacological
Provides structure and maintains a safe therapeutic recovery oriented environment
Uses the therapeutic relationship and counseling interventions to assist health care consumers
Body substance isolation
Care paths
Desired experience for RN behavioral health includes:
Minimum one (1) year of clinical experience in Behavioral Health, Psychiatry, or Psychology
Minimum one (1) year of counseling experience in an addictive disease treatment setting is preferred
Full-Time Evening position
Six (6) years hospital experience preferred
Three (3) years clinical specialty experience required
Three (3) years progressive management preferred
RN Behavioral Health Examples
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RN Behavioral Health Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a RN behavioral health. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for RN behavioral health
- Provide excellent customer service by anticipating and following through with both internal and external customer requests to their satisfaction
- Maintain cooperative approach in dealing with co-workers, creating productive working relationships
- Communicate with customers in a professional manner and maintain positive contact with other medical professionals, discussing treatments, costs, equipment, discharge planning, and individual treatment needs
- Handle difficult and sensitive issues with tact, exercise judgment where necessary and consult supervisor on major problems and issues
- Demonstrate initiative in problem-solving
- Promote and demonstrate professional standards to enhance the development of the department
- Comply with policies, procedures, code of conduct, Ohio Nurse Practice Act, NCQA, HEDIS, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and other governing and accrediting bodies
- Demonstrate honesty and integrity in all functions and relationships
- Accurately report and document pertinent information
- Maintain accurate and complete documentation in electronic data systems
Qualifications for RN behavioral health
- 1 year of previous Behavioral Health care experience preferred
- Maintain the delivery of quality patient care with a specialty in the area of behavioral/mental health
- Combine the activities of direct and indirect care provided to pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients
- Partner with CHHA, CNA, LVN, and RN staff regarding patient care activities
- Perform patient assessments, develop patients care plans, evaluate patients care plans’ effectiveness, modify as appropriate, and document all patient care as appropriate
- Baccalaureate or Associate Degree in Nursing or Diploma Graduate
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RN Behavioral Health Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of RN behavioral health. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for RN behavioral health
- Continually assess and address enrollee needs and impact on HEDIS
- Be accountable for the delivery of coordinated, safe, compassionate, therapeutic, evidence-based quality care to patients and families
- Develop, update and coordinate the patient’s plan of care to achieve patient goals
- Behavioral Health, Swedish Edmonds
- Meeting the established geropsychiatric standards of nursing practice
- Supervising, delegating, and coordinating personnel assigned to the unit
- Patient care when in charge
- Promoting teamwork with physicians and personnel of other departments
- Establish and implement individualized nursing care plans for each patient through assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, and discharge to coordinate outcome focused patient care
- Treats information regarding patients, employees, and authorized entity information as confidential
Qualifications for RN behavioral health
- A minimum of two (2) years acute psychiatric experience or certification from an accredited psychiatric program
- Acute care experience in medicine and surgery in a hospital setting strongly preferred
- Minimum of 1 year of experience required and Mental Health experience is highly preferred
- 2 plus years of experience in a Behavioral Health facility
- Pass medication math exam
- Pass EKG exam (Tele/Critical Care unit assignments)
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a RN behavioral health. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for RN behavioral health
- Works with social services to identify and address psychosocial needs, in-hospital and discharge needs of the patient and family
- Updates the patient’s plan of care as indicated by the patient’s response to treatment according to age and evaluates the overall nursing plan of care for effectiveness
- Is knowledgeable of medications and their correct administration based on the age of the patient and their clinical condition
- Ensures nursing documentation is legible, accurate, pertinent, and indicates progress towards identified goals
- Demonstrates the ability to be flexible, organized, and to function effectively under stressful situations
- Exhibits willingness to master new skills and serve as a resource to others
- Uses department exceptional conversations when interacting with patients and families (GREAT acronym.) Is supportive of Achieving Exceptional Patient Care system, hospital, and department initiatives
- Maintains appropriate boundaries and avoids using self-disclosure as primary therapeutic intervention
- A thorough and accurate admission assessment is completed and documented within two hours, including entering consults
- Develops and updates plan of care
Qualifications for RN behavioral health
- Attend Express Orientation
- 1 year of nursing experience preferred
- Perform patient assessments, develop patients care plans, evaluate patients care plans’ effectiveness, modify as
- Associate or Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing or Diploma Graduate
- RN Degree from an accredited school of Nursing required
- Experience in caring and managing Behavioral Health patients
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of RN behavioral health. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for RN behavioral health
- Acts as communication liaison among departments and for physicians
- Facilitates admission, discharge, and transfer of patients in a timely manner
- Provide counseling, treatment, rehabilitation, case management and support services in the community (homes, shelters, and street)
- Provide clinical supervision to the Behavioral Health Specialist II and Behavioral Health Specialist III
- Assume primary clinical management responsibility for 10-12 adults with serious and persistent mental illness, who may also have a co-occurring substance abuse or other disorder
- Assist individuals in attaining or maintaining housing, employment, functional social relationships, and relief from psychiatric symptoms and side effects through medication management support
- Assertive engagement and provision of mental health services in the community where the service population lives
- Continuous responsibility (24-hour) for people enrolled in the ACT Team caseload through the use of a rotating emergency phone line
- Provide all services in a culturally relevant and competent manner
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date case records
Qualifications for RN behavioral health
- 3 plus years of experience as a Director or CNO
- RN and BLS Required
- As a Behavioral Health RN Case Manager, you will have the ability to work at the top of your licensure while working one-on-one with your clients to provide them customized care
- Ability to work with patients in the following areas - Santa Monica, Malibu, Pacific Palisades, and Brentwood
- Work one-on-one with patients in a home teaching environment
- Enjoy the benefits of computerized, remote charting
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RN Behavioral Health Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of RN behavioral health. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for RN behavioral health
- Demonstrates very good clinical judgment and advanced assessment skills in responding to priority patient needs
- Demonstrates effective communication with patient / family and interdisciplinary team
- Initiates and documents individualized education plan for the patient and family based on identified learning needs
- Demonstrates the ability to work collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team
- Demonstrates understanding of variable staffing patterns and manages to productivity targets
- Actively participates on a unit based or hospital wide committee
- Actively participates in at least one performance improvement activity either unit-based or hospital-based annually
- Performance improvement / evidence based practice / research
- Demonstrates knowledge of evidence-based practice within specialty area and identifies opportunities for performance improvement
- Completes Preceptor Training
Qualifications for RN behavioral health
- Assume responsibility for Patient Admission, Establishing the Plan of Care, and Recertification
- Exercise strong decision making and judgment skills
- Work with an interdisciplinary team in weekly case conferences to ensure top notch quality outcomes for clients
- Diploma, Associate, of Baccalaureate degree in nursing
- Current unrestricted RN license in state of agency operation
- One year Psychiatric RN experience