Intake Psychiatric Registered Nurse (Sacramento) - NOC shift

Job Description

Job Description

POSITION TITLE : Assessment & Referrals (A&R) Registered Nurse

REPORTS TO (TITLE) : Director of Assessments & Referrals (A&R)

SCHEDULE : Sunday - Tuesday 7 : 00 pm - 7 : 00 am

DESCRIPTION OF POSITION :

To assess the needs of prospective patients and phone callers through direct, face-to-face interactions and telephone communication, ensuring that each referral to the appropriate service or resource is tailored to the individual's specific needs. This is a patient-facing position that requires in-person engagement as a core component of the role.

Requirements

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Review packet referral for medical necessity following EMTALA guidelines.
• Coordinate transfer of accepted patient.
• Verify insurance, obtain pre-authorizations with the managed care organizations in a timely manner.
• Register the patient in the AIS system.
• Perform a face-to-face admission assessment through a systematic process of interaction with patients, the patient's significant others, and the appropriate health care providers, collects and analyzes data regarding the patient's physical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, educational, spiritual, cultural and anticipated discharge needs; determines patient's alcohol or drug toxicity; identifies signs of withdrawal; conducts screenings or assessments to determine needs of treatment. This is to include Safe-T Protocols with CSSRs and DASA.
• Perform a SMART clearance to determine whether or not an emergent medical condition exists.
• Perform total body skin examination.
• Prepares written report of assessment results in a timely manner (immediately following completed assessment) and includes recommendations for the level of care and treatment needs.
• Communicate with medical providers / obtain orders.
• Performs medical clearance of DSH patients.
• Provides Nurse to Nurse clinical information as well as to physician and program staff who will be reviewing the patient to ensure a smooth transition for the patient.
• Assign patient caseload to medical providers.
• Answer phone inquiries from persons seeking mental health care or information about mental health-related services.
• Enters the data of calls and assessments in the computer system in a timely manner.
• Assists patients who are not admitted into a program with follow-through of clinical referrals and recommendations.
• Performs related duties, as requested.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS :

Knowledge and Experience :

Skills and Abilities :

Physical Requirements :

While performing the duties of this job, this position is frequently required to do the following :

Benefits

Eligible employees receive holiday premium pay, health, dental & vision insurance, 401(k), healthcare & dependent care spending accounts, generous paid time off, life insurance, company-paid short and long-term disability coverage. Whether you are in intern looking to earn licensing hours, a health care worker looking for PRN work or a professional looking for a career, the opportunities are abundant at Sacramento Behavioral Healthcare Hospital.