Behavioral Health Nurse

Overview

BJC Behavioral Health is a community health center that provides and coordinates behavioral health services for over 8,000 seriously mentally ill adults and seriously emotionally disturbed children in multiple counties. As an Administrative Agent of the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH), BJC Behavioral Health serves as a major point of entry for people eligible for mental health services funded by DMH and acts as the gatekeeper to the public mental health system.

Role Purpose

Responsible for ensuring the health needs of clients and staff are addressed through various means including direct care, staff education, chart reviews, occupational health, and infection surveillance.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient preferences and barriers to involvement in care, including their values, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and population-specific needs.
• Develops, implements, and documents individual plans of care with defined goals in collaboration with other members of the interprofessional team and patient, family or caregiver in accordance with the established guidelines and standards of nursing care.
• Proactively plans and ensures communication of the plan of care across the continuum of care.
• Promotes respect, equity, and empathy in interactions with diverse and vulnerable populations through care delivery (e.g., support for emotional, spiritual, and cultural preferences of patient, family and/or caregivers).
• Promotes collaborative problem solving, service recovery, and advocacy for patient-centered continuity of care.
• Implements care by integrating data from the interprofessional team and critical thinking in a safe and timely manner.
• Evaluates changes in patient’s condition, informs and collaborates with family and/or caregivers, and communicates with interprofessional team as changes occur in plan of care, updates plan of care in EMR.
• Evaluates current nursing care to ensure evidence-based practice and quality patient outcomes.

Requirements

• Education: Nursing Diploma/Associate's Nursing
• Experience: 2-5 years
• Supervisor Experience: Not specified
• Licenses & Certifications: RN preferred
• Education: Bachelor's Degree Nursing

Qualifications

Eligible for Mileage Reimbursements – IRS Standard Rate. Will need to be comfortable transporting clients.

Skills

Collaborative problem solving, service recovery, and advocacy for patient-centered continuity of care.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
Disability insurance
4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
401(k) plan with BJC match
Tuition Assistance available on first day
BJC Institute for Learning and Development
Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Paid Time Off benefit combining vacation, sick days, holidays, and personal time
Adoption assistance

Pay

Not specified

Schedule

Full time Monday through Friday – 8 am to 4:30 pm
No weekends, holidays or on call