Clinical Nurse - Behavioral Health Resource Team
About the role
The Behavioral Health Resource Team (BHRT) provides care to patients with complex behavioral health needs. They work closely within a multi-disciplinary healthcare team to ensure patients receive high-quality care to meet their physical, emotional, and mental health needs.
Responsibilities
- Promotes patient and family centered care in a healing environment.
- Educates patients and their families on how to manage their illness or injury, including post-treatment home care needs and medication administration.
- Participates in activities that promote patient safety, quality and regulatory compliance.
- Participates in professional development.
- 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.
- Uses critical nursing skills to assess and evaluate physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs according to standards of care.
- Assesses patient preferences and barriers to involvement in care, including their values, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and population-specific needs.
Requirements
- At least 1 year of Behavioral Health, Emergency Department, or general inpatient nursing experience.
Qualifications
- At least 2 years of Behavioral Health RN experience in an inpatient setting.
Skills
- Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.
Benefits
BJC Total Rewards includes comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, 401(k) plan with BJC match, tuition assistance, adoption assistance, and more. Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays, and personal time. Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution is also provided.
Pay
Full-time; 36 hours per week
Schedule
12 hour shifts
Benefits
Nights- 7:00pm-7:30am
Benefits
Every 3rd weekend
Benefits
Holiday rotation
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