Intake Case Manager RN Psych Acute Adult

About the role

Department: Behavioral Health Unit. Shifts Available: Days. Employment Type: Full-Time. Hours: 8 hour shifts. Location: St Joseph Medical Center, Kansas City, MO. Make a meaningful impact every day. As a Behavioral Health Intake Case Manager, RN, you'll provide compassionate care to patients with acute mental health needs in a dynamic inpatient behavioral health setting. Working alongside an interdisciplinary care team, you'll play a key role in promoting patient safety, stabilization, and recovery.

Responsibilities

• Initiate triage of a patient who presents in psychiatric crisis to the Emergency Department or from outside facilities.
• Responsible for the quality of triage and appropriate resource management for all patients who present for psychiatric assessment, triage, disposition and/or crisis management.
• Responsible for ensuring appropriateness of admission and/or disposition of any patient presenting with a potential psychiatric illness.
• Provides assessment of psychiatric patients who present to the Emergency Department, BH unit or the acute care units of the hospital.
• Ensuring all regulatory standards related to psychiatric admission are met, coordinating with the attending psychiatrist and coordinating with community resources for appropriate disposition when the facility is unable to meet the patient’s care needs.
• Responsible for the utilization review process as it relates to triage and admission to the Behavioral Health Unit.
• Is a patient advocate and demonstrates leadership to integrate health care providers in achieving seamless delivery of care across the continuum.

Qualifications

• Current and valid State RN License or LBSW
• At least 2 years of Psychiatric Nursing experience.
• BLS upon hire and maintained current.
• Greater than 2 years management experience, preferred.
• Experience in psychiatric emergency and triage preferred.
• Knowledge of Milliman Criteria and InterQual Criteria preferred.
• Knowledge of psychiatric medical necessity, case management regulations in discharge planning.

Benefits

Full benefits at Prime Healthcare: https://www.primehealthcare.com/careers/benefits/

Schedule

Shifts Available: Days. Hours: 8 hour shifts.