Intake RN Full Time 7 AM - 7 PM

About the role

The Intake RN at Dallas Behavioral Healthcare Hospital provides professional nursing care to patients according to hospital policy and procedure. They assess patient care needs, plan and implement nursing care procedures, evaluate patient progress and modify care plans as necessary. They also provide teaching to patients and their families, direct the work of nursing support staff, and collaborate with interdisciplinary professionals.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct care to patients, including facilitating social and emotional needs, supervising medication schedules, and evaluating patient progress
• Collaborate with a variety of interdisciplinary professionals to determine and provide the best possible care for their patients
• Direct the work of nursing support staff through the use of appropriate delegation and supervision skills
• Conduct intake assessments through interviews with patients and relatives to gather case history
• Plan and provide nursing care for patients
• Makes nursing diagnosis of the medical and emotional status of patients and recommends treatment options
• Consults with psychiatrists and other behavioral health staff in designing appropriate treatment plans for clients
• Administers and notes reactions to psychotropic drugs and other medications
• Arranges further medical attention when necessary
• Assists the client in understanding the nature of emotional disturbances and accepting the need for treatment
• Keeps accurate written charts and records of patient activities and progress
• Complies with laws, rules, regulations, protocols, and procedures
• Uses professional judgment to ascertain and apply appropriate intervention techniques with patients in crisis
• Aids in maintaining a safe and secure environment for staff and patients
• Tests for vital signs of pain and ensures treatments of pain
• Documents all patient information on medical charts and follows physician's written orders
• Maintains patient confidentiality
• Maintains accurate records and documentation of patient treatments, immunizations and laboratory results according to standard medical record keeping
• Performs administrative assignments such as filing, answering phones, typing, and completing progress notes in the computer system

Requirements

• Education: ADN or BSN from an accredited college or university
• CPR, Behavior Managing Program (obtained within 30 days upon hire)
• Licenses: Valid Texas RN license in good standing required. BLS, ACLS, CPI certifications a plus
• Experience: Minimum of 2 years clinical experience, preferably in a behavioral healthcare setting, phone triage, tele-health or case management or combination of education and experience
• Additional: Bi-lingual (English/Spanish) a plus

Qualifications

• Knowledgeable of patient rights and laws pertaining to mental health and regulations pertaining to psychiatric nursing and the treatment of the mentally and emotionally disturbed patients
• Thorough familiarity with psychopharmacy and the use of psychotropic medications with child, adolescent or adult psychiatric population
• Advanced knowledge and clinical skills in diagnosis and treatment of mental health
• Professional nursing principles, procedures, and techniques used in the care and treatment of psychiatric patients
• Social, psychological, and physical factors of mental and emotional disorders
• Medical and psychological terminology
• Medications, including psychotropic drugs, and effects on psychiatric patients
• Control, preparation and administration of medications
• Demonstrates sound leadership skills and utilizes these skills in organizing the activities and schedules for medical and/or non-medical tasks of the Child, Adolescent and Adult for a given shift
• Displays basic knowledge of treatment procedures; interventions common to acute psychotic as well as non-violent crises intervention practice, medical and psychiatric emergency procedures
• Basic knowledge of abnormal psychology as typically found in the child or adolescent psychiatric population
• Thorough familiarity of psychopharmacy and the use of psychotropic medications with child, adolescent or adult psychiatric population
• Basic teaching and training skills helpful
• Problem-solving; organizational and time management; crisis intervention skills
• Provides prompt, efficient, and responsive service
• Communicates effectively with a variety of individuals and functions calmly in situations, which require a high degree of sensitivity, tact, and diplomacy
• Exercises appropriate judgment in answering questions and releasing information; analyzes and projects consequences of decisions and/or recommendations
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; skills in facilitating and/or co-facilitating process-oriented and didactic groups
• Screening: Must successfully pass background check, drug screen, physical and be able to provide positive employment references

Physical Demands

With or without reasonable accommodations, must be able to stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, stand for sustained period of time, walk, pull, lift, raise and move objects from position to position (up to 50 lbs), finger grasp; feel sizes, shapes, temperatures, and textures; express or exchange ideas orally and potentially loudly, accurately, or quickly; visually detect, determine, perceive, identify, recognize, judge, observe, inspect, assess; perceive the nature of sound with or without correction; perform repetitive motions of the wrist, hands, or fingers. Light work most of the time, exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently; and occasionally medium work, that is exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently

Benefits

Full-time employees are eligible for medical, dental, vision, company paid disability, 401(k) and a generous amount of paid time off.