Registered Nurse Casual - Intake at Aurora Psychiatric Hospital

About the Role

Be The Nurse Who Redefines Care. At Advocate Health, being a nurse means more than delivering exceptional clinical care—it means leading with purpose, compassion, and boldness. As part of our One Advocate Nurse community, you’ll join a unified team committed to lifting others up, embracing innovation, and creating inclusive spaces where everyone can thrive. You’ll be empowered to think boldly, collaborate with humility, and drive change through fearless curiosity. Whether you're at the bedside, in the community, or advancing care through research and education, you’ll help shape the future of health—because here, we’re redefining care for you, for us, for all.

Responsibilities

• Help facilitate internal Aurora transfers telephonically.
• Help facilitate non-Aurora transfers telephonically, assessing documentation, MD triage, taking and entering orders.
• Perform tele-intake (telephonic or video) assessments for patients in the ER with a behavioral health consult.
• Triage with the appropriate on-call MD, along with taking and entering orders.
• Take triage calls telephonically for patients seeking inpatient care to determine if medical clearance is needed before the patient arrives at the hospital for an assessment.
• Occasionally perform assessments for outpatient programs, triage with the MD for recommended level of care, and schedule patients for programs.

Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited or approved program in nursing.
• Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the teammate practices.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association.

About the Location

At Aurora Psychiatric Hospital, you can count on the most comprehensive continuum of behavioral health care in the state. Located on a beautiful, 30-acre wooded campus in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, our facility offers an ideal healing setting for children, adolescents, and adults experiencing mental health or substance concerns. From our landscaped garden areas to our use of pet therapy dogs, we create a patient-focused, healing treatment experience that fosters recovery. Our team’s expertise and compassion will help patients or their loved ones begin the journey to recovery in a caring, confidential, and comfortable environment.

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

Requires frequent sitting, standing, walking, bending, squatting, reaching, twisting, and lifting throughout the workday. Must safely lift up to 35 pounds and perform patient handling tasks, including pushing/pulling up to 30 pounds and assisting with 150-pound sliding transfers. Requires functional speech, vision, hearing, touch, and fine motor skills for clinical procedures, as well as the ability to operate equipment foot controls. Must be able to respond quickly to changing patient conditions and perform patient safety interventions, including verbal de-escalation and restraints when necessary. Exposure to blood, body fluids, communicable diseases, chemicals, and hazardous waste may occur; appropriate protective equipment must be used. Physical Abilities Testing and additional department-specific requirements may apply.