Mental Health Intake Nurse - RN

Hourly Wage Estimate: $32.14 - $48.20 / hour

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As a Mental Health Intake Nurse - RN, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn –whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

Job Summary and Qualifications

Provide a patient onboarding experience for patients admitting to the in-patient units. Provide support to in-patient units upon discharging. Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating and documenting all aspects of patient care.

He/she will work closely with all health care providers to facilitate and coordinate efficient, effective, quality health care. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the appropriate life span; possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his or her age specific needs; and, have the ability to provide care needed by the pertinent patient group(s). He/she will implement and/or comply with all the policies, procedures and standards of the unit, department and the institution.

What you will do in this role

• Coordination of care with physicians.

• Actively collaborates with other units and program staff, physicians and members of other departments to facilitate provision of optimal patient care.

• Provide patient education while administering medication.

• Practice safe medication administration consistent scanning of patient and medications.

• Scan all medications and patients using eMar.

• Follow facility established guidelines for reconciliation of medications on admission, during transfer and at discharge.

• Assign and conduct appropriate individual and group interventions within the milieu for behavioral and safe management of patients.

• Maintains appropriate boundaries.

• Demonstrate least restrictive interventions appropriately.

• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment, patient safety and programs.

• Assess patient’s response to treatment and safety interventions and accurately document interventions and patient’s response to intervention.

• Assist patients and families to understand the diagnosis, prescribed treatment, and safe management of symptoms related to specific mental disorders through health teaching.

• Document against the interventions within the Recovery Plan Utilize teaching skills related to psycho educational and medical interventions and patient safety needs with the patients and families.

• Assumes responsibility for renewing license.

• Assumes responsibility for completing all mandatory educational, health screening, CPR, and CPI requirements within designated time frame and for providing written verification of same for filing.

• Transcribes orders accurately and scans orders to pharmacy in a timely fashion. Provides the new patient with an in-depth on-boarding experience.

• Provides support to the unit staff with discharging patients.

What qualifications you will need

• Basic Cardiac Life Support

• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 60 days of employment start date

• (RN) Registered Nurse

• Registered Nurse Diploma

Benefits

Tucker Pavilion of Chippenham Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services

• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services

• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence

• Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling

• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing

• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Chippenham Hospital has provided quality healthcare services since 1972, giving patient's access to highly-trained physicians and advanced technology. With more than 50 years of pioneering healthcare, our 460+ bed hospital is one of the region's leading acute care facilities located on the Southside of Richmond. We are the region's first choice for orthopedics, joint care, behavioral health and cardiovascular care.

The Joint Commission awarded Chippenham Hospital the Gold Seal of Approval and named us a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures for advanced primary stroke, heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, perinatal care, hip and knee replacement and surgical care. We are also a Level I Burn Center and Level I Trauma Center.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

Join a family that cares about every stage in your career! We are interviewing candidates for our Mental Health Intake Nurse - RN opening. Apply today and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will reach out.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.