Position Summary / Career Interest:

The Psychiatric Intake & Assessment Nurse provides professional nursing care through assessment and accurate documentation, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation for the comfort and well-being of patients. Carries out a plan of care specific to unit competencies for the target patient population. Coordinates care delivery and education through collaboration with patient, family and all health care team providers to ensure safe, effective and quality patient care. Follows organizational policies in providing safe patient care. Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities:

• Complete initial Psychiatric assessment (at Strawberry Hill Campus) upon admissions.
• Will provide Triage and MSE and serve as QMP in absence of physician.
• Will provide initial nursing admissions assessment.
• Provide intake screening calls.
• Provide appropriate referrals.
• Work closely with the inpatient psychiatric units, PLS, physicians and psychiatric consult services, the medical inpatient units, and transfer center to assess patient needs for admissions.
• Work and communicate to all team members to arrange appropriate bed placement and levels of service.
• Assist in completions of involuntary paperwork as needed.
• May be required to attend hearings for involuntary patients. Assist inpatient psychiatric nursing units to provide intermittent IV Antibiotic Therapy, IV Fluid Challenge.
• Will be a member of the BRT and RRT team at the campus.
• Assist inpatient units as needed After hours and weekends will initiate Pre-Cert at Strawberry Hill campus.

Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Required:

• Registered Nurse in State of Kansas
• BLS Certification
• Associate’s Degree in Nursing (or higher degree)
• For ADN prepared nurses hired after February 24, 2017, must complete BSN degree within 5 years of hire
• 2+ years’ experience as a Clinical Psychiatric Nurse in a Psychiatric Hospital or setting is required for Adults and 1+ years for child and adolescent campus.

• As a condition of your employment and continued employment with the health system, you are required to secure a Nurse Compact License (NCL) within 60 days of your date of hire.  This will enable you to perform your job duties not only in Kansas, but other compact states.   You will be responsible for any expenses you incur in securing this license, and must provide your manager with evidence of this license before the sixty-day period expires.  If you fail to secure the NCL as required, you will be immediately removed from the work schedule and placed on an unpaid administrative leave, until we can understand the reasons for your non-compliance.  Further failure to comply with the licensing requirement will result in your end of employment with the health system. 

Preferred:

• ENPC certification preferred for Child Campus, will train
• TNCC preferred for Adult Campus
• BSN Preferred
• ACLS

We are an equal employment opportunity employer without regard to a person’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age (40 or older), disability, veteran status or genetic information.

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