RN - Behavioral Health Registered Nurse - Emergency Department
Core
Provide comprehensive nursing care, crisis stabilization, and therapeutic interventions to patients with behavioral health, psychiatric, and substance use needs in a fast-paced emergency department setting.
Role type
Inpatient Registered Nurse (Behavioral Health)
Builds
Patient stabilization and safe disposition within the Emergency Department
Domain
Healthcare / Behavioral Health / Emergency Medicine
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Evidence-based assessment, de-escalation techniques, suicide risk assessment, medication administration, care plan formulation, interdisciplinary collaboration, crisis management, safety protocol compliance
Preferred skills
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), 2+ years related work experience
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Monitor for withdrawal, self-harm, aggression, and elopement risk; Utilize verbal de-escalation techniques during crises; Maintain compliance with suicide precautions and observation levels; Collaborate with physicians, psychiatrists, and social workers; Formulate and coordinate plan of care including discharge planning; Provide patient and family education.
Seniority
Entry-level to Mid-level (1 year experience required)