Registered Nurse - Behavioral Health Nurse

UCSF Health; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

UCSF Health in San Francisco seeks a Behavioral Health Nurse to provide direct nursing care in the Emergency Department for patients with psychiatric and medical needs. The role involves interdisciplinary collaboration with Psych, ED staff, and other services, and includes responding to Code 100/Code 99 events.

The nurse will assess, plan, and document care, perform nursing histories, teach illness management to patients and families, and work within a 12-hour shift framework across UCSF Medical

Qualifications

• Minimum one year of recent acute care/inpatient hospital experience.
• Recent 6 months psychiatric experience required in an inpatient psychiatric setting.
• Lifting more than 50lbs, bending, twisting (not sedentary).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated excellent attendance and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct nursing care in the Emergency Department for psychiatric and medical patients.
• Take nursing histories and develop/assess care plans.
• Teach patients and families about illness and symptom management.
• Document results of interventions and evaluate patient outcomes.
• Collaborate with ED staff, psychiatric team, and ancillary services; respond to Code 100 and Code 99.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Reliability

Flexibility

Education

BSN

Job description

Job Description

This new Nursing position will require direct nursing care of our Emergency Department (ED) patients presenting with a full spectrum of psychiatric diagnoses, substance abuse issues, and/or both chronic and acute medical issues.

Currently, psychiatric patients in the ED experience long lengths of stay creating more patient anxiety, increased WPV incidents, strain on resources while severely impacting capacity management. Opportunities for stabilization, discharge and hospitalization are routinely missed due to lack of specially trained Psychiatric Staff to meet the needs of these complex patients.

The Behavioral Health Nurse will be working with a team that consists of an Psych Hospital Assistants, Psych NP, and ED staff in an assigned 12-hour shift that will be practicing within a set of nursing assessments, interventions, scope of practice, utilizing current clinical knowledge of psychiatric and medical illnesses. This Nurse will be responsible for Code 100s, Code 99 in addition to evaluating and documenting results of interventions for a given patient population. This may include taking nursing histories from patients and/or others that identify common variables affecting care by writing and evaluating nursing care plans, teaching patients and families about illness/symptom management. The Behavioral Health Nurse will be working closely with the ED Nurse who is also responsible for the Psychiatric Patient until medical clearance and or transfer has been achieved.

All Nursing care is provided in the Emergency Department, with interactions occurring with Emergency Department staff, SAWs, Providers, APPs, ED Pharmacists, Social Services, Case Management, Substance Abuse Counselor, ED PCTs, ED Discharge Coordinator, Security, UCPD, SFPD and EMS Agencies.

Qualifications

• Minimum one (1) year of recent acute care/inpatient hospital experience.
• Recent 6 months psychiatric experience required in an inpatient psychiatric setting.
• Lifting more than 50lbs, bending, twisting. (Not a sedentary position).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated excellent attendance and reliability.
• A preliminary job offer, and assignment may be extended pending successful background clearance.
• Knowledge and abilities essential to successful performance in the duties assigned to the position.
• This position requires the flexibility to orient and work at all UCSF Medical Center locations

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) training
• Experience with electronic health record in healthcare setting.
• Knowledge of California Mental Health Holds (LPS).
• BSN

Licensure/Certifications

• Possession of the legal requirements to practice as a Registered Nurse as determined by the California Board of Registered Nurses. (CA RN License)
• Current BLS for Healthcare Providers Certification.
• Active American Heart Association CPR certification
• Active Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) training within 6 months of hire