Department: Behavioral Health Unit 

Shifts Available: Days

Employment Type: Full-Time  

Hours: -8 hour shifts 

Location: St Joseph Medical Center, Kansas City, MO

Full benefits at Prime Healthcare: https://www.primehealthcare.com/careers/benefits/  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (includes, but is not limited to):

• Initiate triage of a patient who presents in psychiatric crisis to the Emergency Department or from outside facilities.
• Responsible for the quality of triage and appropriate resource management for all patients who present for psychiatric assessment, triage, disposition and/or crisis management.
• Responsible for ensuring appropriateness of admission and/or disposition of any patient presenting with a potential psychiatric illness.
• Provides assessment of psychiatric patients who present to the Emergency Department, BH unit or the acute care units of the hospital.
• Ensuring all regulatory standards related to psychiatric admission are met, coordinating with the attending psychiatrist and coordinating with community resources for appropriate disposition when the facility is unable to meet the patient’s care needs
• Responsible for the utilization review process as it relates to triage and admission to the Behavioral Health Unit.
• Is a patient advocate and demonstrates leadership to integrate health care providers in achieving seamless delivery of care across the continuum. 

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

1. Current and valid State RN License or LBSW
2. At least 2 years of Psychiatric Nursing experience.
3. BLS upon hire and maintained current.
4. Greater than 2 years management experience, preferred.
5. Experience in psychiatric emergency and triage preferred.
6. Knowledge of Milliman Criteria and InterQual Criteria preferred.
7. Knowledge of psychiatric medical necessity, case management regulations in discharge planning.