About This Role
The Behavioral Health Registered Nurse provides psychiatric evaluation and therapy to homebound patients, coordinating care with the interdisciplinary team, patient/family, and referring agency. This role suits a nurse looking for a long-term career with a company that supports professional goals.
Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive in-home assessments to identify physical, psychiatric, psychosocial, and environmental needs
- Develop, implement, and regularly update individualized plans of care to ensure quality and continuity of services
- Provide skilled nursing interventions related to behavioral health and applicable medical conditions within scope of practice
- Coordinate care with physicians, interdisciplinary team members, patients, families, and referral agencies
- Ensure patient medication profiles are accurate and current at all times
- Complete admissions, resumptions of care, recertifications, and discharges in accordance with regulatory standards
- Demonstrate working knowledge of OASIS and ensure documentation supports medical necessity and homebound status
- Complete visit documentation accurately and within required timeframes, including same-day SNVs and OASIS within 48 hours
- Utilize appropriate behavioral health and medical assessment screening tools and evidence-based practices to evaluate and support patient needs
- Monitor assigned cases to ensure compliance with payer, federal, and state requirements
- Supervise and provide clinical direction to Home Health Aides as applicable
- Participate in quality assurance activities, including responding to QA and coder reviews and performing clinical record audits
- Maintain proficiency in EMR systems, including timely syncing of visits and device maintenance
- Meet established productivity standards, including visit volume, meetings, and assigned duties
- Participate in mandatory meetings, case conferences, and on-call rotation, including weekends and holidays
- Adhere to organizational policies, HIPAA requirements, and professional standards of conduct
- Demonstrate sound clinical judgment, accountability, adaptability, and effective communication under routine and stressful conditions
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited diploma, Associate or Baccalaureate School of Nursing
- 1-2 years of nursing experience (within the last 3 years preferred) in an acute treatment unit in a psychiatric hospital, psychiatric home care, psychiatric hospitalization program, or other outpatient psychiatric service
- Current state license as a Registered Nurse
- Current state Driver’s License
- Proof of current CPR and Hepatitis consent/declination
