Intake RN- Full Time- Days

1 week ago Be among the first 25 applicants Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Intake RN- Full Time- Days | Raleigh Oaks Behavioral Health | Garner, North Carolina About the Job: Schedule: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 8am-8pm The Intake RN performs assessments at or outside the facility, depending on the needs of the patient or hospital. Screens and assesses admissions to evaluate clinical and medical appropriateness and communicates this information to a physician who makes the admissions and level of care decision. Works closely with business office, nursing, and clinical staff as well as external parties to ensure the timely admission of patients. Responds to inquiries regarding admissions. Roles and Responsibilities: ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Facilitates admissions and assessment processes for incoming patients. Provides initial evaluation and initiate the integrated assessment, documenting patient symptoms, functioning and needs. Collaborates with other facility medical and psychiatric staff to ensure appropriate recommendations and admissions. Communicates projected admissions to designated internal representative in a timely manner. Ensures all medical admission documentation is gathered from external sources prior to patient admission and secures initial pre-authorization for treatment and admission. Reviews patient charts to determine medical necessity and staffs each referral and assessment with appropriate physician to obtain orders, recommendations, and DSM-V diagnosis, when appropriate. Communicates treatment recommendations to and coordinate with other treatment teams. May administer patients’ medications and follows all physician's orders in consultation with psychiatrist and in accordance with established hospital and licensing agency protocols. Educates patients on side effects, and through discussions determines the effectiveness of education; questions compliance and adjusts medications under psychiatrists' supervision as needed; monitors lab results to validate medication compliance. May maintain accountability of administration, recording, control and security of medications, including narcotics. Assures completion of Adverse Drug Reaction forms as necessary. Maintains knowledge of the most common medications used for psychiatric patients. Advocates for the lowest level of care consistent with the patient’s needs. Coordinates admission and transfer between levels of care within the facility. Assures thorough, accurate documentation is completed for all patients on each shift and facilitates the response to requests for services, including the initial response, the assessment, and referral process, the designation of appropriate level of care, initiation/admission into services, and appropriate follow up activity. Responds to inquiries about the facility within facility policy timeframes. Performs insurance benefit verifications, disseminating the information gathered to patient, their families and other appropriate facility staff. Provides accurate and ongoing assessment of patient status in the admissions process. EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS: Graduation from an accredited school of nursing required. BSN preferred. One or more years' experience in mental health or substance use disorder admissions preferred. Experience in clinical interviewing, patient assessment, referral, treatment planning, communicating with external review organizations or comparable entities. Experience in the managed care pre-certification process, level of care assessments and utilization. Outstanding interpersonal and interviewing and assessment skills. Skill in telephone etiquette and paging procedures. LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS: Valid current RN license from the state or from a compact state, where applicable. CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility). First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements. SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENTS: This position is an Individual Contributor. Why Raleigh Oaks Behavioral Health?Raleigh Oaks Behavioral Health offers a comprehensive benefit plan and a competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications. Qualified candidates should apply by submitting a resume. Raleigh Oaks Behavioral Health is an EOE. Veterans and military spouses are highly encouraged to apply. Summit BHC is dedicated to serving Veterans with specialized programming at our treatment centers across the country. We recognize and value the unique strengths of the military community in supporting our mission to serve those who have served. Seniority level Seniority level Not Applicable Employment type Employment type Full-time Job function Job function Health Care Provider Industries Mental Health Care Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Raleigh Oaks Behavioral Health by 2x Sign in to set job alerts for “Registered Nurse” roles. 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