The Behavioral Health and Psychiatric RN ensures that all clinical care is delivered in a manner that meets or exceeds goals and expectations for clinical outcomes, quality assurance standards, and patient satisfaction. The RN gauges the behavioral health patients’ psychiatric state, collaborates with a multi-disciplinary team to support each patients’ care plan, monitors adherence to all treatments, administers psychotropic and other medications, has strong de-escalation skills, maintains patient safety during restraint, hold or seclusion events, conducts education.
ResponsibilitiesProvides thorough, timely and accurate documentation of all pertinent data, therapeutic interventions and patient responses including assessment, care plan, patient goals and interventions according to established standards for the care of the patient individual.
Evaluating and implementing for comfort and well-being of the patients’ s medical, social, and emotional needs in their home.
Provides education to the individual, family, and team.
Safely administers medication in accordance with provider orders, protocols, and policies and monitoring effectiveness with a strong knowledge of the psychotropic drug class, if prescribed psychotropic medications.
Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team regarding care and disposition specific to the patient’s behavioral, psychiatric, and medical needs.
Delegates tasks as appropriate to Direct Support Professionals and other members of the individual’s care team.
Maintains a safe behavioral health environment.
Maintain a safe behavioral health milieu.
Provide direct therapeutic interaction and participation with behavioral health patients and their families.
Provides patient care based on standards of practice, procedures, and policies of the health system.

• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies.
• Note: These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.