Registered Nurse- Behavioural Health Nurse

Title: Registered Nurse- Behavioural Health Nurse

Responsibilities:

• Providing treatment plans, which may include medication management, group therapy sessions, in-home counseling sessions, or other forms of treatment
• Performing intake assessments to determine patients’ needs and risks for suicide, violence, or self-injury
• Creating and updating treatment plans based on patient progress and compliance with treatment goals
• Coordinating care with other healthcare providers such as psychiatrists, social workers, and therapists
• Teaching patients how to identify triggers that may cause them to act out in ways that are detrimental to their health or safety
• Conducting home visits to patients who are unable to come to the office for treatment sessions
• Providing individual therapy sessions to patients with a variety of mental health issues such as depression or anxiety disorders
• Supporting patients through difficult transitions such as terminations from treatment programs or hospital discharge
• Assisting patients with adhering to treatment plans by encouraging healthy lifestyle choices and monitoring their responses to medication

Requirements:

• RN with minimum of 2+ years of recent RN experience and 2+ years of recent in BHA
• The potential nurse must also go through a period of supervised clinical experience
• BLS(AHA); ACLS(AHA)

Education and Training:

• registered nurse (RN) by earning a diploma,
• associate degree or Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree from an accredited nursing program.