(Archived) Registered Nurse (RN) - Behavioral Health

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Matrix Providers is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN)- Behavioral Health to join our team of talented professionals who provide healthcare services to our Military Service Members and their families in Cannon AFB, New Mexico.

• Employment Status: Full-time
• Compensation: This is an hourly position, paid bi-weekly.
• Schedule: Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. All scheduled positions shall not work more than 40 hours per week.
• Benefits: Competitive financial package with a comprehensive insurance package including health, dental, vision, and life coverage.
  • Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Paid Holidays (Outlined in Handbook)
  • 401(k) Plan

Requirements: The Registered Nurse (RN) in Behavioral Health must have and meet the following:

• Degree: Associate's Degree in Nursing.
• Education: Graduate from a college or university accredited by Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
• Experience: A minimum of 3 years full-time nursing experience is required; must have a minimum of 2 years experience in the last 3 calendar years providing services such as psychiatric or mental/behavioral health nursing. Attendance and successful completion of the 5-day Department of Defense (DoD)/Air Force BHCF training may be required; specific travel information will be defined during the ordering process. The ability to successfully complete orientation, AHLTA training and pass core competencies of BHCF training must all be demonstrated after completion of the training course or within 90 calendar days.
• Certifications in addition to Basic Life Support. Certified/certified eligible by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as a Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse.
• Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse.

Job Summary:

• Must have working knowledge of mental health levels of care to include posthospital and acute care illness stabilization. Ability to anticipate and articulate to health management and/or interdisciplinary team members the patients’ needs, requirements, abilities, and limitations.
• Coordinate patient care in collaboration with a wide array of healthcare professionals. Facilitate the achievement of optimal outcomes in clinical care, quality, and cost-effectiveness.
• Must have a comprehensive understanding of professional nursing care standards, theories, principles, practices, disease processes, and procedures to perform nursing assignments of moderate to severe difficulty for acute and chronically ill adult and geriatric patients as appropriate.
• Must possess a working knowledge of mental health, human growth and development, and pathophysiology of disease processes, as they apply to the care environment for all ages of the spectrum from adult to geriatrics.
• Knowledge of psychopharmacological agents used in patient treatment, knowledge of the desired effects, side effects, and complications of their use, as well as the accurate administration of the psychopharmacologic agents. Must possess a working knowledge of the administrative requirements for proper documentation of patient conditions including the disease process, acknowledgment of teaching, and follow-up care.
• Skill and tact in communicating with people who may be physically or mentally ill, uncooperative, fearful, emotionally distraught, and occasionally dangerous. Must possess organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills to articulate medical requirements to patients, families/caregivers, and medical and nonmedical staff in a professional and courteous way.
• As a member of the Primary Care Behavioral Health team, the Behavioral Health Care Facilitator (BHCF) assists Primary Care Managers (PCM) and Internal Behavioral Health Consultants (IBHC), optimizing the efficiency and effectiveness of treatment by facilitating services between PCMs, IBHCs, and their patients.
• Monitors patients’ prescribed psychotropic medications by their PCM for conditions of depression and anxiety disorders (e.g. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)) (diagnosis list is not all-inclusive).
• Monitors and facilitates adherence to treatments, provide education, coordinates care, maintains data registries, and performs the full scope of clinical nursing in the execution of primary care behavioral health services.
• Reacts quickly in emergency situations. Recognizes patients at risk for harm to self and/or others, or experiencing adverse signs and symptoms. Ability to calmly assess life-threatening situations and appropriately coordinate/expedite life-saving intervention(s). Possesses competence in all required emergency procedures for the assigned patient population.
• Ensure compliance with standards of care and practice by all established policies, procedures, and guidelines used in the Medical Treatment Facility (MTF).
• Perform physical exams and health histories.
• Provide health promotions, counseling, and education.
• Administer medications, wound care, and numerous other personalized interventions.
• Direct and supervise the care provided by other healthcare professionals.
• Accountable for making patient care assignments based on the scope of practice and skill level of assigned personnel.
• Recognize adverse signs and symptoms and quickly react in emergencies.
• Communicate and collaborate with a diverse group of people to inform the healthcare team of plans/actions for teaching/education to benefit the patient/family and organization.
• Make referral appointments and arrange specialty care as appropriate.
• Perform nursing services as identified in the official Task Order.
• Conduct research in support of improved practice and patient outcomes.

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