Assessment & Referral Registered Nurse; Weekends; Santa Rosa

ABOUT US

Formerly Aurora Santa Rosa Hospital, SRBHH was opened in 2016 and is an integral part of the greater Santa Rosa and Northern California mental health system of care. Conveniently located in the North Bay, this 144-bed hospital serves adolescents and adults with mental health and co‑occurring psychiatric and substance abuse conditions.

Assessment & Referral Registered Nurse

$63.00-$78.00 per hour

Director of Assessment and Referral

Part-Time Weekends

The top priority of the Assessment and Referrals RN is to perform accurate assessment of incoming admissions in order to deliver high quality safe care during the Intake process. Comprehensive ability to process patients from receipt of referral until transfer to unit. Assess the needs of prospective patients via crisis calls, walks or via referral packet to ensure the appropriate level of care is provided according to EMTALA guidelines.

Utilize knowledge of facility policies, exclusionary criteria, and capabilities to accept patients for treatment within the facility, and ability to provide in person assessment, obtain MD orders, and determine appropriate location for unit assignment. The Assessment and Referrals RN embraces Santa Rosa Behavioral Healthcare Hospital’s (SRBHH) mission, vision and value statements and adheres to and follows all the hospital policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with regulations, standards and requirements.

The Registered Nurse – Assessments & Referrals maintains knowledge, participates in further training provided, and understands the potential risks regarding occupational health hazards (e.g. blood borne pathogen exposures).

• Responds to telephone and face-to-face inquiries from persons seeking mental health care or information about mental health-related services.
• Through systematic process of interaction with patients, the patient's significant others, and the appropriate health care providers, collects and analyzes data regarding the patient's physical, psychosocial, environmental, self‑care, educational, spiritual, cultural and anticipated discharge needs; determines patient's alcohol or drug toxicity; identifies signs of withdrawal; conducts screenings or assessments to determine needs of treatment.
• The care and treatment of the patient are rendered in a competent and timely manner and are based on current chemical dependency and psychiatric nursing/clinical knowledge and standards; care is evaluated against the goals and plan of care and is revised as needed and appropriate to the patient.
• Facilitates the patient's access to the appropriate level of care and setting.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with patient services counselors and coordinators, intake department, physicians and health professional affiliates, healthcare facilities, and nursing staff.
• Demonstrates good skills in assessing client’s crisis and clinical indicators via phone and in‑person and documenting such on a call sheet and scheduling assessment as clinically appropriate.
• Prepares written report of assessment results in a timely manner (immediately following completed assessment) and includes recommendations for the level of care and treatment needs.
• Makes appropriate interventions during assessments, and crisis situations with clients, family/friends and other professional staff.
• Assesses need for involuntary hospitalization evaluation and contacts county crisis team, law enforcement or 5150 certified employees as needed to ensure the safety of client and others.
• Enters the data of calls and for Intake Assessments in the computer system in a timely manner.
• Assists clients who are not admitted into a program with follow‑through of clinical referrals and recommendations.
• Provides pertinent clinical information to physician and program staff who will be reviewing the patient to ensure a smooth transition for the patient.
• Distributes documentation of admissions to the Business Office, Admitting Unit, and the Utilization Review Department.
• Maintains knowledge of developmental tasks and sociological theories of pertinent age groups.
• Maintai…