Behavioral Health Nurse

Sound Community Services•New London, CT

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Sound Community Services, Inc. is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to educating, assisting, and supporting individuals with persistent mental illness and substance use disorders. We work tirelessly to create a culture and environment in which recovery and wellness are possible. This position provides key supports to employees in a fast-paced mental health outpatient clinic. Responsibilities include but are not limited to the triaging of calls, preparing refill requests for APRN/MD signature, completion of insurance authorizations, preparing and administering intramuscular injections. Other duties include consultation with other medical professionals especially during admission and discharge from other services; development of training on protocols and health promotions, wellness, and prevention initiatives; facilitation of health education groups; support to employees and clients in our residential facilities; tracking and performing required assessments and screenings; monitoring and reporting required outcomes and goals.

Requirements

Connecticut Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or higher active and in good standing required
Must be able to obtain minimally required liability insurance
Competent user of technology including Electronic Medical Records, ePrescribe, documenting of vital signs and the Microsoft Office suite
General knowledge of nursing and health care terminology
Excellent skills related to patient care, organization and attention to detail, analytical, problem-solving and time management
CPR/First Aid Certified or eligible

Nice To Haves

Experience in behavioral health is preferred

Responsibilities

Assist with care plans for Behavioral Health Home (BHH) clients.
Teach and perform physical health assessments, obtain vital signs, smoking cessation, and administer other health screening tools as necessary, including a medical profile, health risk assessment and a PHQ-9 screening for depression.
Acts as support to team members to interface with home health care agencies, specialty providers and hospitals to provide follow-up during transitions of care; monitors updates regarding changes in client’s health status.
Complete medical forms, Outpatient Treatment Requests (OTR), Prior Authorizations (PA), disability forms, and other forms as needed.
Support creation and presentation of monthly BHH wellness topics.
Prepare required letters that can be abstracted from medical records.
Prepare approved refill requests for APRN/MD signature in a timely manner.
Triage all phone calls to the prescribing staff and uses good judgement in developing a response.
Call in lab requests and triages urgent values from non-urgent and sends an alert to prescribing employees as needed.
Request records and lab results from medical providers/hospitals/laboratories.
Perform intramuscular injections as assigned.
Perform urine drug screens as directed, venipuncture, and send s specimens when applicable.
Update releases of information (ROI) as needed.
Support clients in educational needs.
Attends all team meetings as scheduled
Support hospital discharge and other care transitions.
Outreach to engage, support, and promote continuity of care.
Ensure linkage to medication monitoring services.
Document all activity related to client services provided (face to face, telephone, collateral) using Carelogic electronic health records system.
Maintain collaborative relationships with SMHA, Beacon, VNA, community and network providers as well as the SCSI multi-disciplinary team.
Perform other related tasks assigned by supervisor.