PRN Assessment Specialist, RN, Behavioral Health

Lifepoint Health • Fort Worth, TX

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About The Position

Your experience matters
WellBridge Healthcare Fort Worth is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As an Assessment Specialist RN joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier ®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.
How you’ll contribute
An Assessment Specialist RN who excels in this role:
Is responsible for working with internal and external customers to identify patients appropriate for admission to the Behavioral Health Unit.
Is responsible for conducting a crisis assessment as identified in the essential job specific functions.
Provides planning and delivery of direct and indirect patient care through the nursing process of Assessment, Planning, Intervention, and Evaluation.
Develops nursing care plan in coordination with patient, family and interdisciplinary staff as necessary.
Communicates changes in patient’s clinical condition with Physicians, Nursing Supervisor/Manager and Director of Intake and Admission as appropriate.
What we’re looking for
Applicants should have a current state RN license and possess a bachelor’s degree from an accredited nursing school. Additional requirements include:
BCLS certification, ACLS preferred.
Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a psychiatric setting.
Experience in crisis counseling and crisis evaluations preferred
More about WellBridge Healthcare Fort Worth
WellBridge Healthcare Fort Worth is a behavioral health hospital offering exceptional care to the Fort Worth, TX community.
EEOC Statement
“WellBridge Healthcare Fort Worth is an Equal Opportunity Employer. WellBridge Healthcare Fort Worth is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.”

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.
We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.

Requirements

• Applicants should have a current state RN license
• Possess a bachelor’s degree from an accredited nursing school.
• BCLS certification
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a psychiatric setting.

Nice To Haves

• ACLS preferred.
• Experience in crisis counseling and crisis evaluations preferred

Responsibilities

• Is responsible for working with internal and external customers to identify patients appropriate for admission to the Behavioral Health Unit.
• Is responsible for conducting a crisis assessment as identified in the essential job specific functions.
• Provides planning and delivery of direct and indirect patient care through the nursing process of Assessment, Planning, Intervention, and Evaluation.
• Develops nursing care plan in coordination with patient, family and interdisciplinary staff as necessary.
• Communicates changes in patient’s clinical condition with Physicians, Nursing Supervisor/Manager and Director of Intake and Admission as appropriate.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees