Psychiatric RN
About The Position
Amedisys, part of the Optum family of businesses, provides home health, hospice, and community-based services. The Psychiatric Registered Nurse provides compassionate, skilled psychiatric nursing care to patients in their homes, supporting mental health stability and overall well-being. The role includes assessment, medication management, patient and family education, and coordination with interdisciplinary care teams while meeting clinical standards and regulatory requirements. The ideal candidate is empathetic, clinically skilled, and committed to patient-centered mental health care in a home-based setting. The role uses a combination of per-visit-point compensation for patient visits and hourly pay for certain non-visit activities, such as orientation. Visits are assigned according to patient and business needs, and weekly visit volume varies based on productivity targets and the points assigned to visits. Annual total cash compensation assumes full-time employment of 40 hours per week at full productivity.
Requirements
- Current RN license specific to the state or states where assigned to work.
- Meet one of the stated CMS psychiatric nursing qualifications: an RN with a master's degree in mental health nursing or a psychiatric specialty and nursing experience in an acute treatment unit or other psychiatric setting; an RN with a bachelor's degree in nursing and one year of recent nursing experience in such a setting; or an RN with a nursing diploma or associate's degree and two years of recent nursing experience in such a setting.
- Psychiatric experience must have been within the last three to five years; otherwise, documentation must support psychiatric retraining, classes, or continuing education units to update psychiatric knowledge.
- Current CPR certification.
- Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and liability insurance.
- Pass a drug test before beginning employment.
Responsibilities
- Perform initial nursing evaluations, including assessment of behavioral health and psychiatric nursing needs.
- Observe and evaluate patients’ physical and mental status for complications and medication side effects.
- Monitor for behavioral indicators requiring changes in treatment, including crises or suicidal ideation, as well as other medical signs and symptoms.
- Instruct patients and caregivers in care techniques, medication regimens, disease processes, safety interventions, activities of daily living, coping skills, symptom management, and other interventions.
- Administer intramuscular medications and perform lab draws and specimen collections.
- Coordinate care as a case manager for assigned patients.
- Complete documentation accurately and on time.
- Supervise LPNs and HHAs.
- Regularly communicate patient progress to the clinical manager, psychiatrist, and care team.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Recognition programs.
- Equity stock purchase, subject to eligibility requirements.
- 401(k) contribution, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Benefits and incentives.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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