RN - Behavioral Health Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

Geisinger • Danville, PA

7d • $86,320 • Onsite

About The Position

Geisinger is seeking a full-time Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Emergency Department at Geisinger Medical Center (GMC). This role focuses on providing comprehensive nursing care to patients presenting with behavioral health, psychiatric, substance use, and emotional crisis needs. The RN will utilize evidence-based assessment, intervention, de-escalation, and therapeutic communication techniques to promote patient safety, stabilization, and appropriate disposition. This position involves collaboration with a multidisciplinary team, including emergency physicians, psychiatrists, advanced practice providers, social workers, case managers, and security personnel, to ensure high-quality behavioral health care in a fast-paced emergency setting. The role may involve care within an EmPATH unit for lower acuity behavioral health patients or within the main ED if the EmPATH unit is not open. Geisinger Medical Center is a Magnet Recognized facility, signifying excellence in nursing practice and patient care.

Requirements

• Graduate from Specialty Training Program-Nursing (Required)
• Minimum of 1 year-Nursing (Required)
• 1 year of behavioral health experience required
• Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of Pennsylvania
• Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification - American Heart Association (AHA)

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree-Nursing (Preferred)
• 2 years of behavioral health experience preferred
• Minimum of 2 years-Related work experience (Preferred)
• Preceptor Skills

Responsibilities

• Provides comprehensive nursing care to patients presenting with behavioral health, psychiatric, substance use, and emotional crisis needs.
• Utilizes evidence-based assessment, intervention, de-escalation, and therapeutic communication techniques to promote patient safety, stabilization, and appropriate disposition.
• Collaborates with emergency physicians, psychiatrists, advanced practice providers, social workers, case managers, security personnel, and interdisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality behavioral health care in a fast-paced emergency setting.
• Completes assessments as established by scope of practice and unit standards, including behavioral health and suicide risk assessments.
• Addresses physical, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual needs of patient and family throughout the continuum of care.
• Formulates, coordinates, and provides plan of care as established in unit standards including, patient and family education, family needs and discharge planning throughout hospitalization with members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Provides direct patient care including, treatments, medications, and diagnostic studies according to policy and procedure.
• Evaluates effectiveness of nursing interventions and revises plan of care based upon patient response to interventions.
• Initiates collaboration with physicians, ancillary personnel, and other interdisciplinary team members and acts to proactively resolve and facilitate patient needs.
• Problem solves, troubleshoots and takes corrective measures in the care and handling of equipment.
• Participates in unit-based decision-making regarding the utilization of evidence-based practice.
• Actively participates as a team member working toward team goals of the unit and organization and is accountable for unit and system specific metrics.
• Actively participates in patient quality and safety education programs and other activities designed to improve departmental and organizational quality and safety.
• Provide therapeutic interventions and crisis stabilization.
• Monitor for withdrawal, self-harm, aggression, elopement risk, and worsening psychiatric symptoms.
• Utilize verbal de-escalation techniques during crises.
• Maintain compliance with suicide precautions, observation levels, and safety protocols.
• Serve as a behavioral health resource for emergency department staff.

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners.
• $21,500 hiring incentive for eligible candidates
• $41.50 minimum hiring rate with increased rates for experienced individuals
• Up to $7 shift differentials for evening, night, and weekend shifts
• Relocation assistance for eligible candidates

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree