Registered Nurse RN Behavioral Health

Elara Caring•Mayfield Heights, OH

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About The Position

Elara Caring is hiring a Registered Nurse for behavioral health home care in East Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga, and Ashtabula Counties. The nurse provides one-to-one care in patients’ homes and assumes primary responsibility for an assigned caseload, including assessing needs and planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating each patient’s plan of treatment. The role involves working with patients, families, caregivers, and an interdisciplinary care team to address physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and environmental factors affecting health. The nurse also supports and supervises care delivered by behavioral health aides and LPNs, teaches behavioral health and symptom-management practices to staff in alternate care settings, and provides support and bereavement assessment at the time of death. The position offers work autonomy, flexible schedules, a supportive and collaborative environment, and a competitive compensation package. The nurse must be able and willing to travel within the branch or office coverage area and travel approximately 50%.

Requirements

Current, unrestricted state RN license.
At least 1 year of experience as a nurse in a clinical care setting.
Ability and willingness to travel within the branch or office coverage area.
Dependable vehicle, valid driver’s license, and current auto insurance in accordance with state laws.
Ability to frequently lift, push, pull, and support up to 50 pounds, including positioning or transferring patients and moving equipment.
Ability and willingness to travel 50%.

Nice To Haves

Associate degree or bachelor’s degree in nursing.
Previous home health or hospice experience.
Previous experience with Homecare HomeBase.

Responsibilities

Assess assigned behavioral health patient and family caseloads to identify physical, psychosocial, and environmental needs using documentation, clinical records, interdisciplinary team reports, after-hours reports, and on-site evaluations.
Assume primary responsibility for the caseload, including assessing, planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating the plan of treatment.
Assess patient needs and gather information about physical, psychological, social, and spiritual factors that may affect patient, family, or caregiver health, incorporating the information into the plan of care.
Complete initial and ongoing evaluations of patients’ nursing needs during visits.
Make follow-up visits according to patient, family, and facility needs.
Communicate significant findings, problems, changes in health condition, environmental concerns, and unsafe facility conditions to the Clinical Supervisor, physician, facility, and other personnel involved in care.
Revise the plan of care in response to identified patient care issues and notify the Clinical Supervisor, physician, facility, and other team members.
Counsel and instruct patients, facilities, and families, and involve them in following the Interdisciplinary Plan of Care.
Teach behavioral health philosophy and pain and symptom management to staff in alternate care settings, including nursing homes, hospitals, and assisted-living facilities.
Initiate, supervise, and document behavioral health aide and LPN care delivery in accordance with agency policy.
Inform the supervisor or facility supervisor of unusual or potentially problematic nursing facility issues.
Provide appropriate support at the time of death and perform a bereavement assessment.