RN Staff Nurse - Behavioral Health Emergency Response Team, Part-Time
About The Position
A registered professional nurse is accountable for all aspects of direct and/or indirect patient care. This role integrates hands on clinical response, staff education, and quality oversight to support compassionate, evidence based, and trauma informed care. The registered nurse with specialized training in mental health and crisis intervention provides timely, expert assessment and intervention for patients experiencing acute psychiatric emergencies within the acute care hospital setting. This role serves as a clinical resource to bedside staff, promotes patient and staff safety, supports effective de escalation strategies, and facilitates the timely coordination of mental health services. The RN functions as both a direct care clinician and a collaborative partner, working closely with bedside teams to support safe, compassionate, and trauma informed care. Through real time crisis intervention, de escalation support, and coordination with psychiatry, security, and interdisciplinary teams, the RN helps reduce escalation events, minimize unnecessary restraint use, decrease staff injuries, and prevent avoidable patient transfers. In addition to clinical response, the RN plays a key role in staff education, patient safety initiatives, and quality improvement efforts related to psychiatric care delivery. This position supports regulatory and accreditation standards, fosters a culture of dignity and respect, and enhances the hospital's capacity to care for patients with complex behavioral, psychiatric, and recovery related needs.
Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
- Knowledge of general nursing principles and practice skills.
- Knowledge of organizational functions, policies and regulations.
- Knowledge of current trends and new developments.
- Knowledge of principles and practices of nursing, applicable to those areas requiring special education.
- One (1) year experience.
- Current licensure to practice Nursing in the State of Tennessee.
- BLS completed prior to going to unit/department and maintained going forward.
- ACLS and PALS to be completed within 6 Months of hire date.
- Completion of 4 hours of Erlanger Online Education upon hire.
Nice To Haves
- Experience and comfort with acutely mentally ill patients, dementia management, and complications related to addiction.
Responsibilities
- Accountable for all aspects of direct and/or indirect patient care.
- Integrates hands on clinical response, staff education, and quality oversight.
- Provides timely, expert assessment and intervention for patients experiencing acute psychiatric emergencies.
- Serves as a clinical resource to bedside staff.
- Promotes patient and staff safety.
- Supports effective de escalation strategies.
- Facilitates the timely coordination of mental health services.
- Functions as both a direct care clinician and a collaborative partner.
- Works closely with bedside teams to support safe, compassionate, and trauma informed care.
- Provides real time crisis intervention and de escalation support.
- Coordinates with psychiatry, security, and interdisciplinary teams.
- Helps reduce escalation events, minimize unnecessary restraint use, decrease staff injuries, and prevent avoidable patient transfers.
- Plays a key role in staff education, patient safety initiatives, and quality improvement efforts related to psychiatric care delivery.
- Supports regulatory and accreditation standards.
- Fosters a culture of dignity and respect.
- Enhances the hospital's capacity to care for patients with complex behavioral, psychiatric, and recovery related needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
