Registered Nurse Behavioral Health- Intake Nurse

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Introduction Do you have the career opportunities as a Registered Nurse Intake you want in your current role? We invest in what matters most to nurses like you – at home, at work, and at every stage in your career. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital which is a part of the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Do you want to work where you have a voice? Nurses are at the forefront of our commitment to the care and improvement of human life. At HCA Healthcare, there are many ways for nurses to have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi-generational nursing family. We partner with our Nurses at HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital!

• In this role you will: Demonstrate clinical knowledge of psychiatric nursing and maintain the highest quality of comprehensive patient care.
• Respond to all calls for psychiatry services responding appropriately to the identified needs of the caller and patient. Patient calls will be prioritized based on the level of need of the patient. Ensure EMTALA compliance at all times and reports any concerns to the program director immediately.
• Coordinate communication related to all assessment and admission activities, insure rapid throughput for the emergency department, request additional resources when needed based on volume, and work with the medical staff to move patients to disposition quickly.
• Respond to calls for assessments in the emergency department within 15 minutes and initiate the requested assessment as soon as possible and no later than 60 minutes from the initial request. Implement a backup procedure when the 60 minute time frame cannot be met due to heavy volume.
• Work with inpatient nursing staff to insure an appropriate bed is available for patients coming in including moving patients as needed to make beds available quickly.
• Be responsible to provide education and support related to emergency detention procedures, intervention as needed, completion of paperwork, and addressing process concerns with the emergency department director and medical staff to insure compliance with all regulatory requirements.
• Work collaboratively with behavioral health sales team to provide data, assure accurate referral data management, and include sales team members in team meetings as needed.

• Associates Degree in Nursing or Diploma in Nursing required.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred.
• Florida RN license and/or approved multistate RN license required. Compact license holders have 60 days to obtain the Florida license after relocation.
• BLS-AHA Provider issued card required within 30 days of start.
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention certification required.
• Prefer 1-3 years’ experience in a behavioral healthcare setting performing clinical assessments.

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence.
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts.

Note:

Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Nurses play a pivotal role and are the backbone of healthcare delivery. At HCA Healthcare, we are dedicated to ensuring nurses have necessary tools and resources to provide world-class patient care, advocating for the profession and helping to shape the future of nursing.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.