Behavioral Health Nurse Specialist - Center for Interventional Psychiatry

About the Role

Behavioral Health Nurse Specialist - Center for Interventional Psychiatry at UPMC in United States. Benefits: health benefits, PTO.

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrates accountability for professional development that improves the quality of professional practice and the quality of patient care.
• Supports the development of students, new staff and colleagues.
• Creates an environment of open dialogue, inquiry and continuous development by asking for feedback and improving practice.
• Actively participates in department or quality improvement efforts. Identifies opportunity for quality improvement to colleagues and management.
• Communicates with peers and management any safety hazards identified in the workplace.
• Nurse is beginning to show advanced knowledge of psychiatric diagnoses and be able to differentiate diagnosis on assigned patients.

Requirements

• BSNs or those enrolled in a BSN program are preferred. Prior psychiatric experience preferred.
• Creates a caring and compassionate patient focused experience by building healing relationships with patients, families and colleagues.
• Zero to two years of experience.
• Good clinical judgment with critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving abilities required as related to various aspects of patient care.
• Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

Benefits & Compensation

• Western Psychiatric Hospital is hiring a Behavioral Health Nurse Specialist to support the Center for Interventional Psychiatry department!
• Demonstrates knowledge of adult learning principles (and/or teaching children if applicable) and applies in teaching of patients, families, students and new staff.
• Demonstrates an understanding of cultural differences and holds peers accountable for healthy relationships. Maintains a conscious balance between work and personal life.
• Models safe work hours, time management and healthy lifestyle.
• Performs psychiatric review of symptoms.
• Completes Drug and Alcohol inventory and assesses for any withdrawal symptoms.

Work Schedule

• Provides routinely scheduled staff education on clinical issues.
• Completes follow-up visits as needed and clinically appropriate.