RN Crisis Clinician-CCBHC IL

RN Crisis Clinician

Full-Time; FTE 1.0

9:00pm-7:30am

Rock Island, IL

The CSU Crisis Clinician (RN) is supervised by the Manager, Outpatient Nursing Services Psychiatry and CSU and provides care to patients in crisis utilizing the Robert Young Center principles of Trauma Informed Care. The RN provides acute care to individuals who are experiencing a psychiatric crisis and uses expertise to serve patients with complex behavioral health presentations that cannot be served in a behavioral health outpatient care setting. They perform crisis assessment, formulate a diagnosis, and implement acute care counseling interventions with patients. They act as a patient advocate to coordinate required services or to resolve emergency problems in crisis situations.

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• The RN conducts face-to-face and telemedicine crisis assessments with patients to determine their specific needs. Patients in crisis may require immediate referral to medical services, assistance with concrete needs, such as food and clothing, or they may be in a state of psychological shock and require psychiatric intervention through inpatient admission.
• Patients in crisis often enter a state of psychological shock and withdrawal as a way of handling the aftermath of the disaster or crisis situation. They may be momentarily unable to arrange for their immediate needs. The RN provides temporary forms of advocacy to help clients meet these needs and may include explaining the patient's needs to multiple service providers. The goal of the RN is to help patients regain sufficient levels of functioning so that they are able to resume advocating for themselves.
• Providing accurate and timely referrals is another important responsibility of the RN. They must know the state of Illinois and Iowa's admission criteria for inpatient psychiatric services, and often mentor clinicians within the agency about the patient's mental health rights according to the state's mental health codes.

Education:

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.

Experience:

• Two years mental health experience is preferred.

License(s)/Certification(s):

• Professional RN licensure in the state Illinois and Iowa
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) training within 6 months of hire.

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