UnityPoint Health·Fort Dodge, Iowa
The RN will assess patients' medical and behavioral health needs and provide integrated care focused on mental health conditions in an outpatient clinic. They will collaborate with various team members to ensure client needs are met and maintain ethical standards in their work.
Assess patients medical and behavioral health needs. Provide whole person, integrated care with primary focus on the treatment of mental health conditions within an outpatient clinic. Purposefully conducts all aspects of the job in an ethical manner in support of the organization’s commitment to ethical behavior in all areas of personal and professional activity. Work collaboratively with psychiatric providers, reception and scheduling staff, care coordinators, and other team members to ensure client needs are met. Job tasks include rooming patients, completing health questionnaires (vital signs, medications, mental health symptoms, concurrent physical health or substance use disorders, etc.), processing refill requests, communicating assessment results, lab reports, pharmacy inquiries, and client concerns with psychiatric providers. Demonstrates a positive cooperative attitude, flexibility, and a willingness to change to meet department goals.
Education: Graduate of accredited nursing program required Experience: Experience working with in medical clinic, home health, hospital or nursing home. 6 months experience providing behavioral health services required. License(s)/Certification(s): Possess current RN licensure in the State of Iowa Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Ability to delegate wisely, exercise good judgment, maintain good interpersonal relationships, adapt to change, evaluate critically and think creatively. Individual will demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide appropriate care to adult and geriatric patients with severe and persistent mental illnesses. Individual will demonstrate effective written and verbal skills allowing communication with physicians, co-workers, other clinic/hospital personnel, as well as the public. Position requires good organizational skills.
Candidates must be graduates of an accredited nursing program and possess current RN licensure in Iowa. Experience in a medical clinic or providing behavioral health services is required, along with strong communication and organizational skills.
Market context
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