ECC, Psychiatric Nurse Liaison, Emergency Room, 36hrs, Nights
ECC, Psychiatric Nurse Liaison, Emergency Room, 36hrs, Nights
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Job Description
Are you an internal caregiver student or contingent worker/agency worker at UMass Memorial Health CLICK HERE to apply through your Workday account.
Exemption Status:
NonExemptSchedule Details:
Holidays Every Other Holiday Weekends Every Other WeekendScheduled Hours:
7p7aShift:
3 Night Shift 12 Hours (United States of America)Hours:
36Cost Center:
Emergency RoomThis position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.
Everyone Is a Caregiver
At UMass Memorial Health everyone is a caregiver regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care academic excellence and leadingedge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20000 employees working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients community and each other. And everyone in their own unique way plays an important part every day.
The Nurse Liaison provides clinicallybased case coordination of efforts to support the delivery of effective and efficient home health and hospice care. Has the overall accountability for certified home health and hospice care coordination and discharge planning for patients referred to them. Collaborates with other members of the health care team to identify appropriate utilization of resources and to assure maximum reimbursement. With the patient family and health care team creates a discharge plan appropriate to the patients needs and resources.GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The staff R.N. under the supervision on the Nurse Director or designee is responsible for the nursing care of assigned psychiatric patients located in the Emergency Care Center (ECC). Included in such responsibility is the goal of facilitating ECC psychiatric patients admission process to the inpatient psychiatric units or the transfer of patients to outside facilities. This nurse will work closely with the ECC staff Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) and the inpatient psychiatric units. S/he will maintain competencies in both the ECC and Inpatient psychiatric units and will work in the ECCs on both campuses (Southbridge and Webster) and float to the inpatient unit on 2 South based on needs of the departments as determined by the ECC charge nurse and/or ECC leadership representative.
WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: A minimum of 2 years emergency nursing or psychiatric nursing is preferred.
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: Graduation from an accredited school of nursing with a current license by the Massachusetts Board of Nursing. American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for health care provider required upon hire or during orientation. Advanced Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification is required within 6 months of hiring.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status.
Were striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health for our patients our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge Listen Communicate Be Responsive Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone every day.
As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation national origin age disability gender identity and expression protected veteran status or other status protected by law.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
