Registered Nurse - Intake (Santa Rosa)
Northern California Behavioral Health System
Santa Rosa, california
Pay range: 60$ - 78$
DESCRIPTION OF POSITION:
To assess the needs of prospective patients and phone callers and ensure their referral to the service or resource to best address those needs.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Responds to telephone and face-to-face inquiries from persons seeking mental health care or information about mental health-related services.
- Through a systematic process of interaction with patients, the patient's significant others, and the appropriate health care providers, collects and analyzes data regarding the patient's physical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, educational, spiritual, cultural and anticipated discharge needs; determines patient's alcohol or drug toxicity; identifies signs of withdrawal; conducts screenings or assessments to determine needs of treatment.
- The care and treatment of the patient are rendered in a competent manner and are...