Psychiatric Nurse Salary in Billings, MT

The Mental Health Worker is responsible for following established policies and procedures, performs a variety of therapeutic activities as specified by the treatment program and the individual patient treatment plan.Essential Job Functions • Supports and models behaviors consistent with Billings Clinic's mission, vision, values, code of business conduct and service expectations. Meets all mandatory organizational and departmental requirements. Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental and outside agency standards as it relates to the environment, employee, patient safety or job performance. • Utilizing a holistic approach performs basic nursing care and activities within scope and practice as directed by the licensed nurse to include the goal directed plan of care for the patient. • Performs basic nursing care and treatments within scope of practice as directed by the licensed nurse to include, but not limited to, activities of daily living (ADLs), vital signs, intake and output measurements and patient observation as assigned. • Ensures complete, accurate and timely entry into patient medical record as indicated by patient need and documentation guidelines, consistent with departmental policies and procedures. • Adheres to Billings Clinic safety standards, policies and practices. Anticipates and identifies problems and safety issues and initiates appropriate action. • Utilizes performance improvement principles to assess and improve the quality of patient/resident care. Supports the Magnet Model of quality nursing care. • Maintains confidentiality within the treatment team and helps patients to understand confidentiality for themselves and others. • Assists in managing crisis situations requiring control and restraint of patients. Utilizes crisis intervention techniques and judgment that demonstrates the ability to intervene in potentially explosive situations with patient in a manner that maintains patient dignity and patient and staff safety. • Demonstrates collaborative, supportive, and caring behaviors in communication with patients, families, visitors, and interdisciplinary care team. • Acts as a resource, role model and mentor. Responds to questions and assists with problem resolution. • Performs clerical duties to maintain unit flow which may include paperwork coordination, supply ordering and daily quality checks. • Utilizes electronic applications to support daily staff and patient workflow, which include, but are not limited to admissions and discharges, order entry and procedures coordination. • Ability to effectively utilize phone systems. Answers telephone calls, responds to routine inquiries and relays other calls and messages promptly. Notifies appropriate personnel of requests. • Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.

May be eligible for a sign on incentive, tuition loan repayment, and relocation assistanceThe Therapist/Social Worker is an integral part of a multidisciplinary team working with patients in an acute inpatient mental health setting. While promoting the health and wellness of patients, Therapist/Social Work staff provide comprehensive services, which include therapy (individual, group and family), discharge planning, case management, care coordination, crisis intervention as well as addressing psychosocial and other needs of patients and their families.Under the direction of department leadership, therapist/social work staff provides services consisting of therapy, comprehensive case management, care coordination, continuing care services, and clinical social work services including crisis intervention. In addition, the Therapist/Social Worker is responsible for providing education addressing physical, psychosocial, financial, environmental and other needs of patients and families and/or significant others. The Therapist/Social Worker is part of an interdisciplinary team who promotes health and addresses medical and non medical barriers.Essential Job Functions• Supports and models behaviors consistent with the mission and philosophy of Billings Clinic and department/service. • Assesses patient medical records for treatment plan, identifies actual and potential discharge needs at the time of admission for assigned patients. • Identifies, screens and assess patients, families and/or significant others who require therapy/social work services in a timely manner. • Integrates social work plan into overall patient care plan through participation in interdisciplinary team collaboration may include RN care management, physicians, nurses and other members of the health care team as service area dictates. Promotes collaboration and communication among team members. • Provides patient, family, significant other education, and emotional support utilizing individual, family and group modalities (care conferences). • Meets with patient, family, significant other as appropriate to develop plan of care taking into consideration choice, support network(s), resource needs (financial, housing, transportation, etc.), and appropriate level of care. • Provides crisis intervention, therapeutic support and coping skills on adjustment to illness/disability. • Identifies physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs and incorporates them into the plan of care. • Demonstrates sensitivity and awareness about population specific needs or special issues related to culture, race, gender, age religion, sexual orientation, etc. • Demonstrates the ability to identify symptoms/indicators of abuse, neglect, and exploitation in specific patient populations and provide appropriate interventions, including mandated reporting. • Assess and responds to legal issues such as Living Wills, Durable Power of Attorney, guardianship, etc. • Supports patients to ensure they can function to the best of their ability and maintain optimal health related to their medical condition. Provide education and information to patient's identified support systems. • Supports patients to stabilization using individual and group therapy techniques. • Utilizes interviews and patient medical record reviews to identify actual or potential barriers and care needs. • Interacts with patients, support systems, healthcare professionals, community, and state agencies. Serves as a liaison between hospital, clinic, and community agencies to facilitate the exchange of clinical and referral information. • Identifies high-risk patients from a medical/psychosocial/financial perspective, assesses the needs of patients and support systems. • Discusses evaluations, goals and treatments with patients and support systems to enhance patient and support system engagement. • Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to identify needs of patients and their support systems. • Understands and utilizes hospital and community based financial resources and entitlements such as SSD, SSI, Medicaid, charity care, mental health, HCFS, Patient Financial Representatives, Public Health and other outside resources as needed. • Coordinates and implements discharge/transitional planning activities within expected length of stay in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team. • Accountable for appropriate and patient focused discharge planning; including placement in alternative living environments. • Advocates on behalf of patients and takes a lead role assisting patients with complex psychosocial needs. • Keeps supervisor informed of barriers to discharge, patient/family dissatisfaction, and/or agency conflicts. • Coordinates with referral agencies as indicated to ensure services are in place before discharge. This includes providing necessary paperwork in a timely manner to process the referral and enhancing positive working relationships with community agencies. • Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of internal and external agency services/resources related to the needs of specific patient populations and the ability to be creative in coordinating services. • Refers patients, families, and significant others to appropriate services to ensure continuity and quality of care (information and referral). • Monitors the need for revisions in the care plan and makes recommendations to physician(s) and interdisciplinary team when indicated. Demonstrates resourcefulness when collaborating with the interdisciplinary team. • Modifies treatment plans to reflect changes in patients or their support system status and needs. • Demonstrates the ability to evaluate compliance with medical/psychiatric treatment protocols and intervene to address barriers. • Helps navigate patient through the healthcare system. • Provides timely referral and coordinates with agencies/facilities to ensure services are in place to meet the patient's and organizational needs to achieve continuity and quality of care. • Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of services/resources related to the needs of specific patient populations. • Maintains current knowledge regarding insurance benefit reimbursement, community resource and ancillary clinical services to meet the needs of internal and external customers. • Serves as a resource to staff on psychosocial needs of patients and families, resources, and discharge/transitional planning. • Documents care management interventions in medical record including patient, family and/or significant other communication, discharge/transition plan, support system and disposition status. • Documentation is timely, reflects professional practice and is consistent with departmental/organizational policy. • Monitors, evaluates and documents patient progress related to the plan of care. • Maintains data and reporting information as required by department and other programs. • Provides utilization review functions as required by the department. • Identifies service gaps and participates in hospital and departmental programs to address and improve quality of care. • Adheres to department and organizational policies addressing confidentiality, infection control, patient rights, medical ethics, advance directives, disaster protocols and safety. • Maintain competency in organizational and departmental policies/processes relevant to job performance. • Adheres to regulatory, legal, compliance, and professional licensure/certification requirements in day-to-day practice. • Participates in continuing education, department planning, work teams, and process improvement activities. • Demonstrates the ability to be flexible, open minded and adaptable to change • Maintain competency in organizational and departmental policies/processes relevant to job performance. • Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.

*May be eligible for $2,000 sign on incentive*Provide care and close supervision of patients. Document patient behaviors provide crisis intervention as necessary and implement individualized treatment plans while following Billings Clinic policies and procedures. Work as part of the interdisciplinary team and assist in maintaining a safe environment for both patients and staff.Essential Job Functions• Ensure that patients and their environment are safe. Complete patient and environmental safety observations on assigned unit. Attentive to possible issues on the unit due to escalating behaviors or environmental factors and report concerns to Charge nurse. • Provide patient care and assist with ADLs as needed such as personal hygiene, toileting, bathing, transferring, and eating. Daily task assignments may include height, weight, vital signs and obtaining blood glucose levels. Document the care provided in a timely and accurate manner per Billings Clinic guidelines. • Communicate effectively and provide age appropriate care to adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients. • Demonstrate appropriate judgment and emotional stability when encountering stressful and non-stressful situations. Exhibit calm demeanor when de-escalating patients. Implement crisis prevention and de-escalation approved techniques beginning with least restrictive intervention followed with more restrictive interventions as necessary. May include lifting, bending or holding to assist patients. • Facilitate and supervise patient groups of an educational or supportive purpose. Encourage patient participation in milieu activities and plan of care. • Demonstrate accurate and timely documentation for all patient care provided through completion of applicable charting. • Assist with admissions by checking in patient belongings and gathering their belongings upon discharge. • Maintains a safe and clean environment for patients and staff members. • Maintains confidentiality and acts in accordance with HIPPA policy and procedure. • Performs routine clerical work including filing, chart maintenance, paperwork coordination and effectively using the phone system. • Contributes to individual treatment plans as part of the treatment team. Comprehends program specifics and therapeutic purpose for each group. Makes essential judgments related to patient needs and progress. Seeks out consultations and information from other team members and gives input into team decisions. • Participates in process improvement. Actively provides feedback to other team members and gives input into team decisions. • Models patient service excellence (PSE) and provides quality customer service care when engaging with patients, family members and other staff members. • Acts as a resource, role model and mentor. Responds appropriately to questions and assists with problem resolution.

May be eligible for tuition loan repayment, relocation assistance, and sign on incentiveThe Therapist/Social Worker is an integral part of a multidisciplinary team working with patients in an acute inpatient mental health setting. While promoting the health and wellness of patients, Therapist/Social Work staff provide comprehensive services, which include therapy (individual, group and family), discharge planning, case management, care coordination, crisis intervention as well as addressing psychosocial and other needs of patients and their families. Under the direction of department leadership, therapist/social work staff provides services consisting of therapy, comprehensive case management, care coordination, continuing care services, and clinical social work services including crisis intervention. In addition, the Therapist/Social Worker is responsible for providing education addressing physical, psychosocial, financial, environmental and other needs of patients and families and/or significant others. The Therapist/Social Worker is part of an interdisciplinary team who promotes health and addresses medical and non medical barriers. Essential Job Functions• Supports and models behaviors consistent with the mission and philosophy of Billings Clinic and department/service. • Assesses patient medical records for treatment plan, identifies actual and potential discharge needs at the time of admission for assigned patients. • Identifies, screens and assess patients, families and/or significant others who require therapy/social work services in a timely manner. • Integrates social work plan into overall patient care plan through participation in interdisciplinary team collaboration may include RN care management, physicians, nurses and other members of the health care team as service area dictates. Promotes collaboration and communication among team members. • Provides patient, family, significant other education, and emotional support utilizing individual, family and group modalities (care conferences). • Meets with patient, family, significant other as appropriate to develop plan of care taking into consideration choice, support network(s), resource needs (financial, housing, transportation, etc.), and appropriate level of care. • Provides crisis intervention, therapeutic support and coping skills on adjustment to illness/disability. • Identifies physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs and incorporates them into the plan of care. • Demonstrates sensitivity and awareness about population specific needs or special issues related to culture, race, gender, age religion, sexual orientation, etc. • Demonstrates the ability to identify symptoms/indicators of abuse, neglect, and exploitation in specific patient populations and provide appropriate interventions, including mandated reporting. • Assess and responds to legal issues such as Living Wills, Durable Power of Attorney, guardianship, etc. • Supports patients to ensure they can function to the best of their ability and maintain optimal health related to their medical condition. Provide education and information to patient's identified support systems. • Supports patients to stabilization using individual and group therapy techniques. • Utilizes interviews and patient medical record reviews to identify actual or potential barriers and care needs. • Interacts with patients, support systems, healthcare professionals, community, and state agencies. Serves as a liaison between hospital, clinic, and community agencies to facilitate the exchange of clinical and referral information. • Identifies high-risk patients from a medical/psychosocial/financial perspective, assesses the needs of patients and support systems. • Discusses evaluations, goals and treatments with patients and support systems to enhance patient and support system engagement. • Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to identify needs of patients and their support systems. • Understands and utilizes hospital and community based financial resources and entitlements such as SSD, SSI, Medicaid, charity care, mental health, HCFS, Patient Financial Representatives, Public Health and other outside resources as needed. • Coordinates and implements discharge/transitional planning activities within expected length of stay in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team. • Accountable for appropriate and patient focused discharge planning; including placement in alternative living environments. • Advocates on behalf of patients and takes a lead role assisting patients with complex psychosocial needs. • Keeps supervisor informed of barriers to discharge, patient/family dissatisfaction, and/or agency conflicts. • Coordinates with referral agencies as indicated to ensure services are in place before discharge. This includes providing necessary paperwork in a timely manner to process the referral and enhancing positive working relationships with community agencies. • Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of internal and external agency services/resources related to the needs of specific patient populations and the ability to be creative in coordinating services. • Refers patients, families, and significant others to appropriate services to ensure continuity and quality of care (information and referral). • Monitors the need for revisions in the care plan and makes recommendations to physician(s) and interdisciplinary team when indicated. Demonstrates resourcefulness when collaborating with the interdisciplinary team. • Modifies treatment plans to reflect changes in patients or their support system status and needs. • Demonstrates the ability to evaluate compliance with medical/psychiatric treatment protocols and intervene to address barriers. • Helps navigate patient through the healthcare system. • Provides timely referral and coordinates with agencies/facilities to ensure services are in place to meet the patient's and organizational needs to achieve continuity and quality of care. • Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of services/resources related to the needs of specific patient populations. • Maintains current knowledge regarding insurance benefit reimbursement, community resource and ancillary clinical services to meet the needs of internal and external customers. • Serves as a resource to staff on psychosocial needs of patients and families, resources, and discharge/transitional planning. • Documents care management interventions in medical record including patient, family and/or significant other communication, discharge/transition plan, support system and disposition status. • Documentation is timely, reflects professional practice and is consistent with departmental/organizational policy. • Monitors, evaluates and documents patient progress related to the plan of care. • Maintains data and reporting information as required by department and other programs. • Provides utilization review functions as required by the department. • Identifies service gaps and participates in hospital and departmental programs to address and improve quality of care. • Adheres to department and organizational policies addressing confidentiality, infection control, patient rights, medical ethics, advance directives, disaster protocols and safety. • Maintain competency in organizational and departmental policies/processes relevant to job performance. • Adheres to regulatory, legal, compliance, and professional licensure/certification requirements in day-to-day practice. • Participates in continuing education, department planning, work teams, and process improvement activities. • Demonstrates the ability to be flexible, open minded and adaptable to change • Maintain competency in organizational and departmental policies/processes relevant to job performance. • Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.

The Therapist/Social Worker is an integral part of a multidisciplinary team working with patients in an acute inpatient mental health setting. While promoting the health and wellness of patients, Therapist/Social Work staff provide comprehensive services, which include therapy (individual, group and family), discharge planning, case management, care coordination, crisis intervention as well as addressing psychosocial and other needs of patients and their families.Under the direction of department leadership, therapist/social work staff provides services consisting of therapy, comprehensive case management, care coordination, continuing care services, and clinical social work services including crisis intervention. In addition, the Therapist/Social Worker is responsible for providing education addressing physical, psychosocial, financial, environmental and other needs of patients and families and/or significant others. The Therapist/Social Worker is part of an interdisciplinary team who promotes health and addresses medical and non medical barriers.Essential Job Functions• Supports and models behaviors consistent with the mission and philosophy of Billings Clinic and department/service.• Assesses patient medical records for treatment plan, identifies actual and potential discharge needs at the time of admission for assigned patients.• Identifies, screens and assess patients, families and/or significant others who require therapy/social work services in a timely manner.• Integrates social work plan into overall patient care plan through participation in interdisciplinary team collaboration may include RN care management, physicians, nurses and other members of the health care team as service area dictates. Promotes collaboration and communication among team members.• Provides patient, family, significant other education, and emotional support utilizing individual, family and group modalities (care conferences).• Meets with patient, family, significant other as appropriate to develop plan of care taking into consideration choice, support network(s), resource needs (financial, housing, transportation, etc.), and appropriate level of care.• Provides crisis intervention, therapeutic support and coping skills on adjustment to illness/disability.• Identifies physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs and incorporates them into the plan of care.• Demonstrates sensitivity and awareness about population specific needs or special issues related to culture, race, gender, age religion, sexual orientation, etc.• Demonstrates the ability to identify symptoms/indicators of abuse, neglect, and exploitation in specific patient populations and provide appropriate interventions, including mandated reporting.• Assess and responds to legal issues such as Living Wills, Durable Power of Attorney, guardianship, etc.• Supports patients to ensure they can function to the best of their ability and maintain optimal health related to their medical condition. Provide education and information to patient's identified support systems.• Supports patients to stabilization using individual and group therapy techniques.• Utilizes interviews and patient medical record reviews to identify actual or potential barriers and care needs.• Interacts with patients, support systems, healthcare professionals, community, and state agencies. Serves as a liaison between hospital, clinic, and community agencies to facilitate the exchange of clinical and referral information.• Identifies high-risk patients from a medical/psychosocial/financial perspective, assesses the needs of patients and support systems.• Discusses evaluations, goals and treatments with patients and support systems to enhance patient and support system engagement.• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to identify needs of patients and their support systems.• Understands and utilizes hospital and community based financial resources and entitlements such as SSD, SSI, Medicaid, charity care, mental health, HCFS, Patient Financial Representatives, Public Health and other outside resources as needed.• Coordinates and implements discharge/transitional planning activities within expected length of stay in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.• Accountable for appropriate and patient focused discharge planning; including placement in alternative living environments.• Advocates on behalf of patients and takes a lead role assisting patients with complex psychosocial needs.• Keeps supervisor informed of barriers to discharge, patient/family dissatisfaction, and/or agency conflicts.• Coordinates with referral agencies as indicated to ensure services are in place before discharge. This includes providing necessary paperwork in a timely manner to process the referral and enhancing positive working relationships with community agencies.• Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of internal and external agency services/resources related to the needs of specific patient populations and the ability to be creative in coordinating services.• Refers patients, families, and significant others to appropriate services to ensure continuity and quality of care (information and referral).• Monitors the need for revisions in the care plan and makes recommendations to physician(s) and interdisciplinary team when indicated. Demonstrates resourcefulness when collaborating with the interdisciplinary team.• Modifies treatment plans to reflect changes in patients or their support system status and needs.• Demonstrates the ability to evaluate compliance with medical/psychiatric treatment protocols and intervene to address barriers.• Helps navigate patient through the healthcare system.• Provides timely referral and coordinates with agencies/facilities to ensure services are in place to meet the patient's and organizational needs to achieve continuity and quality of care.• Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of services/resources related to the needs of specific patient populations.• Maintains current knowledge regarding insurance benefit reimbursement, community resource and ancillary clinical services to meet the needs of internal and external customers.• Serves as a resource to staff on psychosocial needs of patients and families, resources, and discharge/transitional planning.• Documents care management interventions in medical record including patient, family and/or significant other communication, discharge/transition plan, support system and disposition status.• Documentation is timely, reflects professional practice and is consistent with departmental/organizational policy.• Monitors, evaluates and documents patient progress related to the plan of care.• Maintains data and reporting information as required by department and other programs.• Provides utilization review functions as required by the department.• Identifies service gaps and participates in hospital and departmental programs to address and improve quality of care.• Adheres to department and organizational policies addressing confidentiality, infection control, patient rights, medical ethics, advance directives, disaster protocols and safety.• Maintain competency in organizational and departmental policies/processes relevant to job performance.• Adheres to regulatory, legal, compliance, and professional licensure/certification requirements in day-to-day practice.• Participates in continuing education, department planning, work teams, and process improvement activities.• Demonstrates the ability to be flexible, open minded and adaptable to change• Maintain competency in organizational and departmental policies/processes relevant to job performance.• Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.Minimum Qualifications Level II• Masters degree in social work preferred; Masters degree in a related field may be considered• Three (3) years of clinical experience preferredTherapist/Social Worker III• Masters degree in Social Work, preferred; other comparable clinical Masters program may be considered• Current Montana Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Professional Counselor (LCPC), or if entering from a different state, must be licensed in practicing state• Three (3) years experience in a clinical setting with the same or similar duties and expectations of this position, preferred

May be eligible for tuition loan repayment, relocation assistance, and sign on incentiveThe Therapist/Social Worker is an integral part of a multidisciplinary team working with patients in an acute inpatient mental health setting. While promoting the health and wellness of patients, Therapist/Social Work staff provide comprehensive services, which include therapy (individual, group and family), discharge planning, case management, care coordination, crisis intervention as well as addressing psychosocial and other needs of patients and their families. Under the direction of department leadership, therapist/social work staff provides services consisting of therapy, comprehensive case management, care coordination, continuing care services, and clinical social work services including crisis intervention. In addition, the Therapist/Social Worker is responsible for providing education addressing physical, psychosocial, financial, environmental and other needs of patients and families and/or significant others. The Therapist/Social Worker is part of an interdisciplinary team who promotes health and addresses medical and non medical barriers. Essential Job Functions• Supports and models behaviors consistent with the mission and philosophy of Billings Clinic and department/service. • Assesses patient medical records for treatment plan, identifies actual and potential discharge needs at the time of admission for assigned patients. • Identifies, screens and assess patients, families and/or significant others who require therapy/social work services in a timely manner. • Integrates social work plan into overall patient care plan through participation in interdisciplinary team collaboration may include RN care management, physicians, nurses and other members of the health care team as service area dictates. Promotes collaboration and communication among team members. • Provides patient, family, significant other education, and emotional support utilizing individual, family and group modalities (care conferences). • Meets with patient, family, significant other as appropriate to develop plan of care taking into consideration choice, support network(s), resource needs (financial, housing, transportation, etc.), and appropriate level of care. • Provides crisis intervention, therapeutic support and coping skills on adjustment to illness/disability. • Identifies physical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs and incorporates them into the plan of care. • Demonstrates sensitivity and awareness about population specific needs or special issues related to culture, race, gender, age religion, sexual orientation, etc. • Demonstrates the ability to identify symptoms/indicators of abuse, neglect, and exploitation in specific patient populations and provide appropriate interventions, including mandated reporting. • Assess and responds to legal issues such as Living Wills, Durable Power of Attorney, guardianship, etc. • Supports patients to ensure they can function to the best of their ability and maintain optimal health related to their medical condition. Provide education and information to patient's identified support systems. • Supports patients to stabilization using individual and group therapy techniques. • Utilizes interviews and patient medical record reviews to identify actual or potential barriers and care needs. • Interacts with patients, support systems, healthcare professionals, community, and state agencies. Serves as a liaison between hospital, clinic, and community agencies to facilitate the exchange of clinical and referral information. • Identifies high-risk patients from a medical/psychosocial/financial perspective, assesses the needs of patients and support systems. • Discusses evaluations, goals and treatments with patients and support systems to enhance patient and support system engagement. • Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to identify needs of patients and their support systems. • Understands and utilizes hospital and community based financial resources and entitlements such as SSD, SSI, Medicaid, charity care, mental health, HCFS, Patient Financial Representatives, Public Health and other outside resources as needed. • Coordinates and implements discharge/transitional planning activities within expected length of stay in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team. • Accountable for appropriate and patient focused discharge planning; including placement in alternative living environments. • Advocates on behalf of patients and takes a lead role assisting patients with complex psychosocial needs. • Keeps supervisor informed of barriers to discharge, patient/family dissatisfaction, and/or agency conflicts. • Coordinates with referral agencies as indicated to ensure services are in place before discharge. This includes providing necessary paperwork in a timely manner to process the referral and enhancing positive working relationships with community agencies. • Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of internal and external agency services/resources related to the needs of specific patient populations and the ability to be creative in coordinating services. • Refers patients, families, and significant others to appropriate services to ensure continuity and quality of care (information and referral). • Monitors the need for revisions in the care plan and makes recommendations to physician(s) and interdisciplinary team when indicated. Demonstrates resourcefulness when collaborating with the interdisciplinary team. • Modifies treatment plans to reflect changes in patients or their support system status and needs. • Demonstrates the ability to evaluate compliance with medical/psychiatric treatment protocols and intervene to address barriers. • Helps navigate patient through the healthcare system. • Provides timely referral and coordinates with agencies/facilities to ensure services are in place to meet the patient's and organizational needs to achieve continuity and quality of care. • Demonstrates and utilizes knowledge of services/resources related to the needs of specific patient populations. • Maintains current knowledge regarding insurance benefit reimbursement, community resource and ancillary clinical services to meet the needs of internal and external customers. • Serves as a resource to staff on psychosocial needs of patients and families, resources, and discharge/transitional planning. • Documents care management interventions in medical record including patient, family and/or significant other communication, discharge/transition plan, support system and disposition status. • Documentation is timely, reflects professional practice and is consistent with departmental/organizational policy. • Monitors, evaluates and documents patient progress related to the plan of care. • Maintains data and reporting information as required by department and other programs. • Provides utilization review functions as required by the department. • Identifies service gaps and participates in hospital and departmental programs to address and improve quality of care. • Adheres to department and organizational policies addressing confidentiality, infection control, patient rights, medical ethics, advance directives, disaster protocols and safety. • Maintain competency in organizational and departmental policies/processes relevant to job performance. • Adheres to regulatory, legal, compliance, and professional licensure/certification requirements in day-to-day practice. • Participates in continuing education, department planning, work teams, and process improvement activities. • Demonstrates the ability to be flexible, open minded and adaptable to change • Maintain competency in organizational and departmental policies/processes relevant to job performance. • Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.

Under general supervision, utilizes the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation, and theoretical/clinical skills in the promotion/maintenance of health. Incorporates evidence-based nursing practices consistent with national standards and which support quality outcomes. Assumes responsibility and accountability for the quality of nursing care. Directs the plan of care while maintaining professionalism. Essential Job Functions• Utilizing a holistic approach and evidence based nursing practices, incorporates the nursing process into the goal-directed • plan of care for the patient. Collaborates with the interdisciplinary care team to execute a plan of care appropriate to the needs of the patients. • Ensures complete, accurate and timely entry into patient medical record as indicated by patient condition and documentation guidelines, consistent with departmental policies and procedures. • Adheres to Billings Clinic safety standards, policies and practices. Anticipates and identifies problems and safety issues, then initiates appropriate action. • Maintains appropriate skill/knowledge and application of relevant and commonly used equipment specific to area, pharmacology and laboratory values based on disease process or physiological status. • Utilizes evidence based practice, supported by nursing research, within specialty area. • Utilizes performance improvement principles to assess and improve the quality of patient/resident care. Incorporates the Magnet Model in transforming the work environment and quality of nursing care. • Takes responsibility for own professional growth and development needs; meets all system/departmental educational requirements. • Demonstrates collaborative, supportive, and caring behaviors in communication with patient's families, visitors, and the interdisciplinary care team. • Consideration is given to the appropriateness of care based on the population specific needs of the patient.Minimum QualificationsEducation• Minimum 2 Year / Associate Degree• BSN within 4 years of hire Experience• Experience in medical, surgical or psychiatric services or ability to successfully complete training program CPI (Crisis Prevention Institute) Certification within 60 days of date of hireLicensures and Certifications• Registered Nurse License at hire

May be eligible for $20,000 sign on incentiveMay be eligible for relocation assistanceMay be eligible for tuition loan repaymentUnder general supervision, utilizes the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation, and theoretical/clinical skills in the promotion/maintenance of health. Incorporates evidence-based nursing practices consistent with national standards and which support quality outcomes. Assumes responsibility and accountability for the quality of nursing care. Directs the plan of care while maintaining professionalism. Essential Job Functions• Utilizing a holistic approach and evidence based nursing practices, incorporates the nursing process into the goal-directed • plan of care for the patient. Collaborates with the interdisciplinary care team to execute a plan of care appropriate to the needs of the patients. • Ensures complete, accurate and timely entry into patient medical record as indicated by patient condition and documentation guidelines, consistent with departmental policies and procedures. • Adheres to Billings Clinic safety standards, policies and practices. Anticipates and identifies problems and safety issues, then initiates appropriate action. • Maintains appropriate skill/knowledge and application of relevant and commonly used equipment specific to area, pharmacology and laboratory values based on disease process or physiological status. • Utilizes evidence based practice, supported by nursing research, within specialty area. • Utilizes performance improvement principles to assess and improve the quality of patient/resident care. Incorporates the Magnet Model in transforming the work environment and quality of nursing care. • Takes responsibility for own professional growth and development needs; meets all system/departmental educational requirements. • Demonstrates collaborative, supportive, and caring behaviors in communication with patient's families, visitors, and the interdisciplinary care team. • Consideration is given to the appropriateness of care based on the population specific needs of the patient.Minimum QualificationsEducation• Minimum 2 Year / Associate Degree• BSN within 4 years of hire Experience• Experience in medical, surgical or psychiatric services or ability to successfully complete training program CPI (Crisis Prevention Institute) Certification within 60 days of date of hireLicensures and Certifications• Registered Nurse License at hire

The Mental Health Worker is responsible for following established policies and procedures, performs a variety of therapeutic activities as specified by the treatment program and the individual patient treatment plan.Essential Job Functions • Supports and models behaviors consistent with Billings Clinic's mission, vision, values, code of business conduct and service expectations. Meets all mandatory organizational and departmental requirements. Maintains competency in all organizational, departmental and outside agency standards as it relates to the environment, employee, patient safety or job performance. • Utilizing a holistic approach performs basic nursing care and activities within scope and practice as directed by the licensed nurse to include the goal directed plan of care for the patient. • Performs basic nursing care and treatments within scope of practice as directed by the licensed nurse to include, but not limited to, activities of daily living (ADLs), vital signs, intake and output measurements and patient observation as assigned. • Ensures complete, accurate and timely entry into patient medical record as indicated by patient need and documentation guidelines, consistent with departmental policies and procedures. • Adheres to Billings Clinic safety standards, policies and practices. Anticipates and identifies problems and safety issues and initiates appropriate action. • Utilizes performance improvement principles to assess and improve the quality of patient/resident care. Supports the Magnet Model of quality nursing care. • Maintains confidentiality within the treatment team and helps patients to understand confidentiality for themselves and others. • Assists in managing crisis situations requiring control and restraint of patients. Utilizes crisis intervention techniques and judgment that demonstrates the ability to intervene in potentially explosive situations with patient in a manner that maintains patient dignity and patient and staff safety. • Demonstrates collaborative, supportive, and caring behaviors in communication with patients, families, visitors, and interdisciplinary care team. • Acts as a resource, role model and mentor. Responds to questions and assists with problem resolution. • Performs clerical duties to maintain unit flow which may include paperwork coordination, supply ordering and daily quality checks. • Utilizes electronic applications to support daily staff and patient workflow, which include, but are not limited to admissions and discharges, order entry and procedures coordination. • Ability to effectively utilize phone systems. Answers telephone calls, responds to routine inquiries and relays other calls and messages promptly. Notifies appropriate personnel of requests. • Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.