Admissions Coordinator (RN) - Behavioral Health OneCall

Summary

For a limited time MaineHealth is offering a $10,000 Sign on bonus for all eligible Registered Nurses with 0-3 years of RN experience and $20,000 for Registered Nurses with greater than 3 years of RN work experience!

• Eligible candidates are hired (offer accepted) into a Full or Part time RN position. Bonus amount prorated for Part time hires, per diem hires are ineligible.
• Current MaineHealth member employees are ineligible; former MaineHealth Members are ineligible until greater than 6 months separation from employment.

"Relocation assistance is available to eligible candidates"

Position Summary

• The position supports the department mission in conveying a caring, competent and professional environment. The Behavioral Health OneCall Central (BHOCC) Coordinator serves as the primary Maine Behavioral Healthcare (MBH) liaison between referral sources and accepting facilities to facilitate admissions to IMBH Inpatient behavioral health units. The BHOCC Coordinator works collaboratively with all appropriate internal & external staff, including members of the leadership team, BHOCC staff, nursing administrators, unit charge nurses and registration and access staff to ensure that transfers are appropriate and streamlined. Another primary function is to ensure that bed requests are processed in a timely manner and receive proper bed assignments.

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)

• Education: Associate of Science in Nursing required; Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing preferred.
• License/Certifications: Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Maine. Relevant professional certification preferred. Examples include: Certification in Psychiatric - Mental Health Nursing(PMH-BC)
• Experience: Minimum of 2 years of RN experience in behavioral health.
• Consistently meets department standards of quality, safety and productivity.
• Requires high level of independent thinking, interpersonal skills and judgment.
• Identifies improvement opportunities in work processes and contributes to the implementation of improvements.
• Ability to engage and influence staff to complete work in accordance with department and hospital goals and policy.
• Subject matter experts (SME) of department's functions while consistently modeling high standards of practice, accountability and professional attitude.
• Extensive facilitation, customer service, knowledge of acute patient populations, negotiation, problem solving and decision making skills.