Mental Health Registered Nurse

About Us: With over 50 years of dedicated service to our communities, Personal Touch has been a trusted provider of home care. Our priority lies in ensuring exemplary patient care while fostering a supportive and empowering workplace culture for all team members. We are currently seeking compassionate and skilled professionals to join our team and continue our legacy of providing personalized and attentive care to patients in the comfort of their own home.

Why Choose Us:

At Personal-Touch Home Care, we are committed to creating a rewarding and fulfilling experience for our team members. Our established history and reputation provide a stable and trusted foundation for your career. Join us in positively impacting the lives of our patients and their families. As a member of our team, you will enjoy a wide range of benefits that enhance your overall well-being and support your career growth. They include:

Employee Recognition Programs: We acknowledge and celebrate your contributions.

Comprehensive Health Benefits: We offer an inclusive package with Medical, Dental, Vision, Accident, and Long-Term Disability Coverage to ensure access to quality medical care while promoting overall wellness. (full time employees only)

Generous Paid Time Off: We provide generous paid time off to ensure you can recharge and return to work refreshed, leading to greater productivity and job satisfaction. We support a healthy work-life balance. (full time employees only)

Retirement Benefits: We offer a 401k plan to secure your financial future and help you save for retirement.

Life Insurance: We offer company paid life insurance providing peace of mind and financial protection for you and your loved ones.

Mileage Reimbursement: We make sure you're compensated for your business travel.

Opportunities for Professional Growth and Development: Empowering you to thrive and grow.

Employee Assistance Program: Supporting the well-being of you and your family.

Perks Program: Exclusive deals and offers on products, services, and experiences you need and love

We are seeking a qualified PRN Mental Health Registered Nurse for our Hurricane office location. This office is located in Hurricane WV and provides service to the counties of Cabell, Wayne, Putnam and Kanawha.

We provide all of our field clinicians with the necessary PPE for their safety during COVID-19.

Personal nurses to provide care for adult and pediatric patient population in their homes .

We offer competitive reimbursement and a supportive and clinically focused atmosphere. As a PRN Mental Health Registered Nurse with Personal Touch, you will provide patient care, and ensure that all patients receive optimum quality care, and be an integral part of the interdisciplinary team.

Position Summary

The Mental Health Registered Nurse (RN) provides direct skilled nursing care and mental health interventions to patients in the home setting under the direction of the physician and in accordance with the Certified Home Health Agency’s (CHHA) policies, procedures, and the Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoPs). The RN specializes in psychiatric and behavioral health conditions, assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care to promote stabilization, recovery, and optimal functioning while ensuring compliance with Medicare, Medicaid, and state regulations.

Essential Job Functions/ Responsibilities

• Assessment & Planning
• Perform the initial comprehensive assessment, including the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) when required by Medicare, within required timeframes.
• Conduct physical, psychiatric, psychosocial, and environmental assessments.
• Identify mental health diagnoses, symptoms, and risk factors for self-harm or harm to others.
• Collaborate with the physician and interdisciplinary team to develop an individualized Plan of Care (POC) that addresses both mental health and medical needs.
• Review and revise the POC at least every 60 days or as the patient’s condition changes.
• Skilled Nursing & Mental Health Care
• Provide direct skilled nursing services including medication administration (including psychotropic medications), symptom monitoring, wound care, and health teaching.
• Deliver psychiatric nursing interventions such as crisis stabilization, coping skill development, and relapse prevention.
• Monitor and manage medication side effects and coordinate adjustments with the prescribing provider.
• Educate patients, caregivers, and families about the disease process, medication adherence, symptom management, and available resources.
• Provide suicide risk screening, mental status examinations, and behavioral assessments as indicated.
• Documentation & Compliance
• Complete and submit all documentation—including OASIS—on the day of the visit or within the agency’s required timeframe to meet Medicare and state requirements.
• Document all skilled interventions, patient/caregiver education, and measurable progress toward POC goals.
• Report changes in the patient’s condition to the physician and Director of Nursing immediately per CoP
• 484.60(c).
• Maintain compliance with HIPAA, Medicare CoPs, and agency policies.
• Coordination & Communication
• Participate in interdisciplinary case conferences to review patient progress, modify care plans, and ensure continuity of care.
• Collaborate with social workers, therapists, home health aides, and other team members to address social, emotional, and environmental needs.
• Facilitate transitions of care to and from inpatient psychiatric or medical facilities.
• Quality & Safety
• Adhere to infection prevention and control measures per CoP
• 484.70.
• Participate in the CHHA’s Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI) activities.
• Report patient incidents, unusual occurrences, and safety concerns promptly according to agency policy.
  
  
  

Qualifications

Required:

• Current and unencumbered RN license in the state of practice.
• At least one (1) year of recent nursing experience, including at least six (6) months in psychiatric or mental health nursing.
• Completion of a psychiatric nursing orientation program approved by the agency.
• Current CPR/BLS certification.
• Valid driver’s license, automobile insurance, and reliable transportation.
  
  
  

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN).
• Certification in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (RN-BC).
• Prior home health nursing experience in a Medicare-certified CHHA.
• Working knowledge of OASIS data collection and Medicare documentation requirements.