Mobile Assessment Team Specialist (RN) Full Time (Nights)

PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Provides leadership, direction, development, and evaluation of the mental health care program. Develops and maintains rapport with representatives in the community to promote effective interactions and appropriate referrals.

• Functions as a mental health care expert consultant to interprofessional team members for symptom management issues through provision of advanced assessment skills for care. Develops educational information for the nursing units regarding when to activate the MAT either by phone or by consult. Practices in a manner that is congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles. Serves as a patient advocate in preventing/resolving ethical issues.

• Contributes to improving nurse satisfaction/engagement by serving as a role model and mentor, coaching staff in effective verbal, non-verbal and written communication, which includes active listening, and facilitating teamwork with RNs, non-licensed and interprofessional staff, as evidenced by the annual RN-RN teamwork score and interprofessional relationship score.

SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Based on the Attending Physician and Psychiatrist's order, assists with community resources and follow up appointments if appropriate for when the patient is discharged from the hospital and with transfers/admissions to the inpatient psychiatric unit or mental health facility.

• Initiates mental health court paperwork: Emergency Detention Order (EDO), Order of Protective Custody (OPC), Warrant Transfers when appropriate.

• Partners with the nursing unit RN assigned to the mental health patient to fully assess the patient's mental, emotional and physical status and needs. Monitors plan of care development and appropriate delivery care, referral to appropriate resources, coordination of access other health care facilities/entities when needed.

• Strives to exceed patients and coworkers' expectations. Drives department activities to improve department score for patient satisfaction on unit-based scorecard, through peer-to-peer accountability.

QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Models the standards of care related to the nursing process, as outlined in the Houston Methodist Professional Nursing Practice document. Collaborates with interprofessional health care team to achieve patient goals. Anticipates/prevents and recognize/resolves early declines in patient condition and emergent situations.

• Models the standards related to regulatory requirements and professional practice as outlined in the Houston Methodist Professional Nursing Practice document. Role models highly developed assessment, clinical documentation, leadership and analytical skills; integrates and contributes to professional practice standards, policies, procedures, protocols and leads improvements in patient safety-related processes at unit or service line level. Serves as a patient advocate by identifying and reporting unsafe or malfunctioning equipment and unsafe operational practices to department leadership. Contributes to development of service line and hospital standards and guidelines.

• Audits adherence to program and hospital initiatives; fostering quality & safety improvements as necessary. Tracks data for all consulted patients and logs information within the EMR and other databases as indicated. Reports data as required.

FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Implements department strategies to achieve financial target on unit-based scorecard and mentors others to do the same through timely documentation of care, decreasing length of stay, optimizing efficiency, and other areas according to department specifications.

GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Promote mental health services within the hospital provided on the unit. Identifies and helps develop patient, professional and public educational materials and presentations. Provides seminars and presentations as appropriate. Attends related conferences to embrace best evidence and increase own knowledge in the related field.

• Develops and updates demographic information on community resources for the mental health patient:¿ Psychiatrists¿ Therapists¿ Mental Health Day programs¿ Mental Health Intensive Outpatient Programs¿ Chemical Dependency inpatient and outpatient programs¿ Other psychiatric inpatient units

• Leads and identifies opportunities for practice changes, innovative solutions to improve patient care and performance improvement. Investigates and incorporates evidence-based practices which are presented to shared governance and leadership. Supports change initiatives and adapts to unexpected changes. Expands individual nursing knowledge and coaches staff to grow in knowledge, abilities, skills, and attitudes. Completes and updates the My Development plan on an on-going basis.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; the employee will also perform other reasonably related business/job duties as assigned. Houston Methodist reserves the right to revise job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.

EDUCATION

• Graduate of education program approved by the credentialing body for the required credential(s) indicated below in the Certificates, Licenses and Registrations section

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Three years' experience with direct clinical nursing patient care

• 18 months clinical nursing in psychiatry care