Behavioral Health Nurse

The Behavioral Health Nurse supports the mental, emotional, and behavioral health needs of guests in NHF recuperative care and supportive housing programs. This role delivers trauma-informed nursing care, behavioral health support, crisis intervention, medication monitoring, and interdisciplinary collaboration. It promotes guest stability, wellness, and successful program engagement.

Daily duties include conducting behavioral health assessments, monitoring mental status changes, and supporting guests with anxiety, depression, psychosis, trauma, or substance use challenges. Nurses utilize de-escalation techniques, assist in crisis intervention, and manage medication compliance, side effects, and refills per physician orders and protocols.

The work environment involves recuperative care and supportive services for vulnerable populations experiencing homelessness, behavioral health conditions, and complex medical needs. Nurses collaborate with social services, case managers, program managers, and external providers in case conferences and discharge planning.

Additional responsibilities encompass accurate documentation, HIPAA compliance, safety measures, and incident reporting. Nurses provide staff training on de-escalation, trauma-informed care, and behavioral health awareness while modeling professionalism and compassion.