COMMUNITY OUTREACH - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NURSE

Why Beebe? Become part of the Beebe team - an inclusive team positioned in a vibrant, coastal community. Enjoy a fulfilling career as you support the health of our patients and a team focused on excellence. In addition to competitive compensation and wellness benefits (medical, dental, vision, and prescription) Beebe Healthcare also offers:

• Sign-on and Referral Bonuses for select positions
• Tuition Assistance up to $5,000
• Paid Time Off
• Long Term Sick accrual
• Employer Contribution Plan
• Free Short and Long-Term Disability for Full Time employees
• Zero copay for drugs on prescription plan for certain conditions
• College Bound 529 Savings Plan
• Life Insurance
• Beebe Pers via WorkAdvantage
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pet Insurance

Overview The Community Mobile Outreach Population Health Behavioral Health Registered Nurse (BH RN) provides direct patient care and assistance to the mobile outreach clinician and multi-disciplinary team to ensure high-quality, safe patient care in mobile environments. In this role, the BH RN works on Beebe's mobile health clinics (MHCs) and mobile outreach vehicles, traveling throughout Sussex County with a focus on Behavioral Health, Addiction Medicine, Harm Reduction, and Primary Care. Knowledge of various psychiatric and addictive disorders required. Willing to work with students, interns, and residents. Is flexible and adaptable to various settings and highly interested in collaborating with a dynamic team. Is passionate about behavioral health and a strong champion for patients. Locations include, but are not limited to, areas where underserved/uninsured individuals reside, homeless encampments, recovery homes, churches, schools, employer sites, and communities in need of services. The mobile outreach goal is to connect with patients who are unable to get to a Beebe Healthcare facility and bring care to them. Services provided by the MHC team include, but are not limited to, behavioral health care, peer recovery services, harm reduction, preventative/primary care, wound care, vaccines, point of care testing/lab draws, and referrals. Includes traveling to multiple locations, hours and days of week can vary. Responsibilities

• Effectively assesses patients holistically for behavioral health needs.
• Supports registration, scheduling, and comprehensive intake assessments as needed.
• Communicates and collaborates with clinicians and team on plan of care, referral needs, social needs, etc.
• Promotes and practices evidence-based treatment standards.
• Assists in assessing follow-up patients for appropriate continued mobile unit care management and/or referred care management.
• Uses resources effectively to ensure timely transfer of patients to the appropriate level of care.
• Possesses knowledge of community and state resources. Refers to local agencies as needed and collaborates with state agencies.
• Maintains familiarity with levels of care, laws, regulations, and interpretations pertinent to behavioral healthcare.
• Assists in completion of psychosocial assessment as needed.
• Uses professional judgment to ascertain and apply appropriate intervention techniques with patients in crisis.
• Communicates effectively with a variety of individuals and functions calmly in situations which require a high degree of sensitivity, tact, and diplomacy.
• Utilizes tele-psych equipment as needed.
• Accurately completes paperwork required for BH transfers and documentation in patient chart.
• Maintains supply of BH resource folders on all mobile units.
• Assists in maintaining a safe and secure environment for staff and patients.
• Possesses ability to make sound decisions regarding outpatient resources in collaboration with mobile outreach clinician.
• Ability to prioritize cases and complete tasks in a way to expedite patient flow and identified referral needs.
• Works with multi-disciplinary teams across the healthcare system and within partner agencies for educational needs related to BH and BH patient populations.
• Participates in promoting the awareness, enrollment, and utilization of the Mobile Outreach Clinics among community partners and staff.
• Works collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to provide treatment, ongoing follow-up, and evaluation of the plan of care with the patient.
• Assists mobile outreach clinic staff willingly in difficult situations in the interest of providing quality service to the patients.
• Demonstrates constructive problem solving with colleagues and mobile outreach staff.
• Supports established policies and procedures of the mobile outreach team. Makes recommendations and contributes to policy formulation.
• Completes required documentation for referrals and consultations.
• Returns patient telephone calls within an appropriate time frame based on patient needs and expectations.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year of experience in the field of behavioral health required.

Credentials

• RN - Registered Nurse
• BLS - Basic Life Saving certification
• Mental Health Screener Credentialing

Education

• RN Diploma/RN Graduate Program
• BSN Preferred

Other Information GRANT FUNDED through December 31, 2026 Entry USD $36.20/Hr. Max USD $59.73/Hr. Create a Job Match for Similar Jobs

About Beebe Healthcare

Beebe Healthcare serves the Sussex County community with a medical center located in beautiful, historic Lewes, Delaware, and convenient outpatient locations throughout the county. Founded in 1916 by two physician brothers, Drs. James Beebe and Richard C. Beebe, the medical center in Lewes is a 210-licensed-bed, not-for-profit seaside community hospital. Beebe's specialized service lines include cardiac and vascular, surgical services, oncology, women's health, and orthopaedic services. Beebe offers an array of inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and diagnostic services. Beebe's five satellite campuses offer imaging, physical rehabilitation, and lab services, as well as walk-in care centers. In addition, Beebe offers Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine and Diabetes Management & Medical Nutrition Therapy. With a mission to serve the community, Beebe also offers many free screenings and outreach programs through its Population Health Department; and advanced medical care for those who are recuperating at home through Beebe Home Care Services. Beebe is also training the next generation of nurses through the Margaret H. Rollins School of Nursing, located behind the Medical Cente ... r in Lewes. Beebe's Medical Staff has grown tremendously since the early 1990s. Employed physicians through Beebe Medical Group and our affiliated physicians on Beebe's Medical Staff now serve patients from Milford to Millville in specialties including cardiac surgery, dermatology, endocrinology, family practice, gastroenterology, general surgery, internal medicine, pediatric neurology, and surgical oncology. Beebe is proud to offer quality care, close to home for the residents and visitors of Sussex County.

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