Registered Nurse IV - CalAIM

ABOUT THE POSITION
The County of Riverside - Riverside University Health System- Behavioral Health is currently recruiting for Registered Nurse IV for the CalAim program.

This job posting will serve to fill Registered Nurse IV vacancies in Riverside and Indio.

What is Cal AIM?
California Advancing and Innovating Medical CalAIM is a state funding initiative.

This initiative aims to help advance and transform Medi-cal to improve services that will provide well-rounded care beyond the doctor's office and hospital to address the individual's physical and mental health needs.

CalAIM encompasses services and programs such as Enhance Care Management, Community Support, Justice Involved initiative, and Population Health Management, among many others.

These programs primarily focus on improving patients' access to health care and better health outcomes.

What is ECM?
Enhanced Care Management (ECM) is an essential part of CalAIM.

ECM provides care management for the most complex patient populations, such as the homeless population, adults who are high utilizers, children and youth, adults with serious mental illness, individuals with long-term care services, justice-involved populations, birth equity, and intellectual developmental disabilities.

This program provides comprehensive care management and coordinates the individual's whole health needs.

This recruitment is for a Justice ECM team.

Justice ECM teams will provide services both in-person inside Riverside County jails and juvenile halls and with justice-involved consumers after their release from these institution.

Positions require a law enforcement background investigation which requires completion of an extensive questionnaire, meeting with a background investigator, and submitting several references.

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Within the full scope of the Nurse Practice Act, may assess, plan, organize, provide, and/or oversee nursing care to patients in accordance with physician instructions; may make preliminary observations of, and prepare patients for, medical treatment.

• Participate in various committee meetings and present and/or gather data and information to assist management in making administrative and operational decisions.

• Participate in committee activities related to performance improvement issues by auditing patient records and presenting performance improvement plans to the department staff at least annually; review and/or revise policy and procedures; participate in in-service education and staff development activities.

• Participate in the development of standards of care activities; serve as a preceptor and ongoing mentor to new nursing staff; assign and monitor work of a patient care-nursing unit or program to ensure quality and productivity standards are met.

• Serve as a resource person to other staff members; conduct research, contract monitoring and special unit studies to maintain high quality and enhance the professionalism of the unit or prog...