RN Leader/Clinical Coordinator - Behavioral Response Team
Company: Boston Children's Hospital
Location: Boston
Posted on: January 11, 2026
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Job Description:
Dept Summary The mission of the Behavioral Response Team is to
ensure the equitable care of all patients with behavioral health
needs, support all hospital staff in providing quality behavioral
health care, and promote safety for all. Goals: - Support patients
with behavioral health needs who are cared for in all
non-psychiatric settings - Prioritize safety of our patients,
families/visitors, and staff - Engage all members of the
interdisciplinary team as leaders in promoting and providing
ethical, equitable, and innovative approaches to caring for
patients with behavioral health needs - Create awareness of
challenges and potential risks related to providing behavioral
health care in the medical setting and how to mitigate them -
Ensure all policies guide appropriate care for patients with
behavioral health needs Key Responsibilities: - This nursing leader
collaborates with senior leadership on planning, organizing and
overseeing daily clinical and administrative operations of BCH's
Behavioral Response Team. - Prepares staff schedules, requests and
allocates resources and facilitates coordination of care/services
to meet patient care and operations requirements. - In
collaboration with the Nurse Director for Behavioral Response Team
and other interdisciplinary leaders develops, recommends and
implements internal standards, policies and procedures to improve
quality and cost-effectiveness of patient care. - Closely
collaborates with the clinical coordinator(s) of inpatient
psychiatry unit as needed - Selects, supervises and evaluates
nursing and clinical support personnel and develops and provides
staff education/development programs. - Supports the process by
which patients with behavioral health needs are cared for in
non-psychiatric areas, inpatient and outpatient. - Leads and
participates in unit quality initiatives, hospital, departmental
and multidisciplinary programs, committees and special projects.
Minimum Qualifications Education - A Bachelor’s degree in nursing
required, Master’s degree in Psychiatric Nursing preferred.
Experience - 4 years of Inpatient Psychiatric experience, or
combination pediatric and psychiatric experience required. -
Managerial/supervisory experience, preferred. - The analytical
skills to resolve highly complex problems requiring the application
of clinical, scientific or technical principles, theories and
concepts and in-depth, cross-functional experienced-based
knowledge. - Strong communication skills in order to effectively
deal with conflicting views or issues and mediate fair solutions,
or well-developed writing skills. License - Current Massachusetts
license as a Registered Nurse (RN) The posted pay range is Boston
Children’s reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at
the time of posting. Any base pay offer provided depends on skills,
experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other
job-related factors. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive
benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable
health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan
subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings
plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification
Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on
T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.
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