Psychiatric RN - Hesperia Main Office - Mental Health/Psychiatry - FT (40) - 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Kaiser Permanente • Hesperia, CA

97d

About The Position

Responsible for the delivery of psychiatric nursing care/services to members being treated in the behavioral health service departments. Positions assigned to this classification are characterized by providing interventions that: promote and foster health; assess dysfunction; assist patients to regain or improve their coping abilities; maximize patient strengths and prevent further disability. These interventions focus on the psychiatric-mental health patient and include: health promotion and health maintenance; monitoring patients and assisting them with self-care activities; monitoring psycho-biological treatment regimens; providing triage decisions and facilitating patient movement into appropriate services.

Requirements

• Minimum one (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) RN Psychiatric experience.
• Graduate from an accredited Nursing School.
• Registered Nurse License (California).
• Basic Life Support from American Heart Association.
• Psychiatric and chemical dependency knowledge.
• Able to triage and evaluate various aspects of the psychiatric population.
• Group leadership skills, excellent verbal & written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Telephone triage experience.
• BSN preferred.
• Must have 1 year of experience in Mental Health/Psychiatry in the last 3 years.
• Must have BLS from AHA.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates with pharmacy regarding approved medications.
• Provides information and education to members in a variety of forums.
• Documents services rendered utilizing standard nursing procedures in member chart.
• Triage phone calls and refer to appropriate staff or community resources.
• Assist Psychiatrists with coordinating internal and external hospitalizations of members.
• Performs basic physical assessments of patients including vital signs and monitoring for side effects of psychiatric active medications and referring information to physicians as appropriate.
• Provides prescribed medications to patients per physicians orders following appropriate protocol.
• Utilizes electronic medical record for medication refills.
• Reviews lab results and refers to physician within protocols and guidelines.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Department Administrator and/or Chief of Psychiatry.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree