Registered Charge Nurse

Stars Behavioral Health Group • Bakersfield, CA

20h • Onsite

About The Position

Partner with us in making a positive change! Join a team where your work truly matters. We're proud to have been certified as a Great Place to Work for 8 years by our own employees. We invite you to partner with us in our mission to improve mental healthcare. This is a Part-Time Saturday AM shift role from 0600-1830 at the Kern Psychiatric Health Facility in Bakersfield, CA. The 24/7 inpatient involuntary program is a 16-bed facility for acute youth (ages 5-17) dealing with acute psychiatric symptoms. It offers intensive treatment programs with individualized care plans and is available for contracting with Central Valley counties. The program moves clients through five phases: admission; engagement; learning; stabilization and linkage to resources and aftercare.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of registered nursing.
• One (1) year medication administration experience. (Clinical nursing school rotations may be substituted for a portion of work experience.)

Nice To Haves

• Associate degree or bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred.
• One (1) year experience with seriously emotionally disturbed adolescents, in an inpatient health care setting, preferred.
• One (1) year leadership or supervisory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Visually and audibly observes, documents in writing, and reports orally or in writing the physical or mental condition to the Director of Nursing in charge of the facility on the shift and the attending physician.
• Orders, prepares, administers, and documents the administration of medication for clients according to physician’s orders.
• Confirms delivery of all ordered medication from pharmacy on shift worked.
• Attends and participates in morning rounds, change of shift meetings, and treatment team meetings as scheduled on the assignment sheet.
• Monitors and maintains appropriate nursing documentation in the medical record for shift worked.
• Supports admission processes to ensure PHF / YPHF beds remain full, including reviewing admission packets and securing approval, scheduling admissions, and completing all required verifications & forms upon arrival in facility.
• Ensures timely and accurate attention to incidents and unusual occurrences.
• Provides direct nursing care and supervises same provided by all nursing staff the shift worked.

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation
• Generous Time Off
• Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Additional voluntary benefits to support your lifestyle.
• On-the-job training with access to paid CEU opportunities.
• Career development programs designed to help you grow.
• Supervision for BBS hours for AMFT, ACSW, and APCC professionals (where applicable).
• Employee Recognition & Rewards

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree