Registered Nurse (RN) - 3 East Psych
About The Position
Paradise Valley Hospital, a member of Prime Healthcare, is an award-winning hospital committed to quality, compassion, and community. It is the South Bay’s oldest hospital and the second oldest in San Diego County, serving as the largest employer in National City for over 100 years. The 291-bed acute care hospital features the San Diego Spine & Joint Center, a highly credentialed acute rehabilitation center, the Paradise Health & Senior Center, a modern cardiac catheterization lab, comprehensive inpatient and outpatient surgical services, and 24-hour emergency services. Additionally, the hospital offers comprehensive behavioral health services on its main campus and the Bayview campus in Chula Vista, including psychiatric continuum of care for adult patients, inpatient services, and intensive outpatient services.
Requirements
- Must have current and valid State license as a Registered Nurse
- Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain current
- Working knowledge of Mental Health Laws and practice standards
- Working knowledge of interdisciplinary treatment team process, behavioral health programming and daily nursing functions for inpatient and outpatient behavioral health units
- Working knowledge of the continuum of care for behavioral health care
Responsibilities
- Treating patients
- Educating patients about mental and medical conditions
- Providing advice and emotional support to patients’ and/or family members
- Running therapeutic groups
- Psychiatric crisis intervention
- Seclusion and restraint of patients
- Recording patients’ medical histories and symptoms
- Helping to perform diagnostic tests and analyze results
- Operating medical machinery
- Administering treatment and medications
- Helping with patient follow-up and rehabilitation
- Teaching patients and their families how to manage their illness or injury, diet and exercise programs, and self-administration of medication and physical therapy
- Other related duties
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Paid time off
- 401K retirement plan
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Tuition reimbursement
- Many more voluntary benefit options
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
