Description : Job Summary :
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 dysfuntion; 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.
Essential 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.
Basic Qualifications :
Experience
Minimum one (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) RN Psychiatric experience.
Education
Graduate from an accredited Nursing School.
License, Certification, Registration
- Registered Nurse License (California)
- Basic Life Support from American Heart Association
Additional Requirements :
- Psychiatric and chemical dependency knowledge.
- Able to triage and evaluate various aspects of the psychiatric population.
- Group leadership skills, excellent verbal & written communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications :
- Telephone triage experience.
- BSN preferred.
Notes :
- 8-hour shifts (variable start / end times) based on department needs, employee will be asked to report to any of 5 SB BH sites.
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