Psychiatric RN - Lomita - Mental Health/Psychiatry - Per Diem (0) 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM Job at Kaiser Permanente, Lomita, CA

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  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Lomita, CA

Job 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: + Currently no Saturday hours but possibility in future. + Work is onsite, no remote or hybrid schedules offered. + Per Diem position, scheduled hours based on clinic coverage needs. + Position will travel and provide coverage at any one of 5 SB BH locations. COMPANY: KAISER TITLE: Psychiatric RN - Lomita - Mental Health/Psychiatry - Per Diem (0) 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM LOCATION: Lomita, California REQNUMBER: 1366925 External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.

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