Psychiatric RN

3 weeks ago


California, United States Kaiser Permanente Full time

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.
  • Bilingual Spanish preferred

Notes:


  • Occasional Downey Behavioral Health Department coverage:Orchard MOB, Norwalk MOB, Bellflower MOB
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