Registered Nurse (Psychiatry) (AM, PM And NOC Shift)

As a Registered Nurse for Aurora Behavioral Healthcare San Diego, you'll provide general and psychiatric nursing care to adults with emotional or psychiatric disorders. You will provide interventions that: promote and foster health; assess dysfunction; 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.




- Pay Range: $50/hr. to $67/hr.
- Available Shifts:





Full Time: AM Shift (7:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M.), PM Shift (3:00 P.M. to 11:30 P.M.), NOC Shift (11:00 P.M. to 7:30 A.M.)



Part Time: AM Shift (7:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M.), PM Shift (3:00 P.M. to 11:30 P.M.), NOC Shift (11:00 P.M. to 7:30 A.M.)



Responsibilities:





- Collects and analyzes data regarding the patient's physical, psychological, self-care, educational, and anticipated discharge planning needs
- Develops a comprehensive outline of care to be delivered to attain expected outcomes; includes in this plan, specific goals and interventions delineating nursing actions unique to each patient
- Maintains effective communication with all units and departments
- Supervises direct patient care as required
- Carries out medication management responsibilities
- Conducts patient community meetings
- Provides input into the discharge planning process
- Maintain patient, and unit related documentation
- Maintain a safe, orderly, and therapeutic environment for patients





Skills:





- Demonstrates sound leadership skills and critical thinking
- Basic knowledge of abnormal psychology as typically found in the adult psychiatric population
- The familiarity of Psychopharmacy and the use of psychotropic medications with the adult psychiatric population
- Basic teaching and training skills helpful; problem-solving; organizational and time management; crisis intervention skills





Requirements





- Current California Registered Nurse License
- BLS (Basic Life Support ) Certification for Healthcare Providers - American Heart Association
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse (PMHN) HIGHLY preferred
- 3 to 5 years of RN Psychiatric experience HIGHLY preferred





Benefits



Full Time




- 401K Retirement Plan
- Health Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Pet Insurance
- Healthcare Spending Account & Dependent Care Spending Account
- Life Insurance (Supplemental Life, Term, and Universal plans are also available.)
- PTO Plan
- Holiday Premium Pay
- PTO Cash Out option
- Sick Pay
- Short and Long-Term Disability (with additional buy-in opportunities)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program
- ID Theft Protection
- Employee Appreciation Events
- Employee Discount Opportunities





Part Time




- 401K Retirement Plan
- Vision Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Pet Insurance
- Healthcare Spending Account & Dependent Care Spending Account
- Life Insurance (Supplemental Life, Term, and Universal plans are also available.)
- PTO Plan
- Holiday Premium Pay
- PTO Cash Out option
- Sick Pay
- Short and Long-Term Disability (with additional buy-in opportunities)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program
- ID Theft Protection
- Employee Appreciation Events
- Employee Discount Opportunities