Psychiatric RN

Company: Kaiser
Location: Lancaster
Posted on: March 18, 2023

Job Description:

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--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:
              • Rotating weekends.Job Schedule: Job Category: Nursing Licensed & Nurse Practitioners

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