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

Aurora San Diego Hospital, San Diego, CA, United States


Overview
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.

Shifts and Pay
Pay Range: $50/hr. to $67/hr.

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.)

Please indicate the preferred shift.

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

Maintains patient and unit related documentation

Maintains 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

Familiarity with psychopharmacy and the use of psychotropic medications with the adult psychiatric population

Basic teaching and training skills; 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

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

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