Psychiatric RN - Corona - Mental Health/Psychiatry - FT (40) - 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Corona, California
You'll deliver psychiatric nursing care to members in the behavioral health service departments.
- Shift and hours
- 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM daytime schedule 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
- Unit and setting
- Psych members being treated in the behavioral health service departmentspsychiatric and behavioral health members
- License
- RN license Registered Nurse License (California)California RN license
Do you qualify?
- License
- California RN license Registered Nurse License (California) Check your license
- Certification
- BLS from American Heart Association Basic Life Support from American Heart Association
- Education
- graduate of an accredited nursing school Graduate from an accredited Nursing School.
- Experience
- 1 year of RN psychiatric experience within the last 3 years Minimum one (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) RN Psychiatric experience.
- Also asks
- psychiatric and chemical dependency knowledge Psychiatric and chemical dependency knowledge.
- Also asks
- triage and evaluate psychiatric patients Able to triage and evaluate various aspects of the psychiatric population.
- Also asks
- group leadership and strong verbal and written communication Group leadership skills, excellent verbal & written communication skills.
- Also asks
- able to multitask Must be able to multitask
Preferred
- Education
- BSN BSN preferred.
- Also asks
- telephone triage experience Telephone triage experience.
- Also asks
- bilingual Preferred bilingual
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- phone triage and referral Triage phone calls and refer to appropriate staff or community resources.
- Day to day
- vital signs and psychiatric medication side-effect monitoring
- Day to day
- dispensing prescribed medications to patients Provides prescribed medications to patients per physicians orders following appropriate protocol.
- Day to day
- coordinating internal and external hospitalizations with psychiatrists Assist Psychiatrists with coordinating internal and external hospitalizations of members.
- Day to day
- patient education in a variety of forums Provides information and education to members in a variety of forums.
- Day to day
- medication refills through the electronic medical record Utilizes electronic medical record for medication refills.
- Day to day
- reviewing lab results and referring to physicians Reviews lab results and refers to physician within protocols and guidelines.
- Day to day
- coordinating approved medications with pharmacy Coordinates with pharmacy regarding approved medications.
- Details
- on-site only, no remote work no remote work option
The workplace
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
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Your fit
On your path
Psychiatric Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
Original listing
Posted on Kaiser Permanente’s careers page.
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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.
What's around it?
CORONA, CAFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 11% above the US average
- Median rent
- $2,228/mo
- Household income
- $109,242/yr, all local households, not nurse pay