St Francis Medical Center

Psych Registered Nurse

Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Current and valid State license as a Registered Nurse
  • Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain
  • Minimum of two years' recent bedside experience
  • Knowledge of Mental Health Laws and practice standards
  • Familiarity with interdisciplinary treatment team process
  • Understanding of behavioral health programming and nursing functions

Responsibilities

  • Treat patients with medical and mental health conditions
  • Educate patients and families on health management
  • Provide emotional support to patients and families
  • Run therapeutic groups and conduct psychiatric interventions
  • Record medical histories and symptoms
  • Administer treatments and medications
  • Support patient follow-up and rehabilitation efforts

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a dynamic behavioral health unit
  • Gain experience in a temporary full-time role
  • Ability to work a 12-hour night shift
  • Engagement with a diverse patient population
  • Opportunity to enhance mental health nursing skills
Full Job Description
Overview

Department: Behavioral Health Unit 

Shift: Temporary Full Time, 12 Hr - Night Shift

 

Responsibilities

Registered nurses (RNs) perform basic duties that include treating patients, educating patients about mental and medical conditions, and providing advice and emotional support to patients’ and/or family members, running therapeutic groups, psychiatric crisis intervention, seclusion and restraint of patients. RNs record patients’ medical histories and symptoms, help to perform diagnostic tests and analyze results, operate medical machinery, administer treatment and medications, and help with patient follow-up and rehabilitation. RNs teach patients and their families how to manage their illness or injury, diet and exercise programs, and self-administration of medication and physical therapy. Other related duties.

Qualifications

1. Must have current and valid State license as a Registered Nurse.2. Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain current.

3. Minimum of two years' recent bedside experience required. 4. Working knowledge of Mental Health Laws and practice standards. 5. Working knowledge of interdisciplinary treatment team process, behavioral health programming and daily nursing functions for inpatient and outpatient behavioral health units. 6. Working knowledge of the continuum of care for behavioral health care.

 

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Pay Transparency

$62.00 per hour

Employment StatusTemporary ShiftNights

About St Francis Medical Center

St. Francis Medical Center is a for-profit hospital in Lynwood, California, United States, owned by Prime Healthcare Services.
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