Psychiatric RN - Corona, United States - Kaiser Permanente

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    Full time
    Description
    Job Summary:
    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 from American Heart Association
    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:

    • Proficient with EMR.
    • Great customer service skills.
    • Ability to multitask.
    • Minimum 2 years psychiatric experience