Primary Location Los Angeles, California
Worker Location Flexible
Facility 4700 Sunset Medical Offices
Job Number 1298222
Date posted 07/31/2024
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.
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- Coordinates with pharmacy regarding approved medications.
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- Provides information and education to members in a variety of forums.
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- Documents Services rendered utilizing standard nursing procedures in member chart.
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- Triage phone calls and refer to appropriate staff or community resources.
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- Assist Psychiatrists with coordinating internal and external hospitalizations of members.
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- 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.
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- Provides prescribed medications to patients per physicians orders following appropriate protocol.
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- Utilizes electronic medical record for medication refills.
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- Reviews lab results and refers to physician within protocols and guidelines.
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- Performs other duties as assigned by the Department Administrator and/or Chief of Psychiatry.
- Minimum one (1) year recent (within the last three (3) years) RN Psychiatric experience.
- Graduate from an accredited Nursing School.
- Registered Nurse License (California)
- Basic Life Support from American Heart Association
- Psychiatric and chemical dependency knowledge.
- Able to triage and evaluate various aspects of the psychiatric population.
- Group leadership skills, excellent verbal & written communication skills.
- Telephone triage experience.
- BSN preferred.
- Position may be requested to float to the Romaine clinic at times for coverage purposes.
- May have the option of 2 days remote after passing probation
Primary Location: California,Los Angeles,4700 Sunset Medical Offices
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Working Hours Start: 08:30 AM
Working Hours End: 05:00 PM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Flexible
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: B11-PSC|NUHW|NUHW Psych Social Chapter
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Department: 4700 Sunset MOB – Mental Hlth/Psychiatry-RegClin – 0806
Pay Range: $54.16 – $67.07 / year
The ranges posted above reflect the location in the job posting. The salary range may vary if you reside in a different location or state than the location posted.
Travel: Yes, 50 % of the Time
Flexible: Work location is on-site at a KP location, with the flexibility to work from home.
Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente’s Authorized States policy.
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