Psychiatric RN - Downey - Mental Health Psychiatry - Per Diem (0) 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Job at National Association of Latino Healthcare Executives, Downey, CA

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  • National Association of Latino Healthcare Executives
  • Downey, CA

Job 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.

Job Tags

Daily paid,

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