Registered Nurse (RN) - Psychiatric
Kaiser Permanente
Los Angeles, CA
5x8 hrs, Days

• 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.

• 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.

Notes:

• Position responsible for message management, TMS administration, injection administration, other duties as assigned.