National Association of Latino Healthcare Executives ยท 5 hours ago
Psychiatric RN – Sylmar – Mental Health/Psychiatry – Per Diem (0) – 12:01 AM – 11:59 PM
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid LevelNational Association of Latino Healthcare Executives is focused on delivering psychiatric nursing care/services to members in behavioral health. The Psychiatric RN is responsible for coordinating care, monitoring patients, and assisting with psychiatric treatment regimens to promote health and improve coping abilities.
Health CareHospitalMedical
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
Qualification
Required
Responsible for the delivery of psychiatric nursing care/services to members being treated in the behavioral health service departments
Providing interventions that promote and foster health
Assess dysfunction
Assist patients to regain or improve their coping abilities
Maximize patient strengths and prevent further disability
Focus on the psychiatric-mental health patient
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
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
Company
National Association of Latino Healthcare Executives
The National Association of Latino Healthcare Executives is a hospital and healthcare organization.
Founded in 2005
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Jackie Sifuentes, MBA, LSSYB
Co-Founder La Mesa Emerging Leaders Mentorship Program for Early Careerists
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