Crisis Nurse
Crisis Nurse
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Job Description
Overview
Are you a Nurse with a passion for mental health and supporting youth and families in need If so join our passionate team at Seneca!
Now accepting applications through April 30 2025! This position will start Summer 2025
We are hiring a Crisis Nursethat will act as a clinical role model that provides nursing consultation for our multidisciplinary team. Our Crisis Nurseis responsible for implementing and evaluating the nursing care delivered within their shift and utilizing the nursing process to provide assessment treatment planning and evaluation of resident care within designated clinical areas.
The CrisisNurse is responsible and accountable for prescribing implementing and evaluating the nursing care delivered within their shift and for utilizing the nursing process to provide assessment treatment planning and evaluation of client care within designated clinical areas. The Crisis Nurse is responsible for meeting all regulatory documentation standards. The Crisis Nurse participates in the multidisciplinary team Quality Assurance and Utilization Review activities. They act as a clinical role model and provide nursing consultation to staff within the assigned areas of responsibility
About Monterey County Crisis Programs
The Senecas Monterey Crisis Programs provide crisis stabilization services and shortterm residential treatment for children and youth experiencing crisis ensuring timely support when its most needed. This innovative way of addressing a mental health emergency provides a safe supportive and welcoming environment for children and youth. Upon enrollment in the programs the Seneca teams work with the youth and support networks to assess the needs and strengths of the youth in order to develop the foundation goals that will drive treatment. Comprehensive services include timely mental health assessments crisis counseling and linkage to longterm sustainable support based on each clients unique strengths and needs. The ultimate goal is to provide mental health/crisis services suicide prevention decrease in placement changes and reduction of unnecessary psychiatric hospitalization.
About Seneca
Seneca Family of Agencies has been nominated among the Bay Areas Top Workplaces for several consecutive years. Were committed to providing traditionally marginalized communities with a network of excellent mental health communitybased and educational services. We are committed to building a diverse staff. Our programs deeply engage in conversations and training on Diversity Equity and Inclusion to bring equity and justice to the youth and families we serve.
Responsibilities
- Provide quality care including nursing triage and assessment.
- Evaluate and chart illness and/or injuries
- Monitor physician orders and prescriptions
- Ensure safe medication processes are followed including:
- Procurement
- Ordering
- Storage
- Administration practices
- Collect and analyzeassessment data to formulate resident care problemsandindividualized outcomes.
- Plans implementsand evaluates nursing interventions.
- Collaborates with Psychiatrist to ensure quality of medication administration adequate consents medicaltreatmentand followup.
- Maintain working relationship with pediatricians specialists psychiatrists therapists and hospitals who provide care to theyouth.
- Communicate effectively with others and promote teamwork.
- Participate in nursing departmentstaff meetings multidisciplinary team meetingsand otherdepartmentalactivities.
- Provide ongoing training for staff on medications and other healthrelated education.
- Utilize crisis communication and deescalation techniques as per Senecas Equilibrium model training. This may include intervening with the clients behavioral program through physical management of the clients if applicable. Training inadditionalcrisis intervention modalities such as CPI may berequired.
Qualifications
- Bachelors of Science in Nursing preferred
- Active California Registered Nursing License
- CPR BLS
- TB test clearance fingerprinting clearance and any other State/Federal licensing or certification requirements
- Organized takes initiative and has excellentcorrespondence and follows through with team
- Proof of uptodate COVID19 vaccination or an HRapproved medical/religious exemption
PREFERRED
- Experience with pediatrics mental health and/or triage assessment a plus.
Schedule
- Fulltime
- 12 hour shifts
Benefits
- Starting at $116169 to $130169 per year.
- Actual salary is dependent on creditable experience above the minimum qualifications for the role.
- Additional compensation provided upon passing bilingual language proficiency exam.
- $5000 signon bonus for new Seneca employees.
- 5 weeks of Paid Time off and 11 Paid Holidays.
- Relocation assistance may be available.
- Comprehensive employee benefits package including:
- Medical dental vision and chiropractic coverage and partially paid premiums for dependents.
- Longterm disability family leave and life insurance.
- 50 paid premiums for dependents.
- 403b Retirement Plan.
- Employerpaid Employee Assistance Plan.
- Seneca is a Public Service Loan Forgiveness certified employer.
- Training stipend and professional development opportunities.
- Abundant promotional opportunities across the agency in California and Washington.
Employment Type
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