PET Psychiatric Evaluation Team Registered Nurse

College Medical Center; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

College Medical Center Long Beach, part of College Hospitals, seeks a PET-registered nurse to perform psychiatric crisis intervention, assess mental stability, and initiate 72-hour holds when appropriate. The role demands 3+ years in acute psychiatry, CA RN license, and LPS designation with a high passing score.

Pay is $145 per assessment. Responsibilities include triage, assessment, coordination of services, and collaboration with psychiatrists, with potential pay supplements as described in

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in an acute psychiatric facility.

Responsibilities

• Prioritizes patient care based on physical, psychiatric, and psychosocial assessment.
• Responds to requests for PET evaluations with initial contact, confirms location and needs, and provides ETA for evaluation.
• Provides support and assistance in problem resolution
• Assess mental status of patients
• Assess potential for grave disability
• Determine suicidal or homicidal potential and level of care
• Coordinate provision of needed service
• Utilize community resources for support services for the mentally ill
• Document probable cause of mental disorder on 5150 form
• Consult with Psychiatrist regarding disposition as needed
• Maintain open communication with Intake staff throughout the evaluation process

Skills

Psychiatric nursing

Crisis intervention

LPS knowledge

Education

CA Registered Nurse License

CA LPS Designation

Job description

College Medical Center Long Beach is proud to be part of College Hospitals. We are dedicated to the highest quality of customer services delivered with a with a sense of warmth friendliness and organizational pride. Become part of a team that provides a respectful environment, flexibility, a tight knit group and autonomy to utilize your knowledge and experience.

The PET registered nurse provides psychiatric crisis intervention to assess and enhance a client's mental and emotional stability, provides mental health evaluations, and initiates 72 hour holds when appropriate.

Pay: $145 Per Assessment

Job specific duties:

• Prioritizes patient care based on physical, psychiatric, and psychosocial assessment.

• Responds to requests for PET evaluations by making an initial phone contact with person making request for evaluation, confirming the location of the client, the need for service, and gives an estimated time of arrival to perform the evaluation.

• Provides support and assistance in problem resolution

• Assess mental status of patients,

• Assess potential for grave disability

• Determines suicidal or homicidal potential, and the level of care required for treatment for each individual case,

• Coordinates the provision of needed service.

• Use knowledge of community resources and agencies providing support service for the mentally ill.

• Consistently utilizes LPS established guidelines and documents probable cause of the client having a mental disorder on the 5150 form.

• Consults with the Psychiatrist regarding the final disposition, on an as needed basis.

• Consistently maintains an open line of communication with the Intake staff throughout the evaluation process and informs them of the outcome of every call.

Qualifications:

• A minimum 3 years of experience in an acute psychiatric facility.

• A valid CA Registered Nurse License

• Current LPS Designation (with a passing score of 80) by the authority of Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health Service

Pay: $145 Per Assessment

Placement in the pay range is based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, relevant years of experience and qualifications. In addition to base pay, there may be additional compensation available for College Medical Center Hawthorne, including but not limited to shift differential and other special pay practices, etc. The posted compensation for the position is a reasonable estimate that extends from the lowest to the highest pay that College Medical Center Hawthorne in good faith believes it might pay for this particular job, based on the circumstances at the time of posting.