Registered Nurse I/II/Mental Health
County of Ventura
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Job summary
County of Ventura is seeking Registered Nurses to deliver direct and indirect mental health services in Behavioral Health outpatient clinics or on the Crisis Team. Openings include regular vacancies with day and evening shifts for on-call and crisis coverage.
Positions offer a comprehensive benefits package, shift differentials, and opportunities for advancement based on experience and performance. Candidates must be licensed and BLS certified, with a strong commitment to community mental health
Qualifications
- Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing.
- Must possess and maintain a current, valid license as a Registered Nurse issued by the State of California or another state with California licensure pending.
- Must possess and maintain a current Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) certification by first day of employment.
- Successful completion of the Health Care Agency medication calculation test within three months of employment.
Responsibilities
- Assess, plan, organize, and provide nursing care to assigned patients.
- Follow prescribed doctors' orders concerning treatments and medications.
- Document patient treatment and dispensing; monitor patient condition and progress.
- Provide crisis intervention and nursing supervision as required.
- Participate in training and supervision of staff; maintain clinical records.
- Coordinate delivery of services and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
Education
Job description
Under direction of a supervisor or a Senior Registered Nurse‑Mental Health, initiates, coordinates, and performs a wide variety of professional activities in the delivery of direct and indirect mental health services to patients and to the community within the Behavioral Health outpatient clinics or on the Crisis Team. We offer clinic hours during the day and/or evening shifts for on-call and crisis services rotation.
- Educational/Bilingual Incentive: Incumbents may be eligible for an educational incentive of 2.5%, 3.5%, or 5% based on completion of an Associate's, Bachelor's, or Master's degree that is not required for the classification. Incumbents may also be eligible for bilingual incentive depending upon operational need and certification of skill.
- Certification Pay: $0.813 per hour based on scheduled work week hours for each qualified certification up to a maximum of five (5) certifications. One of the five certifications may be paid at $2.00 per hour for a National Certification. List provided in the MOA, Exhibit 10 (please see attached list). CNA_Regular_Unit_Amendment_#5 (Download PDF reader)
- Evening Shift Differential - 7.5%
- Night Shift Differential - 15%
- Weekend Shift Differential - $2.00 per hour
- Continuous County Service Incentive Pay: 1% for 7 years, 1.25% for 12 years and 1.5% for 17 years
- Preceptor Pay - $2.50 per hour
- House Supervisor Pay - $4.00 per hour
- Charge Nurse Premium Pay - $1.50 per hour
- Float Nurse Premium Pay - $3.50 per hour
- In-House Registry Pay:
- Non-overtime is 1.75 straight time base hourly rate
- Overtime is 2 times base pay straight time base hourly rate
- Standby Premium Pay – ¼ of regular hourly wage or Federal minimum wage (whichever is greater)
- Flexible Credit Allowance: Biweekly contribution towards medical, dental, and/or vision insurance from authorized plans.
- Pension Plan: Participation in the County's defined benefit plan.
- To learn more about the benefits, please follow the link below: http://vcportal.ventura.org/CEO/HR/MOA/docs/CNA_MOA_2023-2028.pdf
Registered Nurse I: $46.83 - $49.22 Hourly
Registered Nurse II: $54.70 - $65.42 Hourly
Registered Nurse-Mental Health: 56.61 - $70.17
Health Care Agency – Behavioral Health
Registered Nurse I and II are represented by the California Nurses' Association (CNA) and are eligible for overtime compensation. Salary placement will be determined according to the current California Nurses' Association (CNA) memorandum of agreement.
The eligible list established from this recruitment will be used to fill current and future Regular (including Temporary and Fixed-term), Intermittent, and Extra-help vacancies.
There is currently three (3) Regular vacancy at Ventura County Behavioral Health (VCBH).
NOTE: If appointed at the lower level, incumbents may be promoted to the higher level without further examination upon meeting the minimum requirements, demonstrating satisfactory performance, and in accordance with the business needs of the department.
- OPENING DATE: 10/22/26
- CLOSING DATE: This is a continuous recruitment and may close at any time.
Duties may include but are not limited to the following:
- Uses the full scope of the Nurse Practice Act to assess, plan, organize, and provide nursing care to assigned patients;
- Follows prescribed doctors' orders concerning treatments and medications;
- Documents patient treatment and dispensing; makes patient observations; records and reports on all pertinent information, including changes in patient condition and general progress;
- Provides follow-through on judgment within the scope of accepted nursing practice;
- Assists doctors in examination and treatment;
- Provides unit organization and is responsible for completion of all delegated and indicated nursing duties by the end of the assigned shift;
- Assists in training, supervision and evaluation of new and ancillary personnel;
- Maintains current knowledge of nursing care developments and therapeutic measures; attends department in-services and staff development programs;
- Provides physician assistance and patient care as indicated and required';
- May participate in quality assurance/utilization reviews or other non-direct patient care nursing assignments;
- Utilizing nursing processes, plans and participates in providing daily patient care;
- Makes patients observations, records and reports all pertinent information; and
- Performs other related duties as required.
- Implements nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation of care, evaluation of patient responses and revision of plan as needed);
- Provides individual counseling, leads or co-leads group counseling sessions, and conducts family conferences;
- Administers medications and monitors their use and side effects;
- May provide functional and clinical supervision to student nurses and other disciplines;
- Maintains all necessary records and patient charts; collects data for research and evaluation;
- Identifies community agencies and resources that can assist patients; serves as a liaison on patient's behalf;
- Provides crisis intervention including evaluation, counseling, and consultation with law enforcement agencies; may be designated to escort patients for involuntary admission under Section 5150 of the Welfare and Institutions Code; explains and enforces legal rights;
- Participates in the development or amendment of program policies and procedures; and
- Coordinates various tasks relative to the delivery of services in assigned program.
These are entrance requirements to the examination process and assure neither continuance in the process nor placement on an eligible list.
Requires no experience.
Requires six (6) months of recent full-time acute care registered nursing experience in an acute hospital, and/or Outpatient Care or equivalent setting, or completion of the Ventura County Medical Center competency requirements* as evaluated and approved by the Chief Nursing Executive.
Requires one (1) year of full-time professional registered nursing experience providing direct patient care in a mental health setting.
- These competency requirements are in conformance with the California Board of Registered Nurses nursing requirements.
- Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing
- Must possess and maintain a current, valid license as a Registered Nurse issued by the State of California or Registered Nurse licensure in another state with California licensure pending
- Must possess and maintain a current, valid Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) certification by first day of employment
- Successful completion of the Health Care Agency medication calculation test within three (3) months of employment is mandatory for assignments within the Health Care Agency
- the theory, techniques, and practices of professional nursing
- medical terminology and hospital routine and equipment
- medicines and narcotics
- plan and organize nursing care
- train and supervise non-professional staff
- establish and maintain the confidence of patients and staff
- maintain confidentiality of patient/client information
- work effectively in different healthcare and/or hospital departments or shifts as required
- establish and maintain effective interpersonal relations with other staff members, patients, and their families
- communicate effectively both orally and in writing
- mental and medical nursing theories and practices
- theory of human growth and development
- current mental health treatment approaches
- community resources and their interrelationships
- mental health laws as related to patient care
- social and political factors influencing mental health care delivery
- participate in comprehensive planning in consultation with a multidisciplinary team
- make independent decisions on behalf of patients
- provide effective functional supervision and leadership
- maintain confidentiality of patient/client information
- establish and maintain the confidence of and working relationships with professional staff, patients and families, and other related entities
- communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
The County of Ventura is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.
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