Registered Nurse (Psychiatry) (NOC Shift)

Aurora San Diego Hospital; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K Retirement Plan

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Pet Insurance

PTO Plan

Holiday Premium Pay

PTO Cash Out option

Sick Pay

Disability Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

ID Theft Protection

Employee Appreciation Events

Employee Discount Opportunities

Job summary

Aurora Behavioral Healthcare San Diego is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide general and psychiatric nursing care to adults with emotional or psychiatric disorders. You will assess, plan, and implement interventions to promote health, support coping, and maximize patient strengths while ensuring safety and quality care.

The role involves medication management, triage decisions, and collaboration with interdisciplinary teams during full-time or part-time NOC shifts (11:00 PM–7:30 AM).

Qualifications

• Current California Registered Nurse License.
• BLS Certification (AHA).
• PMHN certification is highly preferred.
• 3–5 years of RN psychiatric experience is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collects and analyzes data regarding the patient’s physical, psychological, self-care, educational, and discharge planning needs.
• Develops a comprehensive care outline with goals and nursing actions specific to each patient.
• Maintains effective communication with all units and departments.
• Supervises direct patient care as required.
• Carries out medication management responsibilities.
• Conducts patient community meetings.
• Provides input into discharge planning.
• Maintains patient and unit documentation.
• Maintains a safe, orderly, and therapeutic environment.

Skills

Leadership

Abn psychology knowledge

Psychopharmacy familiarity

Teaching & training

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Time management

Crisis intervention

Education

PMHN certification

Job description

As a Registered Nurse for Aurora Behavioral Healthcare San Diego, you'll provide general and psychiatric nursing care to adults with emotional or psychiatric disorders. You will provide interventions that: promote and foster health; assess dysfunction; assist patients to regain or improve their coping abilities; maximize patient strengths and prevent further disability. These interventions focus on the psychiatric-mental health patient and include 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.

• Pay Range: $50/hr. to $67/hr.
• Available Shifts:

Full Time and Part Time: NOC Shift (11:00 P.M. to 7:30 A.M.)

Responsibilities

• Collects and analyzes data regarding the patient's physical, psychological, self-care, educational, and anticipated discharge planning needs
• Develops a comprehensive outline of care to be delivered to attain expected outcomes; includes in this plan, specific goals and interventions delineating nursing actions unique to each patient
• Maintains effective communication with all units and departments
• Supervises direct patient care as required
• Carries out medication management responsibilities
• Conducts patient community meetings
• Provides input into the discharge planning process
• Maintain patient, and unit related documentation
• Maintain a safe, orderly, and therapeutic environment for patients

Skills

• Demonstrates sound leadership skills and critical thinking
• Basic knowledge of abnormal psychology as typically found in the adult psychiatric population
• The familiarity of Psychopharmacy and the use of psychotropic medications with the adult psychiatric population
• Basic teaching and training skills helpful; problem-solving; organizational and time management; crisis intervention skills

Requirements

• Current California Registered Nurse License
• BLS (Basic Life Support ) Certification for Healthcare Providers - American Heart Association
• Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse (PMHN) HIGHLY preferred
• 3 to 5 years of RN Psychiatric experience HIGHLY preferred

Benefits

Full Time

• 401K Retirement Plan
• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Healthcare Spending Account & Dependent Care Spending Account
• Life Insurance (Supplemental Life, Term, and Universal plans are also available.)
• PTO Plan
• Holiday Premium Pay
• PTO Cash Out option
• Sick Pay
• Short and Long-Term Disability (with additional buy-in opportunities)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• ID Theft Protection
• Employee Appreciation Events
• Employee Discount Opportunities

Part Time

• 401K Retirement Plan
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Healthcare Spending Account & Dependent Care Spending Account
• Life Insurance (Supplemental Life, Term, and Universal plans are also available.)
• PTO Plan
• Holiday Premium Pay
• PTO Cash Out option
• Sick Pay
• Short and Long-Term Disability (with additional buy-in opportunities)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• ID Theft Protection
• Employee Appreciation Events
• Employee Discount Opportunities