Sub-Acute Nurse
Apply NowCompany: Seneca Family of Agencies
Location: Oakland, CA 94601
Description:
Now with a $2,000 sign-on bonus for new Seneca employees!
Are you a Registered Nurse looking to work outside of a hospital? Then the Registered Nurse at the STEP programs is perfect for you!
Overview
The Sub-Acute Nurse 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 Sub-Acute Nurse is responsible for meeting all regulatory documentation standards. The Sub-Acute 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 STEP PROGRAMS
The STEP (Skills, Transitions, Exploration, and Progress) program provides Partial Hospitalization services to youth ages 12-17. The goal of the STEP program is to provide intensive, short-term stabilization services to enable our clients to step down to lower levels of outpatient mental health treatment. All groups are designed to teach youth the skills necessary to help them learn about their mental health, provide psychoeducation, and help them learn skills to feel better and be safe. STEP consists of a multidisciplinary team of counselors, clinicians, a nurse, psychiatrist, and program supervisor.
ABOUT SENECA
Seneca Family of Agencies has been nominated among the Bay Area's Top Workplaces for several consecutive years. We're committed to providing traditionally marginalized communities with a network of excellent mental health, community-based, 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:
Qualifications:
Required:
Preferred:
Schedule:
Benefits:
Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
Are you a Registered Nurse looking to work outside of a hospital? Then the Registered Nurse at the STEP programs is perfect for you!
Overview
The Sub-Acute Nurse 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 Sub-Acute Nurse is responsible for meeting all regulatory documentation standards. The Sub-Acute 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 STEP PROGRAMS
The STEP (Skills, Transitions, Exploration, and Progress) program provides Partial Hospitalization services to youth ages 12-17. The goal of the STEP program is to provide intensive, short-term stabilization services to enable our clients to step down to lower levels of outpatient mental health treatment. All groups are designed to teach youth the skills necessary to help them learn about their mental health, provide psychoeducation, and help them learn skills to feel better and be safe. STEP consists of a multidisciplinary team of counselors, clinicians, a nurse, psychiatrist, and program supervisor.
ABOUT SENECA
Seneca Family of Agencies has been nominated among the Bay Area's Top Workplaces for several consecutive years. We're committed to providing traditionally marginalized communities with a network of excellent mental health, community-based, 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:
- Evaluate illness or injuries.
- Monitor Physician orders for medication or treatment, and prescriptions filled at outside pharmacies.
- Maintain working relationships with Pediatricians, Specialists, Psychiatrists, Therapists, and hospitals who provide care to clients.
- Arrange appointments or receive orders for treatments when nursing expertise is required to facilitate the process.
- Ongoing training with staff on medications and handling medications.
- Provide other health-related education to staff and clients.
- Document all nursing interventions, including maintaining medication assistance records.
- Collect and analyze assessment data to identify treatment problems and formulate individualized outcomes and plans. Implement and evaluate nursing interventions.
- Review all medical incident reports for shifts.
- Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings.
- Meet regularly with the Program Director and Psychiatrists as requested.
- Collaborate with Psychiatrist to ensure quality of medication administration, adequate consents, medical treatment and follow-up.
- Collaborate with Clinical Manager to ensure health and safety, infection control, resource utilization, and clinical and rehabilitative standards of care.
- Attend appropriate treatment reviews related to health care for youth.
- Provide on-call support for nursing questions, as needed.
- Utilize crisis communication and de-escalation techniques as per Seneca's crisis response training.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Bachelor's degree.
- Active CA Registered Nurse license.
- Current CPR-BLS certification.
- At least 21 years of age.
- TB test clearance, fingerprinting clearance, and any other state/federal licensing or certification requirements.
- Valid driver's license, clean driving record, and insurability through Seneca Family of Agencies' insurance policy.
Preferred:
- Psychiatric Nursing experience
- Bilingual Spanish skill set
- Good critical-thinking, communication, and organization skills
Schedule:
- Full time
- Monday-Friday, 8 AM-4 PM
- Travel within the community to meet with clients, attend meetings, or perform job duties at multiple locations within a specific region
Benefits:
- Starting at $105,666 - $119,666 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.
- $2,000 sign-on 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.
- Long-term disability, family leave, and life insurance.
- 50% paid premiums for dependents.
- 403b Retirement Plan.
- Employer-paid 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.
Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.