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Inpatient Psychiatric Registered Nurse; Sacramento

Job in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, 95828, USA
Listing for: Northern California Behavioral Health System
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-01-31
Job specializations:
  • Nursing
    Healthcare Nursing, Psychiatry, Mental Health Nurse
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 50000 USD Yearly USD 50000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Inpatient Psychiatric Registered Nurse (Sacramento)

POSITION TITLE: Inpatient Psychiatric Registered Nurse (RN)

REPORTS TO (TITLE): Director of Nursing

DESCRIPTION OF POSITION: The Inpatient Psychiatric RN top priority is to deliver high quality safe care to psychiatric inpatients in the acute locked hospital facility. The Inpatient Psychiatric RN provides direct care and treatment to inpatients and coordinates the care provided by other nursing personnel. The Inpatient Psychiatric RN plans and coordinates each patient’s individual nursing care plans, and implements nursing related aspects of the multidisciplinary treatment plan (MDTP).

The Inpatient Psychiatric RN embraces Santa Rosa Behavioral Healthcare Hospital’s (SRBHH) mission, vision and value statements and adheres to and follows all the hospital policies and procedures. The Inpatient Psychiatric RN understands the regulations and standards that govern acute psychiatric hospital services and provides clear direction to their immediate nursing team to meet all regulations, standards, and requirements.

Education/Licensure

  • Current California RN License
  • Current CPR certification or obtained within 30 days of hire
  • Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) obtained within 30 days of hire
  • Knowledge and experience of psychiatric diagnosis and associated risks, medications, biological systems, nursing process, treatment planning, and leadership. New RN graduates may meet these requirements if they have completed a psychiatric rotation as part of nursing school or have psychiatric experience in another role.

Skills and Competencies:

The RN will pass initial and annual competency evaluations including (but not limited to): suicide prevention, de-escalation interventions, medication knowledge, code blue/emergency interventions, infection prevention, and appropriate use of seclusion and manual holds.

The RN will demonstrate leadership skills in applying knowledge and competency in daily nursing practice.

Maintain a working knowledge of commonly used policies, awareness of policy changes and know where to find additional polices and needed information.

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, this position is frequently required to do the following:

  • Stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, and stand for sustained period of time.
  • Walk, push, pull, lift, carry objects from a lower to higher position or horizontally from position to position or otherwise move objects.
  • Feel sizes, shapes, temperatures, and textures by touching with skin, particularly that of the fingertips.
  • Express or exchange ideas orally and potentially loudly, accurately, or quickly.
  • Perceive the nature of sound with no less than a 40 dB loss @ 1000 Hz and 2000 Hz with or without correction.
  • Exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently.
  • Able to provide manual holds for patients who are physically acting out and are potentially dangerous (at times this occurs on the floor.)
  • Minimum standard of visual acuity with or without correction.
  • While worker may possibly be subjected to temperature changes, the worker is generally not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions as the work is predominantly inside.

Job Description Attestation

Employee Statement of Understanding, Confidentiality, and Compliance

I agree to uphold the Missions, Vision, and Values:

I understand that this document is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. The statements in this document are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

Sacramento Behavioral Healthcare Hospital is committed to protecting the confidentiality of information concerning patients, employees, and facility operations. Furthermore, We are committed to protecting the interests of our patients, community, and organization by ensuring that we consistently provide the highest quality healthcare services at the most affordable cost.

I agree that, as an employee of Sacramento Behavioral Healthcare Hospital, I have a legal and moral responsibility to protect the confidentiality of privileged information obtained by me through the delivery of…

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