Inpatient Psychiatric Registered Nurse Santa Rosa

About Us

Formerly Aurora Santa Rosa Hospital, SRBHH was opened in 2016 and is regarded as an integral part of the greater Santa Rosa and Northern California mental health system of care. Conveniently located in the North Bay, this hospital serves adolescents and adults, offering treatment for mental health and co‑occurring psychiatric and substance abuse conditions. The facility has 144 acute psychiatric inpatient beds.

Inpatient Psychiatric Registered Nurse

$63.00-$78.00 Per Hour

Chief Nursing Officer

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

The RN embraces SRBHH’s mission, vision, and values and follows all hospital policies and procedures. The RN understands the regulations and standards that govern acute psychiatric hospital services and provides clear direction to the immediate nursing team to meet all regulations, standards, and requirements. The RN maintains knowledge of occupational health hazards (e.g., blood borne pathogen exposures) and participates in training as required.

• Assess inpatient needs, nursing staff resources and complete inpatient/unit assignments based on acuity, inpatient treatment plan goals, and unit operations.
• Assess all inpatients’ status, provide direct care to assigned group of inpatients, document patient care and assessments rendered, prepare and administer medications as needed, and ensure necessary documentation is completed at the end of each shift.
• Provide clinical summary information to other team members at treatment team meetings, shift reports, and other hand‑offs. Provide continual oversight of all inpatients and inpatient psychiatric unit operations.
• Work with nursing and other clinical staff to plan and document patient care. Document care plans on the MDTP, including inpatient problems, goals for hospitalization, and short‑term goals. Include interventions provided by team members to assist inpatients in returning to a reasonable mental health status and ultimately a lower level of care.
• Provide patient care by routinely demonstrating knowledge of mental health diagnoses, standards of care, evidence‑based practice, medications (including old and new psychotropic medications), high risks for mental health patients, National Patient Safety Goals, and models of care.
• Apply nursing process and process improvement principles to all levels of the organization. The scope of this process ranges from patient needs to the hospital needs as a whole, including ability to assess, collect data, define problems, set goals, initiate interventions, and evaluate interventions. Complete timely Incident Reports and submit them to the Nurse Manager or RN House Supervisor.
• Identify staffing needs based on staffing plan and acuity assessments.
• Provide direct clinical oversight to other nursing staff throughout the shift in conjunction with the Nurse Manager, RN House Supervisor, or Director of Nursing (DON) as appropriate.
• Coordinate team members’ immediate response during psychiatric crises of inpatients and provide effective leadership at all times.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• Current California RN License
• Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification required, or obtained within initial orientation period
• Verbal de‑escalation and physical intervention program as approved by the CNO
• Knowledge and experience of psychiatric diagnosis and associated risks, medications, biological systems, nursing process, treatment planning, inpatient hospital unit operations, 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.
• 5+ years of psych experience required
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