Temp Registered Nurse

Job Details

Job Location: Dore Urgent Care Clinic - San Francisco, CA 94103Salary Range: $78.41 - $95.31 Hourly

TITLE:           REGISTERED NURSE

                        DORE URGENT CARE CENTER

 

ACCOUNTABILITY TO: DUCC PROGRAM DIRECTOR

(Medically supervised by Program Psychiatrist and Program Director)

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

            All qualifications must be met consistently and continuously.

• Degree in nursing from an accredited school with either a specialty in psychiatric nursing or 2 years documented experience providing nursing services in a psychiatric setting.
• Current valid California licensure as a Registered Nurse allowing for direct contact with clients in licensed programs.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with medical and mental health staff, and other service providers both orally and in writing.
• Must have the willingness and ability to actively, enthusiastically and effectively engage psychologically distressed clients and maintain a respectful and responsive attitude while providing therapeutically sound services.  This includes being respectfully responsive to persons of differing ethnic, cultural, gender, socioeconomic, and sexual-orientation backgrounds.
• Demonstrated on-going emotional stability, good judgment and effective team work.
• Able to work proficiently on computers and computer-based information systems.
• Must maintain a valid California driver’s license, and additionally must be insurable under the agency's current auto insurance policies.

• The employee must be able to quickly navigate several flights of stairs several times a day. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds multiple times during each work shift. In addition, the employee must be able to assist individuals in exiting the facility in the case of an emergency and to perform CPR and standard Medical First Aid procedures.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Registered Nurse’s primary responsibility is to provide consistently effective clinical services, behavioral health and physical, to the clients of the Urgent Care Center.  This includes the direct provision of psychiatric, medical and pharmacy services; assistance if needed with medical, behavioral health and pharmacy services for the Residential Treatment Program; establishing and maintaining effective relations with clients, client families and support people, and with the general community; and maintaining a comfortable, safe, non-institutional ambiance in the program. Services must be provided in a manner that is safe and helpful for clients, staff and the general community, and that evidences a non-institutional character that is congruent with Social Rehabilitation (SR) values and principles.

 

The Staff Registered Nurse is responsible for the direct clinical assessment of all newly admitted clients, the on-going monitoring and care of all clients being treated in the Urgent Care Center, and the proper referral of clients upon discharge from the UCC.  This includes medical screening at triage.

 

The Staff RN must demonstrate the on-going capacity work as an interdisciplinary team member in order to effectively respond to the needs of a diverse client population in psychological distress.  Under the direction of the Program Director and the medical supervision of the Program Physician, ensures that services are provided in a manner consistent with prevailing standards of psychiatric and medical care, with applicable Federal, State, City and County laws and regulations, and with Progress Foundation policies and procedures. 

 

Direct services include screening, formal evaluation, initial in situ treatment, and referral for the full spectrum of psychiatric and primary care conditions presented at the Urgent Care Center.  This will also include arranging a safe and timely transfer of clients to other needed treatment services.  

BASIC JOB SKILLS

1. Provide services within the UCC that is congruent with Social Rehabilitation values, and promote SR values and philosophy within the Behavioral Health treatment community. 
2. Attend staff meetings and other program meetings as needed, as well as spec