Per Diem Nurse

About the role

The STEP (Skills, Transitions, Exploration and Progress) Program is a partnership between Kaiser Permanente and Seneca, offering intensive, short-term stabilization services to youth aged 12-17. Our goal is to reintegrate youth into schools and the community with reduced outpatient mental health treatment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates and facilitates referral and intake process
• Collections and analyzes assessment data to formulate resident care problems, individualized outcomes, plans, implements and evaluates nursing interventions
• Facilitates the Recreational Group for the program
• Provides all care required to be given by a RN on shift assigned
• Mets all regulatory and facility documentation standards
• Collaborates with Psychiatrist to ensure quality of medication administration, adequate consents, medical treatment and follow-up
• Collaborates with Clinical Manager to ensure health and safety, infection control, resource utilization, and clinical and rehabilitative standards of care
• Participates in nursing department, staff meetings and other facility activities

Qualifications

• Bachelor's of Science in Nursing OR Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Active CA Registered Nurse license
• Current CPR – BLS certification
• Must be at least 21 years of age
• Valid driver's license, clean driving record, and insurability through Senecas’ insurance policy
• TB test clearance, fingerprinting clearance, and any other state/federal licensing or certification requirements

Preferred

• Excellent critical-thinking and communication skills
• Prior psychiatric nursing experience
• Bilingual Spanish skill set

Benefits

• Starting salary range: $60.10 - $62.60 per hour, commensurate with experience
• Additional compensation provided upon passing bilingual language proficiency exam
• Salary increases each year
• $2,000 sign-on bonus

Schedule

• Per Diem
• Number of shifts will vary
• Monday - Friday; 8:30am - 4:30pm (Sonoma)
• Monday - Friday; 8am - 4pm (Solano, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa)
• Travel is required to Santa Clara STEP and at least 2 other STEP locations