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Mental Health Nurse II - Dbh*

County San Bernardino

Mental Health Nurse II - Dbh*

San Bernardino, CA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Mental Health Nurse II - DBH* Salary Depends on Qualifications Location Throughout San Bernardino County, CA Job Type Full-time Department Department of Behavioral Health Job Number 18-13160DBH-02 Closing Continuous The Job Make a Difference in Delivering Behavioral Health Services to Residents in the Nation's Largest County $0.625/hr. Bilingual Compensation For more information regarding MBO and TBO, click . The Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) is recruiting for Mental Health Nurses II who treat and care for physically and mentally ill patients in an outpatient behavioral health clinic. Duties may include performing assessments of patient's physical and emotional needs and providing patient care; participating in group therapy sessions; administering psychotropic medications; observing, recording and reporting medications and treatments; assisting with referrals if a medical condition needs follow-up; managing a clinic medication room including logging, storage and disposal of medications; coordinating and tracking Pharmacy Assistance Program applications; assisting physicians in responding to documentation corrections required by chart audits; and assisting with field visits to ensure medication compliance. The resulting eligible list will be used to fill current and future DBH vacancies, as they arise. For more detailed information, refer to the job description. Minimum Requirements Must possess all of the following: License: Must possess and maintain a current license in good standing as a Registered Nurse with the California Board of Registered Nursing. Certification: Must possess and maintain a Healthcare Provider level Basic Life Support certification. Experience: One (1) year of Registered Nursing experience. Substitution: A Bachelor's degree in nursing may substitute for up to six (6) months of the required experience. One (1) year of experience working in a psychiatric setting as a Psychiatric Technician or Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) may substitute for up to (6) months of the required experience. Desired Qualifications The ideal candidate will possess at least one (1) year of experience as a registered nurse working with both children and adults in an outpatient behavioral health clinic. Selection Process Applications will be accepted continuously and reviewed on a regular basis. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as this recruitment may close at any time. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of the application and/or supplemental questionnaire. To ensure timely and successful submission of your online application, please allow ample time to complete and submit your application. Once your application has been successfully submitted you will receive an onscreen confirmation and an email. We recommend that you save and/or print these for your records. Please note, if you do not receive an onscreen confirmation and an email acknowledging our receipt of your application we have not received your application. If you require technical assistance , please click to review the Government Jobs , or contact their Toll-Free Applicant Support line at (855) 524-5627. Please note that Human Resources is not responsible for any issues or delays caused by the internet connection, computer or browser used to submit the application. There will be a competitive evaluation of qualifications based upon a review of the Application and Supplemental Questionnaire. Nurses Unit The County of San Bernardino offers a range of benefit programs for employees and their eligible dependents. These include health, dental, vision, and life insurance, as well as a variety of voluntary benefits. Programs and benefit amounts vary and are based on bargaining unit, family size, hire date, plan selection, and number of hours worked. For a summary of benefits,* please click . Refer to the appropriate MOU, contact the County's Employee Benefits and Services Division at (909) 387-5787 or visit the Benefits website for more detailed information at . Retirement benefits subject to change. 01 Modified Benefit Option: I am interested in the Modified Benefit Option. Yes, I am interested in the Modified Benefit Option. No, I am not interested in the Modified Benefit Option. 02 COMPETITIVE EVALUATION INSTRUCTIONS: The information on the application and your responses to the following supplemental questions will be used in a competitive evaluation of qualifications . Detailed responses should be provided for each question in order to ensure qualifications are properly considered (do not refer to a resume). I understand. 03 LICENSE: Provide your California Registered Nurse license number and expiration date. 04 CERTIFICATION: Provide the expiration date of your current BLS (Basic Life Support) certification. 05 PSYCHIATRIC NURSING EXPERIENCE: Describe your experience performing psychiatric nursing duties. Specify the number of patients cared for per shift, as well as any charge/lead nurse experience. Be sure to include your job title, employer, and dates of employment for positions where experience was obtained. 06 OUPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC EXPERIENCE: Describe your experience caring for acute outpatient psychiatric patients. Specify the population with which you worked (i.e. child or adult patients). 07 Correctional Health Care/Forensics Populations: Some positions may require working in locked detention facilities, with probationers, or offenders recently released from a correctional setting. Indicate your willingness to work with these populations and/or within this environment. (Check all that apply.) Juvenile Justice - Youths recently released from incarceration in a Juvenile Detention setting Adult Forensics - Adults under Probation supervision OR- Adults with extensive forensic background. (You must be willing to work in a Probation setting for positions working with the Adult Forensic population.) Adult Correctional Health Care - Adults currently incarcerated in a jail setting Youth Correctional Health Care - Youths currently incarcerated in a Juvenile Detention setting RBEST/TEST - Some positions within the Recovery Based Engagement Teams (RBEST) and Triage Engagment and Support Teams (TEST) require working within a Probation setting or in a jail setting such as West Valley Detention Center. None - I am not willing to work with any of these populations. Checking this option WILL NOT preclude you from being considered for other programs that do not work with correctional health care/forensics populations. 08 Background Check/Polygraph Testing: An extensive background check and polygraph testing is required for positions working with the Juvenile Justice and Correctional Health Care populations as described in the above question. To learn more information about this process, please visit the Are you willing to participate in the background check process and submit to polygraph (lie detector) testing? Yes, I am willing to participate in the background check process and submit to polygraph (lie detector) testing. No, I am not willing to participate in the background check process and submit to polygraph (lie detector) testing. Your selection of this choice may disqualify you from the selection process. 09 Applicant Acknowledgement - Notification via Email: As part of our efforts to increase efficiency and promote conservation of resources, Human resources uses email to communicate with applicants. Therefore, all future communications regarding this recruitment, including applicant status and testing notifications, will be made via email. We strongly encourage you, as an applicant, to ensure that the email address you have provided with your application is current, secure and readily accessible to you. Adjust Spam and/or other filters so that our emails are accepted. Please carefully read any notices that we send you and follow any instructions provided in a timely manner. We will not be responsible in any way if you do not receive our emails (i.e., for the non-delivery of our emails or if you fail to check your e-mail on a timely basis). I acknowledge that I have read, understood, and agree to the above statement. 10 ** ATTENTION GMAIL USERS* We have become aware of an increase in Gmail's spam filter sensitivity. Due to this change, it is possible that emails coming from San Bernardino County Human Resources may be marked as spam and will not make it into your Gmail inbox. For your convenience, the attached PDF document contains a step-by-step guide to create and apply filters within Gmail. Click this link to . Once downloaded, follow the instructions so that you will receive future emails from San Bernardino County Human Resources. Note: If you apply the filters and still do not receive emails from San Bernardino County Human Resources you can check your (Neogov) account inbox. All notifications will appear there. I understand 11 Applicant's Acknowledgement - Application Complete: Thank you for taking the time to complete this application and supplemental questionnaire. Please be sure to review all information provided prior to submitting it as you cannot update or revise it once submitted. Your submitted application will be reviewed and evaluated as is. Please do not refer to a resume or other documentation in lieu of completing the employment history section or responding to the supplemental questions; they will not be reviewed or considered. Once your application has been successfully submitted, you will receive an onscreen confirmation and an email confirmation will be sent to the email address listed on your application. We recommend that you save and/or print these for your records. Please note, if you do not receive an onscreen confirmation and an email acknowledging our receipt of your application we have not received your application. I acknowledge that I have reviewed my application and understand that I will not be able to update or revise any part of it once submitted. Required Question Agency County of San Bernardino Address 157 West Fifth Street, 1st Floor San Bernardino, California, 92415-0440 Phone (909) 387-8304 TTY Users: 711 Website

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