Per Diem Nurse

Now with a $2,000 sign-on bonus for new Seneca employees! Are you interested in psychiatric nursing and looking for an opportunity to work with adolescents and families? On a typical day working as the Per Diem Nurse, you will facilitate intake assessments, provide nursing consultation for clients, facilitate one group, and participate in end of day team debrief meetings. You will be responsible for completing documentation and incident reports. As the Nurse on our team, you act as a clinical role model and provide nursing consultation to staff within the assigned areas of responsibility. Consider joining our multi-disciplinary team and make a positive impact on the lives of youth and families!

ABOUT STEP

The STEP (Skills, Transitions, Exploration and Progress) Program is a partnership between Kaiser Permanente and Seneca with locations in Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Sonoma, and Solano county. STEP provides intensive, short-term stabilization services to youth, ages 12-17, for an average of 15 days. Our goal is to reintegrate our youth into schools and the community with lower levels of outpatient mental health treatment.

ABOUT SENECA

Seneca has been nominated among the Bay Area’s Top Workplaces [ for several consecutive years. We’re committed to providing traditionally marginalized communities with a network of excellent mental health, community-based, and educational services. We are committed to building a diverse staff. Our programs deeply engage in conversations and training on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion [ to bring equity and justice to the youth and families we serve.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinates and facilitates referral and intake process
• Collects 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
• Meets 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

REQUIRED:

• Bachelors 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
• Psychiatric Nursing experience
• Bilingual Spanish skill set

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

BENEFITS

• Starting $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