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SALARY
$69,492.80 - $84,448.00 Annually
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OPENING DATE: 02/29/08
CLOSING DATE: Continuous
JOB SUMMARY:
Under
general direction, to provide psychotherapeutic services in County
psychiatric hospitals, clinics or mental health facilities; to serve as
clinical consultant for nursing staff; and to perform related work.
Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) are registered nurses, with
advanced degrees in nursing who provide psychiatric and mental health care in
County hospitals, clinics and facilities to mental health patients, and are
allocated only to the Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA). Psychiatric
CNS’s provide clinical supervision, coordination and technical guidance
to other nursing staff and, may participate on and/or coordinate
interdisciplinary treatment teams composed of medical and mental health
professionals. Psychiatric CNS differs from the next lower class, Psychiatric
Nurse II, in that the latter is the journey level class providing direct
nursing care to patients. Psychiatric CNS differs from the next higher class,
Assistant Chief Nurse, in that the latter is a management class that does not
provide direct patient/client services. Psychiatric Clinical Nurse
Specialists are distinguished from other licensed mental health professionals
by their graduate education in nursing with specialization in
psychotherapeutic modalities.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES - FUNCTIONS
Essential
Functions:
1. Demonstrates and teaches principles of nursing process including:
bio-psychosocial assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of
patient care.
2. Provides psychotherapeutic services to clients such as individual, group
and family counseling and consultation.
3. Leads psycho-educational groups.
4. Investigates patient complaints.
5. Acts as patient advocate.
6. Determines treatment effectiveness.
7. Works individually with nursing staff to identify options and plans for
difficult patients or to provide technical training.
8. May coordinate interdisciplinary teams and participate in
interdisciplinary team planning.
9. Makes recommendations and assists with the development of action plans to
improve nursing care.
10. Provides direction and consultation in the implementation of quality
patient care.
11. Monitors hospital/clinic environment and initiates beneficial
modifications.
12. Demonstrates knowledge and proper application of laws regulating
voluntary and involuntary commitment.
13. Functions as triage nurse, case manager and primary nurse.
14. Participates in discharge planning for patients and their families.
15. May recommend, plan and provide in-service training.
16. Provides courteous, high quality service to patients and members of the
public by personally responding to requests for service or making appropriate
referral.
REQUIREMENTS
Examples
of qualifying education/experience are:
1. A master's degree, or higher from an accredited college or university or
certified equivalency for foreign studies in nursing with a specialization in
adult or child/adolescent psychiatric and mental health nursing; AND, experience in two (2)
psychotherapeutic treatment modalities; OR,
2. A master's degree, or higher from an accredited college or university or
certified equivalency for foreign studies in nursing outside the psychiatric
mental health nursing field, with a minimum of twenty four (24) graduate or
post graduate credits in psychiatric and mental health theory; AND, supervised clinical training in two
(2) psychotherapeutic treatment modalities; OR,
3. Listed with the California
Board of Registered Nurses as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse; OR,
4. Certification with the American Nurses Association as a clinical
specialist in psychiatric and mental health nursing.
ADDITIONAL INFO/EVALUATION
License: A valid Registered Nurse license
issued by the State of California, is required at the time of appointment and
must be maintained during employment.
A valid CPR card is required at the time of appointment, and must be
maintained during employment.
Valid California class C driver’s license must be maintained throughout
employment in this class, is required at time of appointment, or the ability
to arrange necessary and timely transportation for field travel. Employees in
this class may be required to use their own vehicle.
Certification/Registration: All applicants using a Clinical Nurse Specialist
license to qualify for this position are required to have a National Provider
Identification Number (NPI) at the time of employment, or proof of
application must be provided within sixty (60) days of beginning employment.
Incumbents are required to maintain the NPI throughout employment in this
class.
Working Conditions: May be subjected to verbal and physical abuse from
patients and exposed to contagious disease.
Background Investigation: Must have a reputation for honesty and
trustworthiness. Misdemeanor and/or felony convictions may be disqualifying
depending on type, number, severity, and recency. Prior to appointment,
candidates will be subject to a background investigation.
Qualified applicants will be placed on the employment list based on scores
received during the evaluation of information contained in their employment
and supplemental application forms.
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